Career change: what, where, how?

It happens that in the usual field you notice the lack of further development, irritation towards colleagues and management, as well as apathy towards the fulfillment of the usual duties. This may indicate the need to change its field of activity.

How to understand that you need to radically change something? How to find work from direct employers?

This will help a simple experiment. Take a break for at least a week: get out of work, completely abandoning work mail, phones and other familiar means of communication. And after that, weigh your emotions. If you are drawn back to duty, then you just needed to rest. Perhaps you will feel that you would like to work in another team or, for example, in another company, doing the same job.

If you are oppressed by the thought of returning to the performance of professional duties, it's time to think about radical changes.

Where to begin?

Resume analysis

Study your resume and determine where you can apply your professional skills.

Choosing a new sphere

Choose the sphere that attracts you. Then find a few people who are associated with it. Having communicated with them, you can understand, whether all so is attractive, as it seems to you.

If you can not decide on the choice of the industry, push away from such questions:

• What can you do for people? Sometimes the answer to this question is easier to give than to decide what can be done for yourself.

• What ideally do you see your day? The way you want to build your working hours can be much more important than the illusions about some pathos positions.

• What would you absolutely not like? Sometimes it is much easier to answer the question of what a person does not want, than to decide on one's desires. Perhaps you are just like that. Answer yourself to the question that is unacceptable for you in future work.

Search for referees

If you radically change the type of work, the direct employer and recruitment agencies will look with caution at your candidacy, because of a lack of experience in a specific field. The correct recommendations help in solving this problem. Also, to the resume sent to the desired vacancy, it is important to attach a cover letter, which will specify your professional skills that can be applied in the chosen industry.

It should be understood that the change in the sphere of activity is not a quick process, and takes, as a rule, at least six months. Also prepare mentally for the fact that at first you will have to gain skills, so work as an assistant specialist is not excluded. This will also cause a possible reduction in the usual income, but if you made the right choice, you quickly catch up.