We’re about to start a new year, so perhaps you’re considering what you’d like to do differently in 2023. If altering or restarting your career is high on your priority list, you’ve found the ideal location.
Even though our job routes will probably change during our careers, it can be challenging to know where to start. Jobs rarely come out exactly the way we expect them to. Furthermore, we can only learn so much about a career before actually entering it.
Finally, there is no way that the pursuit of happiness and passion can serve as our sole compass. As a result, it’s beneficial and even imperative to consider one’s abilities, values, and intrinsic motivational elements when deciding on a vocation.
The key to understanding how to choose a career is having a solid career strategy, which we can only create with time, knowledge, and experience. To manage one’s progress, visualize one’s career goals, and take action to realize them, one must have a career plan.
A career plan also makes it easier to keep an eye out for new growth chances and dramatically reduces the likelihood of making rash, impulsive decisions.
4-Step Guide to Choose a New Career
1. Self-Assessment
Thinking carefully about our interests, talents, motivations, and personalities is vital because choosing a vocation has long-term effects. Additionally, knowing one’s natural ability can be very helpful in the quest for excellence. Moreover, a thorough self-evaluation aids in determining a workplace’s culture match.
2. Analyze Different Industries and Roles
The second stage, where we examine diverse employment positions, responsibilities, industries, and workplace conditions, logically follow the previous step. Sometimes a variety of unusual job profiles prove to be the perfect fit.
Reaching out to your network, participating in forum conversations on particular industries, and attending career fairs or speeches are all beneficial ways to conduct the study.
3. Gain Requisite Skills
After limiting your search to a few career pathways, focus on the job role’s needs and determine whether you need to upskill or receive extra training. People frequently employ transferrable abilities to succeed in the application process, which can work to your advantage as it demonstrates flexibility and adaptability.
4. Choose Your Ideal Job Role
Setting suitable filters and being aware of legitimate and trustworthy job portals are crucial. Additionally, you need to have a clear list of “must-haves,” such as income goals, preferred locations, job titles, and work environments.
Although the application process may be identical for several professions, here is a pro tip: always modify your resume according to the position you are looking for. If you want to stand out from the competition, don’t use the same CV for every job application!
Conclusion
Planning a career and deciding on a career path are ongoing, difficult processes that are also incredibly gratifying. Therefore, it is crucial to commit to lifelong learning in a labor market that is continually changing.
Building a profession you love is never too late. People who switch occupations later in life have experience on their side. What matters is that you can demonstrate the necessary skills and make links between your past career and your new one. It doesn’t matter how old you are or when you decide to start a new career.
About the Author
BCjobs.ca is Western Canada’s largest job board, and host of “Innovators” a weekly podcast interviewing top recruiters in BC and across Canada. Check out our recent interview with Lumen5’s Head of Operations Ezra Parnall (Podcast link) and Westjet’s Senior Product Manager of Cloud Services Justin Laufer (Podcast link).
