Many times the questions I get on career change are how to make it happen. In this case, our reader has already landed a job in a new field but wonders what they should do if they don’t like their new career. Ken asks: If my career in communications doesn't pan out, how can I
Gaia asks: How can you obtain the relevant work experience needed for a new job if you are not given the opportunity to gain that experience when attempting to transition to a different industry or job with different skill sets. https://youtu.be/wtJLkKMKhHk This question is a great example of the catch-22 of career change. The trick
How do I know if the career change I am picturing is a reasonable aspirational goal or going to be viewed as naïve or arrogant? - Nikki https://youtu.be/DPMxGBPSeQY There are different elements to Nikki’s question. The first one is what you think versus what recruiters think. So what? Of course, you should care what other
Jaime asks: What is the first step in making a career change? https://youtu.be/tGVWLXrzUuo Making a career change, from start to finish, can be a long and involved process with many steps, and the first step is going to differ based on your circumstances. One simple example to consider is the person who knows exactly what
My biggest concern is how to convey transferable skills when applying for roles in different fields. This is the biggest hurdle that I'm facing currently and feel as if I'm getting no's via email without even getting the opportunity for an actual phone interview to discuss. – April April’s question is one that I hear from a
Is there an age which is too old to make a career change? How do you manage the reality of a pay cut when you pivot, especially starting over at an older age when life gets complicated? – Media executive The only way you’ll be able to make a pivot is if you believe it’s
If you want to create your dream career, you might take an opportunistic route and design your own unique career path. That’s what Cecilia Mejia is doing as she divides her career between nonprofit consultant and social impact producer (a job title I had not heard of till I saw it listed in one of
My most recent career change (adding a second business, Costa Rica FIRE) turned one earlier this year. Where are you with your dream career? In a recent Forbes post, I shared five ways to get started on a dream career with little time or money. Even the wrong first step is better than no step because it
After several years at a top management consulting firm, my engineer client moved rapidly up the ranks of a start-up from operations to project management to head of business development, until slow growth and slower fundraising made him realize that he not only was not going to have the big exit story to tell at
Monet asked: How do you start over with no education at 40? I love getting questions from the newsletter readers because then I know what topics to cover in the blog. So first of all, thank you, Monet! What immediately caught my attention was how the question was focused – starting over, no education, at age 40.
