When Career Change Seems Like a Hopeless Goal
Every career coach and career counselor hears the question: “Does anybody really make a successful career change?”
Recently I received this question in my own e-mail: How do I change my perception of my ability to make a positive career change in the face of continued disappointments? Here are 5 questions to bring career change closer to your own experience.
(1) What are some common elements among all your diverse jobs and careers? If you’re changing jobs within the same field, you might be in the wrong career. Nothing you do will make a difference till you bite the bullet.
If you’ve tried different fields, are all your jobs situated in indoor offices where you are chained to a desk? Or do you have to arrive at the office for 7 AM meetings (and you’re an evening person)?
Making Change Work For You
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew”- Abraham Lincoln
Is there a change in your professional life on the horizon? If there are concerns about making any transition, it is only natural. Fear of change is inherent in many individuals. Stepping out of one’s comfort zone into the unknown can fill anyone with trepidation. We like what we are familiar with and what we have control over. There is reluctance to take the first step by not knowing where it leads.
Airline Training for Successful Career Change
Anyone thinking of changing their career to a more interesting one, or of starting out in a career, could actually think about taking some free online training courses in the travel sector. Airline training is particularly good. When you train up to work with one of the major flight carriers, you are potentially booking yourself in for a life changing career diversion. Instead of sitting behind a desk, day in and day out for 40 years, you could find yourself manning a check in desk, becoming a member of flight crew, becoming a baggage handler or working on the executive side of thing.
