three ways to increase your confidence in your career transition decision
“What if I change careers and still find myself unhappy?”
I’ve heard this concern expressed many times in conversations with people who are unhappy in their careers.
Oftentimes when we’re unhappy in our careers, we can find ourselves jumping from company to company, role to role, boss to boss, in search of greener pastures.
The truth is, it’s impossible to be 100% certain that you’re going to love your new career. But here are three ways you can increase your confidence in your career transition decision.
five networking tips for people who hate networking
Networking is one of the most impactful exercises you can do to grow your career. It can lead to countless opportunities, including partnerships, increased sales, mentorship, idea sharing, and of course, job opportunities. It is estimated that 80% of jobs are filled through networking!
Unfortunately, a lot of people I talk to dread networking. But they don’t have to. Consider the five tips I’ve shared here to make the process something you might actually enjoy.
four career reflection questions to ask yourself
Dissatisfaction in your career doesn't usually happen overnight. It can be a slow drift and if you don't regularly take stock in your career, you can wake up one day wondering how you wound up so unhappy.
And let's be honest, as great as you think you might be at compartmentalizing different areas of your life, dissatisfaction in your career will easily seep into and affect physical and mental health, family, relationships, and other areas of our lives.
So how can you keep this "slow drift" to career dissatisfaction from happening?
Who sacrificed so you could chase your dreams?
We laid my beautiful Mom to rest last weekend. She passed on October 6th, my parents’ 44th wedding anniversary, after a brave fight with uterine cancer. We finally laid her to rest in her hometown in Huntington, WV.