Three Ways to Switch Careers Without More School
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Finding the right career path is tricky. Though we all hope to choose correctly when we start working after college, many young people find out after a few years of experience in the field they trained for that they really want to do something else entirely. So what to do? Is there another option besides heading back to school to get some new skills?
On blog Untemplater recently Jabari Johnson shared his personal story of career transformation and offered a three-step action plan for anyone looking to shift gears and move into a career for which they have no formal training. What he recommends isn’t easy, but it is a solid plan of attack for those who are serious about working in an industry they’re passionate about:
- Talk to people that are doing what you want to do — There is no better advice on doing something than from someone who is actually doing it. Take these people out to lunch, get some insight on the mistakes that they made, etc. If you are serious about your goals and what you want to accomplish, people will see that. You might even develop a mentor-mentee type of relationship with someone who is where you want to be. Research, research, and then do more research — There is no doubt that every single industry is changing rapidly nowadays. The good thing is we have this thing called the internet that allows us to stay up to the minute on just about anything. To really jump into a new career path you need to know as much as you can about it. Time to start getting that Google reader filled up with industry
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