From the course: Switching Your Career
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Commit to your career switch target
From the course: Switching Your Career
Commit to your career switch target
- One shared trait among individuals who successfully achieve their goals. They have a focus target and put 100% into achieving it. In a job search, this is your Plan A, and it's essential for a switcher. Your Plan A lies at the intersection of three things. Your expertise, which includes your skills, ability and knowledge. Your interests, which include the professional activities you're passionate about, the type of work environment you thrive in, and the compensation you're expecting. And the market, which are the needs, mission and core challenges of the companies and customers you'll be working with. All three must be crystal clear to create a targeted career switch goal. Most switchers initially focus on interests since they're the key driver in making a change in the first place. Often boredom or burnout sparks a desire to do something new. And naturally, you begin with what you enjoy most. But even if your switch is driven by another factor, your interests are central to your…
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