Not everyone is lucky enough to love the career they are in. If you do not enjoy your current role you may want to make a change. The good news is that you do not need to be afraid of doing this but you do need to make sure you think about any changes carefully before you go ahead and make them. You need to think about the impact that the career change will have on your life in the short and long term; both the positive impact and the less positive impact.
We are going to take a look at some of the things you should think about before you change career and what you may need to do in order to make it happen. If you really want to change career you can but you need to be prepared for it to not all be plain sailing.
Why do you want to change career?
This is one of the most important questions you need to ask yourself as it can help you to decide whether to make the change or not. It’s easy to forget that just because you are not especially happy in the career you have now does not mean you will be any happier if you make a change. You should be making the change because you really want to give the new career a try and not just because you have become disenchanted where you are.
It’s also not a good idea to be tempted into a different career because your friend is already doing it and loves their work; this does not mean that you will. It may be that you want to change your career to do something you love as a hobby, such as IT. This is also not necessarily a good idea. You have to think carefully about how you will feel about something when you have to do it all the time.
What do you need to do to make the change happen?
If you decide that you definitely want to make a career change you then need to go about trying to make it happen. One of the first things you need to do is research. You need to find out what qualifications you need to embark on your chosen new career. Once you have done this you need to look at available training from providers such as https://www.upskilled.edu.au .
If you choose a course from one of these online providers you can carry on working at your present job and study at the same time. This helps with another aspect that you need to consider before you make a career change; taking care of your finances. Studying can take time and you need to make sure that you are able to live and pay all your bills while you are studying. You also need to be realistic and realise you may not start on a very high salary in your new career.
You can see that it’s not impossible to change career. That being said, you need to be realistic about why you are making the decision and you need to plan wisely and well.
