Is It Time To Consider Switching Careers?

It can be easy to get stuck in a career. Switching careers may seem like too much of a challenge. You might not think you have the skills you need to start over. But it’s never too late to start over, and you might be surprised at how well-equipped you are to reinvent your career.

It may not be easy, but we can all make a change if we want to. The timing needs to be right and the foundation for making a move needs to be established, but it can be done. The hardest part is convincing yourself that you’re ready to do it and that you can do it! The first step is to decide if now is the right time for you to consider moving on.

Here are tips for how to change careers, along with tools you can use to get started.

10 Steps to a Successful Career Switch

Review these steps for assessing your interests, exploring options, evaluating alternative career paths, and making the move to a new career.

How to Change Jobs Mid-Career

Tactics for mid-career workers who want to make a change, how to decide what to do next, and how to create a transition plan for a successful career change.

Free Career Aptitude and Career Assessment Tests

When you are not sure of what type of job you want or what you want to do next with your career, a career aptitude test can help you narrow down your job choices. Here’s a selection of free tests and quizzes you can use to explore options.

How to Find New Career Options

Check out CareerOneStop’s mySkills myFuture site to discover career options that are a fit with your current job title or explore different careers of interest.

Career News and Advice

Here are some timely articles that will help keep you (and your career) up to date with what’s happening in the world of work.

• 10 Jobs to Consider for a Career Change (U.S. News)

• 25 Companies Hiring for Remote, Work-From-Home (FlexJobs)

• How to Collect Unemployment Benefits (The Balance Careers)

• How to Spot and Avoid Job Scams (Career Tool Belt)

• Is the Tech War for Talent Over? (LinkedIn)

Career Questions and Advice

Do you have a question? Need job search or career assistance? Not sure how to get where you want your career to go? Join our Facebook Career Connections Group for help and advice.

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