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Do you cringe at the thought of changing jobs or transitioning to a different career? If so, then you're probably not managing your career or recognizing your professional value.
Your reaction may have more to do with your lack of knowledge of the most effective ways to take charge of your career and less about your lack of interest in exploring a change.
After all, you've been busy at your current job and balancing other life priorities. Plus, you're probably wondering where you should begin.
That question makes it convenient to postpone any action toward a change. Yet exploring options, whether or not you actually make a transition, is a good career-management strategy. Such action can help you understand and articulate your professional value and prevent you from feeling trapped in your current position.
The following eight points reflect today's most effective career management strategies that we emphasize at Heart At Work Associates.
These strategies will help you explore whether a job or total career change makes sense for you, and if so, how to navigate it successfully.
It's likely that you're managing many priorities. These strategies can make your job or career change process as efficient and rewarding as possible.
Use this opportunity to promote your uniqueness as a significant benefit of value to your future employer.
Barbara Babkirk is the founder of Heart At Work Associates, a career counseling and outplacement firm in Portland. She can be reached at barb@heartatworkassociates.com
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