How to plan your career change - with Mark Herschberg of The Career Toolkit

Change Work Life

#087 - Author of “The Career Toolkit” Mark Herschberg explains how you build the road map to enable you to start planning your career change.
What you'll learn

• [02:03] Mark explains the origins of his book and who the target audience is.
• [06:42] Looking at your long term career options rather than just the next job.
• [08:00] Finding out unwritten skills required for jobs by networking with people in the industry.
• [08:59] Using intermediate roles to make the transition into the career you want.
• [10:08] How to identify the qualifications and skills you need for specific roles.
• [10:38] Figuring out whether you need to go back to school.
• [11:41] Taking alternate paths to get to your career destination.
• [13:30] Mapping out your career path by looking at gaps in your knowledge or skill set.
• [15:02] Approaching connections to help you identify potential intermediate roles.
• [16:23] Qualifications which can give you a broad scope of opportunity.
• [18:58] Understanding where a career path will take you and how to orient yourself to it.
• [20:32] Identifying sub-professions that would suit you more.
• [21:46] Ensuring you have multiple paths to divert and change course to.
• [23:10] Having a broader view of adjacent industries to see what may impact you.
• [24:18] Recognising trends within your role or industry to determine potential future job risks.
• [27:03] The importance of looking at your projected income as well as short term.
• [28:36] How not to get sidetracked and ensure that you’re aligned to your goals.
• [30:50] Recognising what motivates you so you can effectively measure your progress.
• [31:46] Figuring out the need for an accountability coach or partner.
• [32:57] Using your network to get in contact with people that can help.

For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:
https://changeworklife.com/how-to-plan-your-career-change/

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