Successful Career Change Tactics Revealed

Just as with a real job interview, it’s important to make a good impression –especially if you have aspirations toward working for that specific company. Dress appropriately, arrive early, keep your questions short and concise, don’t take up too much of the person’s time, and remember the basic rules of etiquette. Since they may be the one hiring you someday, you will want them to remember you in a positive light.

Because making a career change is so important and a very big step, it’s also important for you to have an action plan. In the above chapter about things not to do when making a career change, we mentioned that you should have a plan as to how you will be going about this life-changing event. It helps if you begin by setting some goals and then devising an action plan.

A goal is something that you want to achieve. It is the end result of what might be a lot of hard work but that hard work will help you realize your dream of working in a job that you’ll love.

There are two types of goals you need to set: long-term and short-term. Long term goals can take about three to five years to achieve. Short term goals can be realized within a year or so. It’s important to have goals because you need to have something to focus on – keeping your eye on the prize so to speak! When you are setting goals, you need to keep in mind a few things. Your goals should be:

▪ conceivable: you must be able to put it into words;

▪ achievable: you must have the attributes, energy, and time to accomplish it;

▪ believable: you must believe you can reach it;

▪ achievable within a certain time frame: you must be able to state how long it will take you to reach it;

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