When Women Change Jobs
16 July 2013
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Certain life stages for women are conducive to change. Take pregnancy for example, a very inspiring period. It opens the way to creativity. Motherhood boosts our energy, our self-confidence increases. We feel ready to take our lives in hand and have more responsibilities. This is an important turning point for a woman and it is often at this moment that she wishes to change jobs.
But whatever the time you want to change jobs, before you start, follow a few tips...
Think about your motivation
Is it a passing fancy or a desire deeply rooted within you? Is it a personal desire or a decision made because of an external context (economic, family, etc.)?
Question what you want to do
We can ask ourselves what is important to us. If anything were possible, what would we really want? In this way, we let childhood dreams emerge, we fuel our deepest aspirations.
Ensure the support of loved ones
We test the waters. We share our questions, our desires, our needs, our fears... For this kind of decision, it is important to have the support of loved ones in order to boost your energy; but also to share what you feel to feel stronger and ready to face what lies ahead.
Define your values
This is the time to undo parental projections in order to connect with your own desires. To discover your values, ask yourself what you are naturally drawn to. This could be adventure, creating, discovering, contributing, succeeding...
Discover your talents
We are more used to listing our weaknesses. But those who have succeeded in life have relied on their strengths. So ask yourself what you do well, what you were recognized for as a child, what you do easily. Ask your entourage what talents they recognize in you? Do yourself good, it's a very pleasant moment!
Write a clear professional project
Here, we have accumulated enough information to precisely determine our professional objective. It must make us vibrate, make us want to get up in the morning. It is important to write it down for it to become a reality.
Plan the different steps
It is important to define each of the steps essential to the realization of this professional transition. This may involve training, joining a network, announcing it to your employer... It is also essential to set a date by which you want to see your project realized. This allows you to get moving.
Determine your resources
In this phase, we assess the financial constraints and family issues (support from your spouse, family organization adapting to this new life...).
Evaluate your chances of success
We determine the obstacles (fear of judgment from others, guilt...) and obstacles (time constraints, budget...) to its realization. Then, we find ways to circumvent them. We do not hesitate to get help.
Get started!
When the time is right, go for it! We refer to our action plan and implement one step after another. As the project progresses, we readjust our plan because it may not go as planned.
Throughout this questioning, you will be able to confront your dream with reality. This is useful to avoid regrets. Even if you do not carry your project through to the end, this experience will be enriching because you will learn a lot about yourself.
Ambre Pelletier.
Etre-bien-au-travail.fr
Posted on July 16, 2013.
But whatever the time you want to change jobs, before you start, follow a few tips...
Think about your motivation
Is it a passing fancy or a desire deeply rooted within you? Is it a personal desire or a decision made because of an external context (economic, family, etc.)?
Question what you want to do
We can ask ourselves what is important to us. If anything were possible, what would we really want? In this way, we let childhood dreams emerge, we fuel our deepest aspirations.
Ensure the support of loved ones
We test the waters. We share our questions, our desires, our needs, our fears... For this kind of decision, it is important to have the support of loved ones in order to boost your energy; but also to share what you feel to feel stronger and ready to face what lies ahead.
Define your values
This is the time to undo parental projections in order to connect with your own desires. To discover your values, ask yourself what you are naturally drawn to. This could be adventure, creating, discovering, contributing, succeeding...
Discover your talents
We are more used to listing our weaknesses. But those who have succeeded in life have relied on their strengths. So ask yourself what you do well, what you were recognized for as a child, what you do easily. Ask your entourage what talents they recognize in you? Do yourself good, it's a very pleasant moment!
Write a clear professional project
Here, we have accumulated enough information to precisely determine our professional objective. It must make us vibrate, make us want to get up in the morning. It is important to write it down for it to become a reality.
Plan the different steps
It is important to define each of the steps essential to the realization of this professional transition. This may involve training, joining a network, announcing it to your employer... It is also essential to set a date by which you want to see your project realized. This allows you to get moving.
Determine your resources
In this phase, we assess the financial constraints and family issues (support from your spouse, family organization adapting to this new life...).
Evaluate your chances of success
We determine the obstacles (fear of judgment from others, guilt...) and obstacles (time constraints, budget...) to its realization. Then, we find ways to circumvent them. We do not hesitate to get help.
Get started!
When the time is right, go for it! We refer to our action plan and implement one step after another. As the project progresses, we readjust our plan because it may not go as planned.
Throughout this questioning, you will be able to confront your dream with reality. This is useful to avoid regrets. Even if you do not carry your project through to the end, this experience will be enriching because you will learn a lot about yourself.
Ambre Pelletier.
Etre-bien-au-travail.fr
Posted on July 16, 2013.
