Demystifying Career Transition: How to Make a Successful Career Move?

 Most people go through several career developments in their professional journey, either moving from one company to another or even maneuvering from government jobs to private ones. Where some transit successfully, there many are struggling to integrate in the new environment.

If you’re currently considering switching jobs or positions, here are some tips to help professionals manage a career transition successfully.

 

Don’t try to time the move

There is no perfect time for things to be ideal on various fronts such as family, finance, etc. So, when should be the perfect time to switch careers? The career stagnation period lasts for a few months to several years, depending on each individual. You may feel a lack of motivation, low on energy, and develops some level of frustration. At such a stage, career-making becomes more prominent.

If you are transforming forwards career shift when you are at the top of your game, you have a lot of momentum and energy behind you.

 

Leveraging prior experience 

If you switch industries or functions, past experience may or may not be relevant. Hence you should focus on leveraging your experience. Sometimes even experienced professionals tend to see everything from that lens of their experience without realizing that their past experience may become a barrier in their progress way. Try to focus on building new skills which might be relevant in the new role as well.

 Invest in reskilling and learning

Changing careers is equivalent to developing new skills. A career move is good to invest time and money to learn new skills with proper research for the right set of courses or training programs to prepare you for a new role.

Be impactful during early days

Try to show some quick impact in the initial days when you join as a lateral hire. Most organizations don’t have a structured program to help orient lateral hires.\ Hence, it is important for you to quickly adapt your newer role and make stronger impact.

 

Stakeholder Management

Most people focus on making networking skills and often confuse it with stakeholder management. Networking, precisely, means the ability to connect and build symbiotic relationships. Stakeholder management means navigating the organizational matrix to manage and control your career and the key decision-makers in the organization.

The career transition is already bold risky and thrilling at the same time, especially if you are considering switching to other functions or industries. You should seek support from a career coach, if needed to help in any advice for transition. It can open a new world of opportunities for you that you had never even thought about




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