4 Ways To Change Your Career
Is your nose too close to the grindstone?
The problem with the UK school system is that it feels like children have to make a huge decision about their future at a very young age. Basically when kids choose their standard grades or equivalent, they limit the Highers or A levels they can take, which in turn limits the Advanced Highers or equivalent they can be accepted into and this indeed affects what University or college courses they can get on. The degree or qualifications they get from that limit the type of job they can do and then the type of job the start doing limits what other jobs they can get after that.<br/><br/> This funnelling means that when people want to change course at University it can be tricky and likewise, it means it can be even more difficult to change careers later in life. Despite all this, it is perfectly possible to change your career at almost any stage with a bit of determination and by accepting that you won't feel quite as financially secure as you would have liked, but the payoff is a new job you enjoy.<br/><br/> Here are some of your options:<br/><br/> 1 Back to School<br/><br/> The first option you have is to go back to school and learn a whole new discipline. This might be high school, college or even University. There are plenty of evening classes which you can sign up for in your chosen subject and with the experience you have so far in the world of work, you should hopefully choose something you know you will get a job from and, most importantly, one which you enjoy.<br/><br/> 2 Training courses<br/><br/> If you don't fancy that then there are a range of training courses for things like IT or driver training which you can pay to attend for a couple of weeks or at weekends to provide you with a whole new career. Locksmith training for example can be done in a relatively short space of time.<br/><br/> 3 Specialise<br/><br/> If you don't hate your job sector but want a chance to move up or to change area, try specialising in a certain area. Study in your spare time, do a distance learning course and you could give yourself a chance to move from being an office worker to an executive or maybe from a joiner to a site foreman. Even if you have begun some kind of redundancy procedure it is always possible to back track if you have any career change ideas.<br/><br/> 4 Self-Employment<br/><br/> Starting a business for yourself is always an option. If you have built up a set of skills in your current job that are valuable to more than just your company, why not set up a business of your own. Get a website work out how much you should charge and start selling yourself as a freelance whatever it is you do. Not quite a career change but this will certainly give you more freedom.<br/><br/> Don't stay stuck in a rut, make a positive change!<br/><br/><br/><br/>
About the Author
Sam Qam is full of career change ideas. He took compulsory redundancy by following correct redundancy procedure recently and has since had lots of ideas for self-employment which he is pursuing.
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