Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter
9 ways people destroy themselves in interviews
In Parts 1 and 2 of our journey, we have reviewed your ideas for changing careers in the first and second. Now is the time to test your hypothesis with people and situations, and you can see if your ideas about the profession work.
Most people feel about working in a new field not usually based on the concept of reality. It is based on fantasy or observing those who do this kind of work and listening to something from their work. If they were like most people, they would dramatize the good and bad views of their work.
This is what you can do.
1. Immerse yourself in training.
The course will give you the basics of what you are going to do. This will be the baseline you will build. Before going through the transition, it is important to understand fundamentals. You don’t have to take classes in college. You can take many online courses for free, or you can spend very little money to learn the basics.
I know that when I started the transition from performing search to coaching, I had formal training at a coaching school to bridge my knowledge gap and understand what might be the basics of my new career.
One thing I quickly realized was that I learned how to be a coach, but I needed to learn the business of coaching separately with the coach. You may have similar epiphany in your chosen career and may need to find someone to help you.
Despite limited knowledge and experience, some organizations may welcome you. Volunteering gives you the opportunity to try new areas, gain experience and add something to your resume, and potential employers can take advantage of your commitment and experience. It also gives you the opportunity to build expertise in any training you receive.
Marla volunteered to join a nonprofit and learned from her experience that social work is not something she really wants to do. For me, it’s the same victory that Julio volunteered to be an assistant with the photographer and learned that he really liked shooting.
2. Try to pursue a new career in a side or part-time job.
Some sites can sell your services where you can pick up side jobs so you can feel like doing the job you want to do for others. At present, there is no need to worry about the rates. It’s about understanding the kind of work you want to do.
Jack is someone who loves the idea of working behind a restaurant. From his experience working part-time jobs, he decided to go to culinary school to learn the basics of his new career.
Stupid interview error: Overthinking your resume
3. Have a conversation with the people you said before, who are deeper and more textured than you have done so far.
Once you start exploring in new areas, you will ask higher questions than you do on the go. Instead of having a brief conversation, ask for more time to get into a deeper conversation. What I found on the journey from “baby steps” and “baby problems” to more complex questions is that it allows me to know what I’m entering.
4. Is there a way to get yourself close to someone who is doing this kind of work, even if you can’t make a full transition right now?
Some of you work in an organization where you want to do what you want to do, but you are not doing that. Can you move to support roles close to people who work? Can you find a way to add value to people in the group so they know, like trusting and respecting you? Can you learn something from proximity to what you want to do that can help you transition completely even in another organization? Accessing daily information and experiences may attract you to rest with the past and step into the future.
As I pointed out in Part 1, please take a moment. Just like you are a scientific researcher, exploring a new field, few people in the world have any experience. Learn what you need to learn and then place your toes in the water to find out if it is cold or warm.
This can take months or years. As long as you take smaller incremental steps in the right direction, collecting data and experience, you can find a moment where you can enter a new career or recalibrate and look for something else.
If you decide to recalibrate, it is a victory, not a failure. After all, you’ve learned something you don’t want to do without spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on education and life years.
Most importantly, you now have a process to investigate your next choice.
Good luck! keep going!
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