As I explain in Career Change Guide, you must first have a good understanding of yourself before you begin changing careers. I take you through all the steps in the book. The one we’ll touch on briefly today is your career skills. There’s a lot more detail about how to change careers successfully in the book. Career Change Guide, one of the best career change books, is discounted on sale through December 2023. For the first time, we’re lowering the price on Career Change Guide to help you or somebody you know can get on the right path and make a difference. You all have seen our blogs here and ..read more

As I explain in Career Change Guide, you must first have a good understanding of yourself before you begin changing careers. I take you through all the steps in the book. The one we’ll touch on briefly today is your career skills. There’s a lot more detail about how to change careers successfully in the book. How do I go about changing careers so I can make a difference? Here’s a job interview tip: interview the company. When you’re trying to make a difference, it’s important to find not only the right career, but to have the right company around you. If you haven’t yet, read all of Career Cha ..read more

As I explain in Career Change Guide, you must first have a good understanding of yourself before you begin changing careers. I take you through all the steps in the book. The one we’ll touch on briefly today is your career skills. There’s a lot more detail about how to change careers successfully in the book. Figuring out who you are: What career skills and competencies do you have, and Which career skills do you need for changing careers? Make an assessment of your skills (your natural talents that perhaps you’ve honed through the years) and your competencies (combined skills for the purposes ..read more

As I explain in Career Change Guide, you must first have a good understanding of yourself before you begin changing careers. I take you through all the steps in the book. The one we’ll touch on briefly today is how you process information. There’s a lot more detail about how to change careers successfully in the book. What do you say to people when networking for career change? The short answer is, put together an elevator pitch for your career change. Networking is a crucial aspect of navigating how to change careers. What you say and who you say it to are important aspects of a successful ca ..read more

As I explain in Career Change Guide, you must first have a good understanding of yourself before you begin changing careers. I take you through all the steps in the book. The one we’ll touch on briefly today is how you process information. There’s a lot more detail about how to change careers successfully in the book. How to Change Careers Successfully: Know Yourself First When you’re going through the process of changing careers, as the book says it’s important to know yourself very well first. Then you can make decisions that will help you succeed in your new career and your new job. One pie ..read more

Keep your resumes for changing careers simple. Focus on accomplishments and how you succeeded. The book and this website have the simple career change resume template I recommend. How to Adjust Resumes for Changing Careers  When you adjust your resume for changing careers, highlight your work accomplishments and how you succeeded. Check out the career change video: “Resumes for Changing Careers” on the Career Change Guide YouTube channel. Focus on your accomplishments. Your resume is your opportunity to show quickly and concisely the most important accomplishments you made at work, and ho ..read more

The basis of Career Change Guide is helping you understand who you are, your values, and who you want to work with. Once you know that, you can proceed confidently through the rest of the steps in the book. Read Career Change Guide to learn how to make a values-based career change successful. Once you understand your own values, it’s important you find an organization that shares those values. Not just the company, but the team you’ll be on. When you reach the interview phase with a company, prepare to ask the right questions to make sure the company and the team you’ll be on share your values ..read more

The basis of Career Change Guide is helping you understand who you are, your values, and who you want to work with. Once you know that, you can proceed confidently through the rest of the steps in the book. Read Career Change Guide to learn how to make a values-based career change successful. Career Change Videos – Why Career Change Guide – free career changing resources by Mike Schoettle Career Change Videos: Values Based Career Change For The Win Begin by thinking about who you know well from both your working and personal lives. Then ask yourself which ones do you feel close to and respect ..read more

In addition to utilizing your core values in identifying people with whom you want to work, use them to decide who or what you want your work to benefit. Career Change Guide shows you how to identify your core values and use them to power your successful career change. Watch the Career Change Guide short career change videos to start, or get Career Change Guide and start reading. Career change videos by Career Change Guide author and career change expert Mike Schoettle Career Change Videos: Core Values for the Career Change Win Read Chapter 1 of Career Change Guide to help you identify your co ..read more

Once you let people know that you are looking for another job, you can expect the question: “What’s going on?” Career Change Videos – Interviewing for Career Change – free career changing resources by Mike Schoettle A good answer is your ‘Elevator Pitch’. Free Career Change Resources: Develop your Career Change Elevator Pitch An elevator pitch for the purpose of your career change is a brief description of the role and organization you want to join, your work experience, and the contribution you want to make there.  Some people may respond to your Elevator Pitch with questions. Be ready t ..read more