We often say that interlacing is like a mountain, and changing careers brings great pressure to people in the workplace. To face the new job content, in this case, we should learn to change our professional identity.
The first job most people find is not doing what they really like. When the work reaches a certain stage, or something important happens, for example, everyone has gone through this long vacation and returned to work, they realize that the job in front of them is not what they really want.
Then, you have to go through a career change. In this process, some people succeed in changing careers, while others are not very smooth. Every decision to change careers is an important decision for individuals.
Today, this paper starts with the topic of "career change" and discusses how to change professional identity.
What is a professional "career changer"? What are you worried about when you change careers? Determined to change careers, what should I do? After returning to work, I returned to work, and I was no longer enthusiastic about familiar work.
I want to change careers. I regard myself as a writer. This is my childhood dream.
However, the immediate mortgage and car loan have dispelled this idea.
Looking at the work in front of me, I don't know where to go. This is a true portrayal of many people who want to change careers.
? What is a professional "career changer"? Why did they change careers? There are many reasons for changing careers, but there are only two. One is that the salary is too small and I am not satisfied with the income of the industry I am currently engaged in. The other is that this company can't meet the needs of learning and feels that it can't display its talents.
The so-called "career changer" is to see clearly the limitations of the existing job, want to find another job, and treat this job with a brand-new attitude.
In the process of changing careers, you will face negative emotions such as worry and fear. For people who change careers, they usually make a big decision. Many people are used to linking "career change" and "job hopping", which are actually two different concepts. If you change jobs, you may stay in your previous industry and change companies. Compared with job-hopping, the cost of job-hopping is higher.
Changing careers is a new beginning of a person's career. When choosing a career change, you should choose something you really like, and be passionate about it and want to invest in it. This is your best chance to change careers.
Interest is very important for changing careers. If you don't like this industry at all, and you don't have enthusiasm at work, you won't be motivated to learn, and it's hard to develop well after changing careers. Before you change careers, you should also know the consequences of wanting to change careers.
What are you worried about when you change careers? ① The sunk cost is too high.
The sunk cost refers to the cost that occurred in the past but has nothing to do with the current decision. When people decide to do something, they should not only look at whether it is good for them, but also look at whether they have invested in it in the past. We call these irrecoverable expenses, such as time, money and energy, "sunk costs".
The longer you stay in an industry, the higher the sunk cost. For example, many people are engaged in their own professional work, and they have paid for this job since they started studying. There are also working years, energy and so on. Although I thought about changing careers, I still don't want to give up my past investment and choose to continue working in this industry, considering the high cost I paid for this job.
There is always a fear of the unknown. The same is true in the workplace, doing familiar work every day. It is normal to change careers and be afraid of leaving your comfort zone. In this case, we should calm down and analyze our own situation. Be clear about whether you should stick to it or change careers in time.
For example, Xiao Nan is a marketing major. After graduation, she chose the real estate industry as a sales consultant. And introverted, facing the sales industry, he has to deal with different people every day, which makes him not enthusiastic about this job.
I have worked for several years and haven't sold many houses. At the same time, wages have not increased. He feels that he is worthless and may be replaced at any time.
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, analyze our motivation for choosing a job:
Physiological needs: to meet the minimum needs, work is to earn money to support yourself. Security needs: Work can bring you a stable income and make your life stable and secure. Respect your needs: Decent work can make you respected by others. Self-realization needs: take work as a vocation, and you can exert your potential and create value through work. For Xiao Nan, he is introverted. However, my job is a sales position. Because of the nature of my job, I have to deal with different people. This will be very tiring for introverts. The other is that after working for several years, the salary has not increased much, that is to say, the income can not meet its own requirements.
Finally, Xiao Nan felt that she was worthless and could be replaced at any time. This means that Xiaonan does not have its own core competitiveness. The so-called core competitiveness is: people have me without me, and people have me.
On the whole, this job is not suitable for Xiao Nan. He chose not to change careers, on the one hand, because of his professional counterparts, and on the other hand, because he has been working for several years.
(2) lack of understanding of their own work.
Changing careers is a matter that needs to be treated with caution and should be based on a certain understanding. On the whole, the cognition of work can be divided into three stages: the first stage is to regard work as a means of making a living, and many of them are the first jobs that have just graduated from school and entered the society. Due to lack of experience, I don't know what I want yet, and I will face the test of changing careers in the future.
The second stage is to regard work as a profession and be able to engage in this job for a long time. I like my present job, but I don't intend to do it all the time, but I care about the promotion opportunities and Excellence in an industry.
The third stage is to regard work as a career and think more about creating value. People who usually want to change careers are stuck in the first stage.
When considering changing careers, many practical problems have to be solved. Changing careers is not as simple as many people think. This means a process of reshaping professional identity, and everyone has their own professional identity in the workplace. This represents our work, including our environment and personal relationships.
Reconstruct a story of past experience and mention a story in the book "Changing careers". A nine-to-five executive was dissatisfied with his job until he met a baker by chance. Through talking with him, I realized that what I really like is making bread.
You know, from a manager to a baker, the span is great. He told himself that he used to like to cook good food for everyone when he was doing administrative work. Being a baker can make money to support yourself and make yourself happy at the same time.
It was an accident, but now it has become a matter of course. Through this exercise, you can overcome the psychological pressure in the process of changing careers.
How do we successfully change careers? When most people want to change careers, they think, I must do something I really like this time. By asking friends around you, reflect on past experiences and find what you want to do. Whether you can successfully change careers depends on many aspects.
1 thinking about the internal cause of career change: discovering the possible self.
Hazel Marcus, a psychologist at Stanford University, put forward a new concept: possible self. What a person's future looks like, in fact, there are countless possibilities. What people in the workplace have to do is to try all the possibilities.
For those who want to change careers, there is no need to make a decision in a hurry. You can give yourself a month to examine yourself. First, list all the jobs you want to do or the people you want to be.
Secondly, list all the reasons that forced you to change careers. This reason may be that your current job often works overtime, your salary is too low, and the development prospect of the industry is not good. One by one, many problems can be solved through adjustment and communication.
When changing careers, don't dig for a goal first, but list the "possible self" and think about the deep-seated reasons why you want to change careers. After changing careers, can these problems be solved, and can you gain more development space and learning opportunities through changing careers? Compare the existing occupation with the changed occupation in all aspects.
② Observe the external cause of career change: quick trial and error.
When you have listed all the possibilities, the next step is trial and error. You don't have to choose to change jobs before changing careers. You can start from a sideline while keeping your current job.
For example, many people want to switch to the media industry now, so they can try it in their spare time after work to see if they are suitable for this job.
You can study more and participate in various trainings in the early stage. In this way, you can see if you are suitable for changing careers. You can pave the way for yourself to change careers and enter this industry. To judge an industry, we can start with the following questions:
What are the future development directions of this industry? Is it in a period of rapid development? When did it start? What are the requirements for individuals in this industry? It takes time and money to change careers. Is there enough capital to support career change? When the conditions are not mature, it is safer to change careers while working.
Develop new contacts in the field you want to change careers.
Different industries have different circles. Before changing careers, you can find a mentor in this industry. Or someone who has the same experience as you, he has already had a successful experience.
Through exchange and study, we can help you get familiar with the environment and industry rules and shorten the career change time. In the process of changing careers, it is inevitable to encounter various obstacles.
For example: the way of thinking in the past, contacts and so on. Changing careers is not as simple as changing jobs, but means a process of identity remodeling. Rebuilding workplace identity is faced with changes in skills and mentality. We should understand and realize the significance of changing careers from the bottom of our hearts.
Summary: In the workplace, it is normal to want to change careers. But before you change careers, think carefully. Can the job problems we are facing now be solved by changing careers?
Once you make up your mind to change careers, you can start from the following three aspects: first, think about the internal causes of changing careers and find yourself. Second, observe the external causes of career changes and try and make mistakes quickly. Third, develop new contacts in the field you want to change careers.
Through this exercise, you can improve your success rate in changing careers, which is essentially a trial and error process. In this process, we must find the direction of career change.
Finally, I hope that people who want to change careers can smoothly change their professional identities and create greater value in new industries.