Five Ways to Change Careers in Midlife

Thinking about changing careers in midlife? Here are "Four Ways" to do it, below. The fifth way is called The Flower Exercise, in What Color Is Your Parachute? 2015.

The First Way: The Internet

I like O*Net Online. It is a digital, online treasure house of up-to-date information about 900 occupations grouped by categories.

The Second Way: Tests / Assessments

If you want to know where to start, you might try these two:

• Dr. John Holland's Self-Directed Search.
• The University of Missouri’s Career Interests Game

The Third Way: Changing a Career in Two Steps

This is not so much a way to identify a new career as a way to move into that career once you have figured out where you want to go next. How exactly do you change careers in two steps? Well, let’s start with a definition: a job is a job-title in a field. That means a job has two parts: title and field. Title is really a sym­bol for what you do. Field is where you do it or what you do it with.

By doing career-change in two steps, each time you make a move you are able to legitimately claim that you’ve had prior experience. Identify your field, companies and industry (first move). The second move is within current employer or a new employer in your field of choice.

The Fourth Way: Finding Out What the Job Market Will Need

Check out "Best Careers for the Future: 51 Jobs for 2020 and Way Beyond!"

https://www.trade-schools.net/articles/best-careers-for-the-future.asp

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