From the course: Making a Career Change

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Is now the right time to change careers?

Is now the right time to change careers?

From the course: Making a Career Change

Is now the right time to change careers?

- It may be true that not all who wander are lost, but if you're wearing a hole in your carpet from pacing back and forth as you try to decide what to do about your career, it's possible that you need some direction. If you've been considering making a change for a while, why haven't you done it before? What's different about now? You weren't sure exactly where to start. You didn't think you had the right skillset. You thought you may need another degree. You were at the wrong place in your life. Timing is everything. And what makes attempting a career change so difficult is the time it takes to do it, which gives you much more time to think about it and second guess your choice. I had a coaching client who had worked at the same company for nine years and wanted out. In her case, she'd been thinking about it for so long that by the time she decided it was time to do something, she was so ready to leave that she needed…

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