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There might be a time in your life when you feel like you are in a bit of a rut. Sometimes this can be because of the career we are currently in. Perhaps you feel like you’ve hit a point that you won’t be able to progress past. Or maybe your current job just hasn’t turned out how you had imagined that it would. In this kind of situation, it could be time to switch to a new career.
Lots of people believe that we need to stick to the very first career that we go into. That’s normally because they think it will be too time-consuming and costly to retrain and get new qualifications for a new job path. Of course, that might be true for a specialist career, such as in medicine or teaching, but switching can actually be easy in most other careers. And that’s all because of transferable skills. These are the skills that are needed in all jobs, no matter what industry you work in. As long as you have these, you will find it easy to move onto a new career.
Planning And Organisation
All jobs will require an element of organising in them. Once you are in a job role, you will need to quickly figure out which tasks on your to-do list have the highest priority and which ones you need to get done first. Time management skills also fall into planning and organisation. Without time-management, you might struggle to reach your targets and deadlines, which could hold up entire projects for the company.
Teamwork
Hardly any job will require you to work on your own for most of the time. Lots of companies love to encourage their employees to work closely together and collaborate on projects together. So, teamwork is one transferable skill that will really get you far. Even if you aren’t required to work in a team too often, good teamwork will help you get on with others you encounter on a day to day basis in a new job.
IT Know-How
IT and tech play big parts in almost every job these days. Without any IT skills, you might find that you struggle to find a job. Don’t worry if you are quite clueless when it comes to tech and computers – there are now lots of specific courses, such as training for Excel, that will come in useful in any office environment. It’s worth brushing up on this skill before you start your job hunt.
Initiative
A new boss won’t want to waste time spoon feeding you every single piece of information that you need or telling you which jobs to do when. They would much prefer to hire someone who has plenty of initiative and can figure out things on their own. Of course, you don’t want too much initiative otherwise you might unintentionally act outside your authority!
Once you have all of the above transferable skills, you should find it’s easy to transfer careers in the future!