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Your career is your life story.  It needs deep reflection and a lot of groundwork so that one has a very fulfilling experience.  Every individual at some point of time in their career will face crossroads.  Deciding which path to choose will only help in taking the next steps.  To continuously move in the right direction, you should do some groundwork.  This will help individuals to make a career switch effortlessly.  If the switch is not planned then it could amount to stress and short-term steps.  A dream, being realized is nothing short of a success story and every individual has a success story.

Career is most definitely a beautiful journey in which an individual has learning for life and experiences joy, peace and satisfaction. The ability to marry ones’ dream, passion, and interests to a job is a stepping-stone to a fulfilling career.

The working aspects don’t define an individual, what defines an individual is how the individual contributes to the work assigned, grander the results, grander the connect, of the individual to the job.

Every individual at some point of time should reflect on, dream fulfilment, passion zones, strengths, skills acquired, and satisfaction, these variables, help an individual learn and grow. After assessing the variables if one finds no spark, feels burned out, and if the current job is a drag then one should evaluate and make a career switch. This transition would be easy if planned well.

Here is how one can make a career switch effortlessly:

1. Dream

One should be inspired to dream big, never undermine oneself. One should make sure they have a dream it keeps one going. One should regularly assess if the current profession is a stepping-stone to the dream.

2. Goals

No one has all the time in the world, so set a few goals in line with the dream and vision for self. Each goal should be timed so that one can map up its realization while it matters. Achievement of goals gives an individual immense satisfaction.

3. Reflect

It is nice to frequently evaluate ones’ strengths and skills. It is nice to keep update with the market trends. Have the vision of where the market is tuning to, by continuously reading, updating, listening to trends. The vision and reflection will help in easily stepping into a career, which will have a long-term growth. This reflection is a continuous process, and there is no excuse to updating oneself. Keep sharpening ones skills, build on the opportunities that the market throws up, improve on strengths and work on weaknesses.

4. Network

Network, network and network. Ones’ social network will give apt leads to the vision and goals that one has set. Today, the business happens at the speed of thought, so with good networking and people skills one will always find information coming their way. This information and leads will help in switching careers effortlessly.

5. Keep up with the process (interviews etc…)

One should always be prepared. The groundwork of dreaming, visioning, reflection once done, then it is absolutely necessary to keep an update CV and keep track of what’s happening in the interview processes. These days with social networking sites, one will find a whole gamut of insider information, which can help face things seamlessly.

6. Save

Skills and strengths are tools and one should invest frequently on keeping the tools sharpened. Save up for the updates. Save for the switch in career. Savings will keep one stress-free on the finances front.

7. Certify

It is also nice that one not only updates but gets certified, find apt certifying bodies which will certify the skills one wishes to hone. Certifications help in easily selling ones skills and also help with the career move.

8. Entrepreneurship

Be a leader; start off with a set-up from a scratch. It would help in building an entity with values, and streamlined processes just the way one wishes to be a part of.  And soon one can have a team who works on shared values and vision.

With the basics in place, one will find it a fulfilling experience to make a seamless switch in their career. These tips will help finally realize your dream.

Author Bio :

Akansha Arora is a professional writer and blogger. She is happy to pen down her views for various topics that include career advice, job search and more that interest on behalf of naukrigulf.com. Follow her at akansha.arora2112@gmail.com