The Secret Shift: Why Changing Your Career, Not Just Your Job, Could Transform Your Life Forever
At the core of the job-changing decision-making process are three questions that require concrete answers:
- What are the job-changing individual’s values?
- What does the job-changing individual have to offer a potential employer?
- What does the job-changing individual expect in return?
Values have to do with one’s feelings about family, recognition, monetary rewards, security, promotions, belonging, commitment, loyalty, and so forth. The answer to the question regarding what one has to offer will be an analysis of skills–such as marketing, presentation, sales, research, and data analysis–and then identification of whether one has the traits that support those skills: is the person aggressive, independent, articulate, persuasive, logical, visionary?
