Finding Jobs and Changing Careers
More than 15 million people find themselves unemployed each year. Millions of others try to increase their satisfaction within the workplace as well as advance their careers by looking for alternative jobs and opportunities. Statistics show that you will make more than 10 job changes and between three and five career changes during you lifetime.
Most people make job sports career transitions by accident. They do little other than take advantage of opportunities that arise unexpectedly. While chance and luck do play important roles in finding employment, when you plan for future sports career changes, you will experience even greater degrees of chance and luck!
Finding a job or changing a career in a systematic and well-planned manner is hard yet rewarding work. The task should first be based upon a clear understanding of the key ingredients that define jobs and careers. Starting with this understanding, you should convert key concepts in to action steps for implementing your job search.
A career is a series of related jobs which have common skill, interest and motivational bases. You may change jobs several times without changing careers. But once you change skills, interests and motivations, you change careers.
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