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TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR

CAREER DIRECTION

The key to making the most of these transitions: accept that change
is your friend. In fact, as you move through your career, you’ll find that
change, though often disruptive, can also be the source of some pretty
terrific new career opportunities for you. Whether the change is driven by
your employer, new commitments in your personal life, or changes in your
personal career aspirations, it’s up to you to determine the outcomes of
those changes throughout your career.
Happily, you can develop the skills to more easily navigate your current job
transition and then use them throughout your career whenever it’s time to
head in a new direction.
Do you love your current employer but hope to move into a different
department with new responsibilities? Is your organization in an industry
beginning to go through major layoffs? Did an early career opportunity take
you in one direction but now you’re ready to switch to a potentially more
rewarding path?

These are just some of the circumstances that might be causing you to
contemplate a career transition. Whatever the reason for your change,
we’re here to help make it as painless as possible.

Before you get started: Identify what kind of career transition you’re
considering

In general, career transitions fall into three categories: easy, more
challenging, and very challenging. It’s important to understand which type
of career change you have in mind so you know what to expect in terms of
how easy or difficult the transition is likely to be.

To understand how you’ll want to proceed, consider these descriptions of
job-change types to see where yours falls:

Easy. This situation usually involves making a change with your existing
employer; for example, you may want to use your existing nursing skills,
but for a different department. Or you may be seeking a greater level of
responsibility. Alternatively, you may want to work for a different employer,
but using the same skills, in the same role and in same industry.
This type of career transition is the easiest to do because your strengths
and performance are already known to your current employer. If you’re
targeting a change within your organization, you already have a network
of colleagues who can alert you to “invisible” internal job openings and
support your efforts to land that new position; and you may have workplace
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