Prepare for Your Next Transition


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You may be feeling unsettled or discontent in your current job. Preparing for your next transition while working on solving problems, managing conflicts, or lack of communication, can help keep you motivated to do the work while seeing hope for your next transition.

Prepare for your next job or career change by keeping notes on your current or past work in a file or binder so you will be prepared for your next change. 

Keep notes on conflicts at work.  

·      What Happened

·      What you did

·      Who else was involved

·      The result

Make note of how you made decisions.

·      The decision

·      Steps you took

·      Who was involved

·      The result

Know how to talk about yourself with confidence. Whether in a job interview or connecting with friends or family, be prepared to talk about what you like to do, projects you’ve worked on, and how you used your strengths, skills, or experience for your accomplishments.

The way you talk about yourself will depend on the situation whether social, professional, or in a formal interview. At times the lines can be blurred. An informal interview can turn into a job interview. An introduction can be a pre-interview without you realizing it.

In social situations people often get acquainted by discussing work and how they spend their time and money. You might discuss for example: your home, car, computer, etc. A close trusting relationship is developed when you get beyond things you own, and share your values, interests, and dreams.

In an interview or work environment, it’s important to develop a connection, a sense of trust in a short period of time without going into detail or getting too personal. Unless you are a natural communicator, you will need to practice developing trusting relationships in different situations. There are some things you can do to connect quickly with another person:

·      Show you are interested in what the other person is saying.

·      Notice the other person’s posture and expression.

·      Listen to what is important to them or their company.

·      Pay attention to your feelings and reactions.

·      Briefly share something about yourself related to what they have said.


As you work through any fears or anxieties you might have, you can avoid uncomfortable topics in an interview. By writing out experiences and sharing with a trusted friend, coach, or career counselor, you will know what topics make you feel energized and which topics to avoid discussing.


Contact Nancy Miller, Master Life/Career Coach, and author of the book, Fire Up Your Profile For LifeWork Success. Visit her website at: www.creativelifeworkdesign.com


 

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