“Where am I and where do I want to go?” – Before any professional reorientation, you should become aware of the answers to these questions and carefully analyze your current situation, both professionally and personally. But what is the most efficient way to do this? We have some tips for you.
Self-reflection: What is the ‘ACTUAL situation’?
Questions like this can be overwhelming because you don’t even know where to start with your answer.
To make this step a little easier for you, we have divided this question into a few subtopics for you:
Personality
Who are you? What are your qualities? How do you act, think and work? Ask yourself these questions from a different perspective: How do strangers see you? And how do people you know see you?
Values and interests
Which values are important to you? How do you feel about money, free time, and status? Which topics are you interested in in your free time and which of them are you also interested in professionally?
Knowledge and experience
What training and further education do you have? In which areas do you have special skills or specialist knowledge? What successes have you been able to celebrate so far?
Evaluate your professional activities: What did you enjoy and what did you not enjoy? Which were the positive and which were the negative?
Social network
Differentiate here between your internal and external network. Your internal network describes current or former employees. How well are you networked among them? Can they help you with your professional reorientation?
Your external network describes your contacts in other companies. Do you have contacts in areas where you would like to work? Can these contacts help you with this?
Flexibility
Would you be ready to move for a professional reorientation? Just in another city or even in another country? And how do you see the financial situation?
Self-orientation: What is the ‘TARGET situation’?
Now that you know where you are, the next step is to determine where you want to go. Be SMART in setting your goals:
- S specific
- M edible
- A action-oriented
- R ealistic
- T erminated
Specific professional goals
What professional activities would you like to pursue? Do you see your future in a company or would you prefer to become self-employed? What industry do you see yourself in?
Organizational structure
Can you imagine a management position? There are numerous tips on how to master leadership. Or maybe there is a certain department in which you would like to work?
How do you imagine your dream team? What kind of interaction do you want? If you are interested in flat hierarchies, an innovation job might be for you. Many companies in this field are start-ups that support this corporate style. But numerous other advantages make a job in a start-up worthwhile.
Where, when, and with what
Where should your workplace be and how should the environment be designed around it? Do you have a special request regarding workload or working hours? The norms on these two topics are currently being repealed.
In addition, the questions arise: What about the wages? What is your minimum Or what services do you require from your new employer? For example a business phone?
Development opportunities
If you have reoriented yourself professionally: Would you like to stay in this dream position or would you like to take advantage of further career opportunities? Are you tempted to do another training or further education?
These tips are not detailed enough for you and are you looking for further advice? We have a more detailed version of this article in our guide. We hope to be able to help you with this.