A Model of Career Change: Part 3

This week is the final post around the Do-Meet-Be model of career change. The initial discussion looked at taking action (“Do”) to broaden your perspective and increase your knowledge about the huge range of careers that people pursue. Next, I looked at how networking (“Meet”) enables you to generate potential career leads, creating engagement with people and groups you would otherwise not have access to. While these two topics focussed on taking action, the final stage causes you to look within. What occurs within you once you’ve started to take action? And ultimately, what path will you take to actualise your career dreams?

Step 3: Be. Through taking different actions and meeting different people you’ll start to think of yourself differently. You’ll no longer think of yourself just a school teacher but also as a horticulturalist, or interior designer or technical trainer or whatever you may want to become. The shift is tangible. You’ll notice yourself giving a different answer to the ubiquitous BBQ question: “So what do you do..?”

If your chosen career involves up-skilling, then think before enrolling in study including how you best learn, what support you’ll need and a realistic view of employment prospects. Study and skills are integral to life-long learning in a career, but so is possessing insight into why you’re learning it. Addressing these types of questions will help you realise what your end goal is.

I hope this blog series has triggered some valuable introspection, generating ideas for you pursue to ultimately enable you to make informed decisions about your career journey.

Above all, don’t think your career to death. Take action.