By C M Johnson
So, you find yourself in need of a midlife career change? In today’s rapidly changing career landscape, this has become much more common than in years past. People in midlife often feel lost, unsure, and very puzzled by or unaware of their career choices. Often it’s a process of exploring and then discovering what your choices are, then understanding and weighing those choices against your needs, desires, and goals.
After discovering your choices and weighing them, there is process of developing a plan on how to acquire the specific job (or business) you desire to carry out your career objectives and make it happen. There is indeed a real sense of urgency when making a midlife career change for the obvious reasons, limited time before you plan to retire.
There are 5 broad career path areas to consider. These 5 areas are:
1) Employee
2) Entrepreneur
3) Degreed
4) Trade
5) Military
These can be single paths or some used together when they complement each other, such as starting a business on the side while working at your job, pursuing a degree in your spare time while working, or learning a trade. Midlife career change can include military as an option now with US Army taking recruits much older, up to age 42 at the time of this writing. Things are far more complicated than in years past!
An effective way to deal with this complicated process is to explore options working from broad (as in the categories above) to specific. The broad choices are like the main arteries / highways and the specific choices within those categories are like the roads leading off the highway. This is like going from broad to specific in your career choices.
What if you don’t know where to begin? A great place to start is thinking about what you love to do? Is there something that you love to do that would transfer over into a particular career? Think about what makes you feel good. What do you enjoy doing? You can only be great at what you love to do. Not everyone can do what they love to do for a living, but it should be your first choice to explore.
Finding a stable career area for the long term future is what you should seek. Some strong areas to consider are: 1) Medical, 2) Education, and 3) Government. This and much more is discussed at length in my book Choosing the Right Career Path. Do take the time to explore your choices and I wish you a great career!
Choosing the Right Career Path
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Author, writer, and entrepreneur C. Mark Johnson holds a degree in business management, numerous certificates, and is a United States Air Force Veteran.
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