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1. 30 Steps To Take
When Changing
Careers At 30

2. 1. Admit to
yourself that you
need a change.
Admitting that you need to
consider other career options is
the first step you need to take.
If you constantly feel
unmotivated and worn out, or
that the money you earn no
longer makes up for the
boredom you feel then it’s time
to think about changing things.

3. 2. Dedicate some time.
Give it the thinking time such a big decision deserves.
Think about creating a ‘career change plan’ (outlined in
the following steps) to help guide you through the process
of making the switch.

4. 3. Call in the SWOT team.
Start by undertaking some personal reflection. Ever heard of a
SWOT analysis at work? Now it’s time to do one on you.
Think about and list all your strengths and weaknesses, as well
as any opportunities or threats to change you may face.

5. 4. Consider the really important stuff.
Don’t forget to spend time evaluating the other aspects of your life
outside of work; family time, friends, mental and physical health
considerations and your financial circumstances

6. 5. What’s the real problem?
Be clear on whether it’s the job and career you don’t
like, or just your place of work.
You may find that it’s not your career / job that is the
problem.

7. 6. Formalise your
previous experience
with ‘Recognition of
Prior Learning’ (RPL).
RPL gives you credit for any
skills, knowledge or experience
gained in your current and to
gain any new qualifications.
previous roles and can reduce
the time it takes to gain any new
qualifications.

8. 7. Opportunities for
improvement.
Use an RPL evaluation as an
opportunity to highlight any gaps in
your skills and look to identify how
you could fill those gaps.

9. 8. Career advice isn’t just for school
leavers - get some professional advice.
Contact to a ‘career practitioner’ for their advice on
options available to you.

10. 9. Train and Gain.
Research into any training and
qualifications you may need to gain to
help you on your way in your new career.

11. 10. Seek experience and advice.
Check the accreditation of the training provider.
Look for any previous student testimonials or past
student successes. Speaking to students who have
decided to change their careers can help to
reassure you.

12. 11. Get networking.
Work on building up your professional
network with relevant industry contacts.
Don’t forget use the relationships with
the contacts with your existing network.

13. 12. Work shadowing.
Consider asking people if you can shadow them at their
jobs, or meet them for a coffee outside of work.
Ask questions about their day-to-day roles and
responsibilities.
Get new experience wherever you can – just because you
are looking to change career at 30 doesn’t mean you are
above shadowing people.

14. 13. What do you like?
Create a list of your likes and dislikes - in and out of work.
This can help you to identify what you want out of a career.

15. 14. Changing in, or changing out?
Do you want to remain in your current
organisation?
Are you looking to change organisations
completely – or is there opportunity to change
careers within your organisation?
Make sure you speak to your internal HR team.

16. 15. Keep and open mind.
Don’t narrow yourself to a specific career
options.
Keep your mind open through the process
and investigate several career options

17. 16. How you can
demonstrate your
passion?
Could you start a blog, or
create a portfolio?
Or are their any volunteering
opportunities where you
could gain new skills?

18. 17. Find a mentor.
Changing careers can be daunting, and
stressful – it’s a big life decision. Find
someone who can help you through and
keep you on track.

19. 18. Be flexible.
Don’t make the mistake of sticking rigidly to a plan and missing out
on or considering other good opportunities because you don’t
think it fits in your plan.

20. 19. Resume upgrade.
Don’t forget to give your CV an overhaul.
Before you apply for any new role consider re-writing your CV from scratch.

21. 20. Make sure your new career
objective is clearly highlighted
in the summary statement.
Leave people in doubt of what direction
you are heading in now.

22. 21. Be relevant.
Revamp your resume to include skills and experience that
are most relevant to your new career
Make sure they are at the very top of your CV.

23. 22. Draw emphasis to the skills you have gained.
Not the job titles you have previously held.

24. 23. Show them everything.
Make sure you show a full breadth of skills-operations,
management, leadership, creativity and
communication
Anything that is relevant to your new career choice.

25. 24.Clear cover letter.
Consider your covering letter
carefully.
Make sure you clearly
communicate why you are
looking to change careers and
what you can bring to the
organisation and role.

26. Don’t
forget
to
highlight
any
non
work
re2l5a. tDeodn’
te foxrgpeet rtoi ehinghcleig
ht any non-work
related experience on your CV.
This includes part time consulting or volunteering work.

27. 26. Your personal commitment.
Highlight any courses you have taken or qualifications you
have gained.
This helps to demonstrate your knowledge and
understanding of a topic and shows personal
commitment to investing in your career and yourself.

28. 27. Speak their language.
Make sure you change your CV to use terms or
terminology used by that industry for example
‘lifecycle management’ to ‘pipeline management’.
Change
terminology

29. 28. Prepare your elevator
pitch.
It can be difficult to explain the reasons
why you are changing careers, so
consider preparing a 30 second – 1
minute intro for yourself that gets your
points across clearly and concisely.

30. 29. Don’t rush in.
If any point in this process you feel like you
might be going down the wrong track,
then don’t rush into anything. Write a list
of your concerns and evaluate them.
You can always start the process again.

31. 30. Embrace new
opportunities.
This is a big life decision and
it’s completely natural to feel
apprehensive.
It’s likely that you may have
several career changes over
your duration of your career
so take your time, weigh up
the pros and cons and when
you are feeling confident –
go for it.

32. • For
more
informa9on
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Visit the website today for more information:
www.ctiaustralia.edu.au