換工作前要做的四步準(zhǔn)備

Before you make a change, you need to find out "what the career and job really involve -- not your fantasy。

在你換工作之前，你要弄清楚這項(xiàng)工作或該領(lǐng)域?qū)嶋H上涉及到什么，不能只是一味假想。

For example, many careers, ranging from interior design to financial planning, may involve selling your services in addition to performing them. Or you may be enticed by thehigh average salary of your dream job, only to find that it's a fieldwhere a few people make a lot and most people make very little。

比如說(shuō)，室內(nèi)設(shè)計(jì)到財(cái)政規(guī)劃等很多行業(yè)，既需要你出售服務(wù)還需要你實(shí)施服務(wù)。或許你會(huì)被你理想工作的高薪吸引，最后發(fā)現(xiàn)原來(lái)那個(gè)行業(yè)里只有少數(shù)人才能掙到大錢，大部分的人工資都很低。

To get the real story, talk to people who work in the field you're targeting. You can find them through your college alumni association, professional associations, and schools withprograms in the field。

想要知道實(shí)際情況，就和那些已經(jīng)在你的理想行業(yè)工作的人士談?wù)劇Ｄ憧梢酝ㄟ^(guò)大學(xué)校友會(huì)，專業(yè)社團(tuán)，或該行業(yè)的培訓(xùn)學(xué)校那里找到這樣的專業(yè)人士。

3.Assess your experience。評(píng)估你的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

The lowest-risk decision for a hiringmanager is to choose someone who has done the job before. So if you tryto compete in a new field, you'll be at a disadvantage。

招聘經(jīng)理做出的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)最低的決策就是聘請(qǐng)以前從事過(guò)該工作的候選人。所以如果你打算進(jìn)軍一個(gè)新行業(yè)，你就處于劣勢(shì)了。

"It's just hard to sell yourself when you don't have any experience, or the experience that you do have is acomplete disconnect," Philips says. "You can't make your past notexist."

Philips說(shuō)：“如果你沒(méi)有任何經(jīng)驗(yàn)，或已有的工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)和目前應(yīng)聘的工作毫無(wú)關(guān)系的話，你就很難推銷自己了。你沒(méi)辦法抹殺自己的過(guò)去”

This doesn't mean it's impossible tochange careers. But you may need to find a substitute for the experience you lack. One way to do this: networking。

但這也并不意味著轉(zhuǎn)行業(yè)是不可能的。不過(guò)你可能需要找到一個(gè)優(yōu)點(diǎn)來(lái)彌補(bǔ)工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)的不足。有個(gè)方法就是：人際關(guān)系網(wǎng)。

"Does somebody know you from a former company?" Fireman asks. People are much more likely to take a risk onsomeone they have worked with in the past, even if it was in adifferent job. Volunteer experience can also help, Fireman said。

Fireman問(wèn)：“是否有以前公司了解你的同事在呢?”即使是在不同的工作崗位，人們也更愿意信任以前共事過(guò)的同事。Fireman還說(shuō)，志愿者經(jīng)歷也是有用的。

4。Build a bridge。建一座橋。

Not all career changes are equally difficult. The hardest is to move to a field where none of your previous experience is relevant. Often, though, you can find a way tobuild on your previous experience while doing something new。

換工作的難度并不是個(gè)個(gè)相當(dāng)?shù)?。最難的是進(jìn)入到一個(gè)與你以前的工作經(jīng)歷完全不相關(guān)的行業(yè)。不過(guò)，通常來(lái)說(shuō)，你可以找到一個(gè)途徑在嘗試新事物的同時(shí)，應(yīng)用自己以前的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

Consider staying in your industry butmoving to a new role so you can play up your industry knowledge. Or you could keep working in finance, for example, but for a biotech company instead of a publisher. In that case, you can show that you have already done the job, even if the industry is new。

你可以考慮呆在你目前的行業(yè)，不過(guò)換個(gè)新的崗位，這樣你就可以積累行業(yè)知識(shí)。比如，你可以繼續(xù)做金融方面的工作，但并不是為一家出版社工作，而是為一家生物科技公司工作。這樣的話，即使是在新行業(yè)，你也可以說(shuō)自己已經(jīng)有了這樣的工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)了。