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I'm thinking about changing career direction altogether Look at your career needs
If you're thinking about changing career altogether, you need
to look at your career needs. It's a good idea to
have a short-term and long-term
career plan, which takes account of your career needs within the next five years and into the longer term. This plan should
be reviewed every year or so to take account of factors relating
to your job and your personal circumstances such as:
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What you want to be doing in your job? - perhaps
higher grades of management, developing specialist knowledge,
teaching or training other people about your job, writing technical
manuals or articles about your work etc
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What working conditions do you want? - perhaps
more or less travel, regular working hours, scope to use your
languages or other specialist skills
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Do you have strong beliefs about the ethical
basis of your organisation? Follow link from Information
resources
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Timing - do you want to make immediate moves
or are you planning ahead?
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Family factors - spouse's or partner's career
plans
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Dependents - children's education or elderly
relations
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Mobility - you may not wish to move from a
particular area or you may wish to live in another country
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Health or disability issues - do you
have any constraints?
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Work and life balance - having time outside
your career to enjoy a personal life
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Planning for retirement
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