How to Mould Your Second Career from Home (Part 1)
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We are so used to leaving our careers to our employers that we forgotten we have the ability to mould the desired career ourselves. This is evident when one is laid off; the first thing that came into his or her mind is to find another job immediately to replace what he or she has lost. But times have changed, economic is bad now and jobs are scarce so instead of thinking finding another job and leaving your career to the hands of your new employer, think again! You may end up underpaid, unhappy and under developed for your career.
We should stop relying on other and start taking responsibility for our own careers. In this post, we will see how one can mould out a second career from his or her own home after being laid off. Why from home, you may ask? This is to take full advantage of what you have and reduce unnecessary expenses. Since it will also be you long-term career, starting from home will be a good starting ground.
1. Set a Career Goal
First and foremost, set a career goal for yourself – see what and where you want to be in a specific time frame. Unlike in the corporate world where you can see a rigid career path with fanciful job titles laid out for you, there is, however, no such career path now. You are free to mould one for yourself. For example, if you have an interest in public speaking, you can set yourself a goal to become a highly demand and well-known speaker in 5 years’ time.
Once you have set your career goal, it will be easy to mould the steps toward achieving it.
2. Align Your Interest & Passion with Your Career Goal
It is important to align your interest and passion with your career goal so that your journey towards your goal will be a pleasant and enjoyable one. In addition, your interest and passion will help to sustain your enthusiasm when you encountered obstacles and difficulties. They can be excellent motivators during down times.
3. Take Stock of Your Expertise
Next, take stock of what are your skills, experience and expertise that you have. You can read the previous post “Laid-off Professionals: Discover Your Lifetime Goldmines” on how to do this. You need to understand your strengths and weakness so that you know how to best utilize both your good and bad attributes. At the same times, it also helps to manage your personal expectation more realistically.
4. Utilize Your Expertise
Once you have identified your wealth of skills, experience and expertise, it is time to decide how you can utilize them to help you to achieve your goal. You can read the steps on my previous post “How to Convert Your Skills and Expertise into Goldmines”. The steps suggested are skewed heavily towards starting your own home online business and producing digital products. This is to leverage on the internet technology and low entry cost of online business.
5. Find a Suitable Industry
You can either continue in your existing industry or find a new industry that interests you. If your current industry is dying, you may consider switching to a new industry that can utilize your expertise. Many skill sets are still transferable if you know how to customize and upgrade them with some relevant training.
6. Check Your Comfort Level
Since you are creating a long-term career, you should also check you comfort level. Some of them include the following.
- Are you comfortable working alone with no support at home?
- Are you comfortable working with your kids around?
- Are you comfortable working with PC, laptop, computer programs and Internet?
- Are you comfortable dealing with customers and other business functions?
These are some questions that you need to think ahead before starting a second career as some of them may hinder your success toward achieving your career goal.
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