35 years old, how to change careers gracefully?

Everyone's life can't be smooth sailing. No matter how good a career is, there are ideas about changing careers. Perhaps many of us are eager to experience different lives and explore different worlds.

There are countless reasons for changing careers. The pressure of parents and family makes us have a long road ahead and we don't know where to go, and we are full of worries and fears about the unknown future. "Where should I go? ""this industry is good, but I can't do anything. Will people want me? ""will I meet a noble person and let me enter this industry? But God knows where the noble people are! " "What if you change careers and your salary is very low? These questions disturb our minds all the time and make us more uncertain about the future: "What if the quality of life declines after changing careers?" "What should I do if I can't afford my wife and children?" "What if you can't afford a house or a car?" "Is it so mediocre in this life?" ....... I hope the following analysis will help you.

Have you seen such a career change step in many workplace articles:

Find a promising career -> Collect all kinds of job information, understand job requirements, and prepare corresponding abilities -> Screening positions and companies, submitting resumes and interviewing -> Successful transformation

At first glance, this logic is perfect, and there is nothing wrong with it. It's like telling you how to put an elephant in the refrigerator. One * * * is divided into three steps, but as a small white, I don't know how to do it, and each step above is actually not easy.

To find a promising career, many people think they don't know anything about the industry they have worked in. For example, the Internet industry is particularly hot now, "36 lines, lines to IT." Slightly exaggerated, but it is a true portrayal of the industry at present. Ok, let's take the product manager in the IT industry as an example.

Let's take a look at the requirements for the position of product manager of a recruitment website.

This is the recruitment requirement of a well-known Internet company. Secondly, there must be a successful project case. Fourthly, what are MRD, PRD and DEMO? Uh-oh! This feeling is so hard. I don't know what it is at all. Forget it. Let's find something else.

The thinking of most people changing careers is as follows:

Initially determine the position in the target industry -> Understand the job responsibilities -> I feel so hard that I can't do it -> Forget it, try something else.

It's such a vicious circle, which wastes time and your emotions. The more you look for it, the less sure you are.

Let's share the thinking logic of scientific career change:

1 Choose a good career

Do you have a clear understanding of "good career"?

what is a good career? Many people say that "more money and less things are close to home", some people say that what suits them is the best, and some people say that a stable job is good ..... Today, I heard that programmers earn a lot of money. Tomorrow, I heard that doing self-media is very popular. Try it. The day after tomorrow, watching live broadcast is very comfortable. Do you want to try it? Everyone has a tendency for profit, which is understandable. Is there a standard answer? It can only be said that different people have different opinions, so I would like to share with you my views on what is a good job:

1. There are a lot of market gaps;

scarcity is the most valuable thing, and the talent gap will lead to high salaries. Why is the general sales and the basic salary of clerks so small? Because the entry threshold is too low, and there are too many competitors, even if there is a commission on sales, a small number of outstanding achievements can get high salaries.

2. There is enough room for growth

Take clerks as an example. When you see too many young girls who have graduated from ordinary colleges leaving their major to be administrative clerks, if it is a big company, the post space is very limited. Even if you get a raise after working for three to five years, you will find that your salary is always the lowest in the company. It is almost impossible to be an executive. Of course, local tyrants who just want to find something to do and don't seek development are not in this discussion.

3. Evergreen demand

This industry will not decline with the development of society. A media company is now doing magazine business, and employees in this magazine department can imagine how promising it will be. In fact, there are such enterprises.

4, don't follow the trend, don't chase hot spots

Just like stock trading, the result of following the trend to fry hot spots is usually "chopped leek". Even if it runs many times, it will be cut on the top of the mountain one time. For example, in the past two years, the live broadcast was very hot, and many people with relatively general conditions also went to be anchors and showed various shows in front of the screen every day. With more and more live broadcasts, the traffic dividend gradually fades away, and when your income is not enough to support your life, you will find that it is much more difficult for you to have a stable job, and you may have missed the best years of choosing a job.

these four conditions are not the relationship of or, but the relationship of and, which are indispensable. According to these four conditions, first screen whether the industry you choose meets this standard.

2 then, how can zero-based xiaobai enter the business quickly?

Finding a teacher for yourself is the only way. A few years ago, you could be forgiven for saying that it was difficult. But now the internet is so developed that it is too convenient to learn things. These four channels are commonly used:

1. Online courses

Many online courses have hired Daniel who has been deeply involved in various industries for many years, and his brain investment is always the most cost-effective. If you succeed in changing careers, maybe the course fee is just the tip of the iceberg of your salary. What courses do you want to learn directly from Baidu?

There are also audio apps such as Dragonfly FM, Himalayan and Knowledge Planet, and there are many good courses to listen to.

2. Q&A websites

Zhihu and Baidu know that they can provide many professional answers. Just search for keywords, there will be many experiences shared by others.

3. Books

When the Internet was not developed now, many positions were studied by books, which is also applicable at present. We just need to pay attention to the year when the books were published. After all, some positions have been updated with the development of the times. JD.COM, Tmall and Amazon search for the key words of your position, and there are many hands-on books to teach you how to get started.

4. Ask friends and classmates who are engaged in related work

After you have a solid knowledge of basic knowledge, try to communicate with people who have relevant experience around you. Maybe they will tell you a lot of common sense rules in these industries, which were ignored before.

The progress of learning varies from person to person, from a few months to a year. The most important thing is to look at yourself. Pay, years will not treat you badly!

3 Conduct a preliminary interview

When you feel that you have a basic understanding of this business and are full of confidence, you can try to submit your resume. There are a lot of experiences to share on the Internet about submitting resumes and interviewing skills, so I won't go into details here. The most important thing at this stage is to check for leaks and fill gaps, rather than focusing directly on finding a job. The more anxious you are, the less you can eat hot tofu.

It is normal, especially normal, to fail in previous interviews. When interviewing, go with the mentality of testing the learning results, so don't interview the company you have been interested in for a long time from the beginning. After each interview, carefully analyze whether the professional knowledge is not enough or the interview skills are not enough, and then go back to the furnace to learn. It would be best if it could be recorded and analyzed.

Repeat this process until you find the job you want.

Of course, if you find a satisfactory job after one or two interviews, it's really a surprise. Then you are really great. You can add a drumstick to yourself.

Let's talk a little more about mentality

1. Fix the current situation first

Now that you have decided to change careers, let go of your burdens and study hard. Whether you can change careers smoothly and get an offer is the most important thing for you. This is a major event in your life. Please shield your worries about your family and your confusion about the future. The highest efficiency is to do only one thing at present. Strengthen yourself, do a good job in knowledge and skills reserves, in order to turn around more elegant.

2. The prospect of life comes from doing well in the present

Your future is not planned, and the Internet age is changing rapidly. Only focusing on the present is the top priority. Tencent's qq also comes from part-time business; Alibaba's Taobao also transformed into BTC； after doing BTB; And your bright future comes from carefully completing every decision you make. Bad mood will only make you waste more time. You should know that every second now is the youngest second of the rest of your life, especially for those students who change careers at an advanced age. So hurry up and take action.

3. Panic and confusion are normal. Encourage yourself a little more.

Changing careers is a big event for everyone. When there is panic and confusion, think more about what I can do now. Let yourself act, even if you learn a little new knowledge. Accepting and encouraging yourself is the beginning of your success.

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