The 10 Steps You Need to Take When You Make a Career Change
轉行時必須考慮的十點
de If You Need a Career Change
決定你是否需要轉行
Before you begin thinking about making a career change you have to decide whether you actually need one. You may just need to find a new job, not an easy task, but certainly simpler than an entire career makeover。
在你開始想轉行之前，先想想你是否真的需要轉行。你也許只要找份新工作，雖然不簡單，但是比起對整個職業生涯都做改變還是比較容易的。
ss Yourself
評估自身水平
If you decide a career change is in order you will need to evaluate your values, skills, personality and interests using self assessment tools, often called career tests. Self assessment tools are used to generate a list of occupations that are deemed appropriate based on your answers to series of questions. Some people choose to have career counselors or other career development professionals administer them but many opt to use free career tests that are available on the Web。
如果你決定了轉行的話，那你就要通過職業測試這樣的自我評估工具來全面評估一下自己的價值觀，技能，個性，興趣。自我評估工具是據你對一系列問題的答案產生最適合的職業清單。雖然有部分人喜歡向職業顧問或其他的職業發展專家諮詢，但是大部分人還是喜歡利用在網上的免費職業測試。
a List of Occupations to Explore
列出一份待研究的職業清單
Look over the lists of occupations generated through your use of the self assessment tools. They are probably rather lengthy. You want to come up with a much shorter list, consisting of between five and ten occupations. Circle occupations that appear on multiple lists. Circle occupations you may have considered previously and that you find appealing. Write these occupations down on a separate list titled "Occupations to Explore."
仔細研究通過職業測試所得出的職業清單。結果可能會很長，而你想得到的是一個更短的清單，由五到十項職業清單組成。圈出在多個清單上出現的職業，以及你以前考慮過的職業，還有能夠吸引你的職業。然後在另外一張清單上將這些工作列出來，並標記為“待研究的職業清單。”
ore the Occupations on Your List
仔細研究
For each occupation on your list, you will want to look at the job description, educational and other requirements, job outlook, advancement opportunities, and earnings。
在你列出的清單上面，看看職位描述，學歷要求，以及其他要求，職業前景，發展機會以及薪金。
inue Narrowing Down your List
繼續縮小清單範圍
Pare down your list of possible occupations based on what you learned from your research. For example, you may not be willing to put the time and energy into preparing for an occupation for which an advanced degree is required, or you may consider the earnings for a particular occupation inadequate。
根據你做的調查儘可能的削減清單上的職業。例如，你可能不願意花時間和精力在一個有高等學歷要求的職位上，或者你應該分開考慮每個職位的薪金。
uct Informational Interviews
安排能得到情報的.談話
At this point you should only have a few occupations left on your list. You now need to gather more in-depth information. Your best source of this information are people who have firsthand knowledge of the occupations in which you are interested. Identify who they are and conduct informational interviews with them。
現在，你的清單可能只剩下幾項了。你需要收集更進一步的資訊，而你的資訊源最好就是在這方面有工作經驗的前輩了。找出這樣的前輩，並想辦法和他們談話來得到情報。
Your Goals
設立目標
By now you should have decided on one occupation you want to pursue. It's time to put a plan in place so you can eventually find a job in that field, but first you will need to set some goals。
事到如今，你應該決定你真正想追求的唯一職業了。是時候先制定一個計劃，這樣你才能在那個領域找到工作，但是首先你要確立一些目標。
e a Career Action Plan
寫一份職業發展行動計劃
Now that you have set your goals, you will need to decide how to reach them. A career action plan will help guide you as you pursue your long and short term goals。
既然你已經確立了自己的目標，你需要確定如何才能實現這些目標。一份職業發展計劃可以幫助指導你實現短期以及長期目標。
n for Your New Career
為新職業參加培訓
Changing your career may mean you have to undergo some training. That could take the form of earning a degree, doing an internship or taking courses to learn some new skills。
轉行也就意味著你要做一些培訓。參加這些培訓也許可以獲得相關學位，通過實習或參加培訓來獲得新的工作技能。
Goodbye to Your Current Career
和你目前的職業說再見
Your decision to change careers may have been inspired by a job loss. In that case you don't have to worry about leaving your job. However, if you are currently employed, you will have to quit your job and deal with some issues related to that。
你想轉行可能會是因為你失業了。這樣的話就不用擔心怎麼辭去目前的工作了。然而，如果你目前正在就職的話，你可能需要辭職，並有辦理一些相關的手續。