{"id":2900,"date":"2020-07-07T22:48:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T03:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2022-07-21T20:09:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T01:09:18","slug":"is-this-the-time-to-switch-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/?p=2900","title":{"rendered":"Is This The Time To Switch Careers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

COVID-19 has turned lives upside down with jobs and careers either temporarily lost or perhaps permanently rejiggered. Many have seen their hours cut back, furloughed or turned to the gig economy to make ends meet. In Canada <\/a>three million jobs were lost in March and April and two and a half million more faced having to do with reduced hours. A Toronto Star article <\/a>highlighted several cases.<\/p>\n

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I have had multiple talks with friends, acquaintances and former colleagues about the situation recently who are in the sales and management field. It may be time to think why a career in your most recent role may not be worth going back to. Let\u2019s face it. To take our aforementioned examples, many salespeople do not hit their quotas and hate the targets to begin with. Many have been dragged into the career by winds of reflex and are not inspired by selling. Others may simply dislike the volatile nature of earnings or dislike travel if it is normally required. Unless your religion tells you otherwise, you are not going to be reborn and this is your one chance to live your life the way you want it to be lived. I spoke with Nissar Ahamed the founder of CareerMetis.com<\/a> who did just that in 2019. He purposefully left a career in technology as a director of marketing to focus on CareerMetis, work on his vision to offer a resource for job-seekers, including this relevant article<\/a>, and fulfil his dream of travelling as a digital nomad. His thoughts are, \u201cYou are never ready. Too many of us often delay the most important decisions of our lives (moving to a new city, asking for a raise, quitting your job, starting a business) until the \u2018right time\u2019. Here’s the truth. It’s never the \u2018right time\u2019 or the \u2018optimal time\u2019. The fear of making a mistake holds us back and this waiting for an opportune or auspicious time delays the pursuit of our goals. You will never be ready. As the Nike slogan says \u2018Just Do it\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photograph Credit: Cottonbro<\/p><\/div>\n

Whatever the circumstance, and this may be insensitive, but there may be a silver lining to being laid off from a job and arena that was not what the heart desires. One study <\/a>from 2013 suggests 47 percent of college graduates do not find jobs in their fields of study.<\/p>\n

If that is the case it may be a good time to walk away and not look back. If you are looking for a career shift consider the following points.<\/p>\n