Topic: Important tips to note when considering switching career path. (Read 308 times)

Best thing to consider is whether it would be worthy ofdoing so. Changing one's career path is just okay as long as you are seeking for a betterment. But if it won't be, and your reason is just to ease things down, well most of the time it won't be advisable. You'll need more time to adopt with the new field and sometimes money. The latter part would be the crucial 'coz if you will get nothing from doing so, it will just be a waste of time. You may also consider staying at your current career and add another one if it would be still possible, just to balance things out. Keep in mind that your actions will reflect to your future so be careful.

That sounds very reasonable if you're single and don't need to care for other people. But if you have a family, your children need to go to school, and need to be equal to friends, then we need the opposite choice. When you have a family, your happiness is not in pursuing your passion or doing what you like, but your children are living fully, and you will be happy. I will choose a high paying job even though I don't like it at all, as long as I have a lot of money to take care of my children well, I will sacrifice everything for a man's happiness is the family.

Yes, I think that tech industry will dominate the market in future, especially when the aim of companies is to replace humans with AI's and implement automation as much as possible. I don't want to be an average person, while I don't have a big budget either. So, if I want to be on higher positions in near future, I think it will be better for me to become more techy and learn programming languages asap! My specialty is Finances and it will be twice more beneficial if I merge it with programming languages.

Forget stress, we aren't kids anymore. You have to adapt, change your mentality, push yourself harder every day. Workout man, believe me it will help you in your life. When you have a good body, you have more confidence in absolutely everything.
I'll finish this post with golden words: Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better!

We must consider this matter carefully. At first glance, I'm sure everyone wants a high salary in their job, so we don't have to be naive about that because indeed we are also under pressure to fulfill our needs in life. But we also have to think about the career path in the work we do. I will give an example, I would prefer a job that has a small salary but a clear career path, compared to a job that has a big salary but we are just stuck at that point. I will be more challenged because it will be seen from the effort we do ourselves, the salary will increase when we reach a certain point and it depends on the effort we put in.

Sometimes a highly-paid job completely takes away your entire personal life; a person turns into a robot who has only 8–9 hours of sleep, and the next day becomes a "groundhog day" that does not bring anything new.
So it was with me. My boss was interested in sales, and he paid well, but the money earned did not bring joy because I understood that I was turning into a robot. Very often, people have moments when they feel that they are "burning out" at work. It has been observed that a person feels better and is most productive if he changes jobs every seven years. It is important to get out of your comfort zone. I made it, and now I have time for education, for pursuing another, completely different specialty that had piqued my interest since I was a child, but for which there were no funds to begin. 

It is always best not to settle for only one source of income, or should I say think of other jobs so you won't be switching career anymore. I mean , if you are happy doing your professional skills with less salary the fact that you are happy with what you are doing , then find other sideline jobs for your additional income. As simple as that, its how the way we want our life not to choose a complicated situation when in fact, there are other ways to make it a resourceful one.

Not a lot of people has the privilege of choosing their passion over money. Especially when these people have a family to support. Even without a spouse and children, some people support their parents and siblings still. If this is the case, the best realistic thing to do is to work for the bigger salary company until you think you’re set and then switch to your passion. Of course this won’t be easy as you will be sacrificing years of your life mentally and physically tired. I do think there’s more to life than money but it’s difficult to see what is out there when you can’t afford even a basic meal.

My tip is to do what makes you happy, if that previous skill, job or career was making you happy then go back to it and do it even though the pay is lower than your current Job. You have little time to life on this planet so you shouldn't spend that time doing a job that you'll complain about daily before you go to work. You should be happy and excited to do you job. One of the reason this world has turned to what it is today is because people aren't doing what they love to do so they spend the rest of their days miserable.

When you're happy with your job, you'll wake up every morning with a good mood and that affects every other aspects of your day. If the pay is low then lower your standards of living. You must not drive that new porche today. Take the bus or buy a smaller car and move to a smaller apartment. Luxury isn't what life is all about.

Oh this is something interesting. Actually answer to this question changes as per the field of work too. Most of the IT Guys can survive without much of efforts. For instance there are my friends who are doing the same work since many years but they are doing the same thing over again and again and not even switching because their current employer is already fulfilling their expectation. So no fear for such guys.

In my case for example, it’s science based work in the laboratory. We can’t keep doing same thing over and over again because it’s research based job and experiments cant be repeated again for every batch. Plus it’s methods that keeps changing all the time so we have to have reading, adopting, learning new things.

So just switching isn’t enough in our case. I believe it’s all about the field of work too.

I think a high salary is still not the most consider thing of the people because I already saw or knew a lot of people who declined a job with a good salary. They have different alibis like the location of the job is too far and then the scope of the job is too hard but I think a tiny people will risk all of that for a good pay.

These type of people values money the most but they aren't only doing it for themselves so I won't judge them too quick. They also do it for the sake for their own family to give them a better life. Life is unexpected. We might be living in a comfortable life right now with a decent job but we shouldn't be confident. It's always better to have some savings with us, in the event we have a problem with our job or life.

From some who switched career path already twice in his life I can give a few tips and insights myself. The first one is that a degree from university only really matters for landing your first job. Once you have several years of working experience and can show some of your projects you worked on nobody is going to ask what you learned in university. As long as you have a degree it will show that you are willing to put in the time and effort to learn something. When switching career paths it's all about learning something new, and maybe you already have some courses you took in the evenings that gave you knowledge about the new field. Another great tip I can give you is to keep in touch with your old colleagues and bosses. I did a few internships during university and used to meet my former bosses did lunch once every several months. This helped me to keep up to date what was happening in the area and I already had contacts when I wanted to switch my field of work. This should really be thought through well before making any life changing decision.

There are several reasons why a person could think about leaving their job for another.
 1, salary - it is very common to someone would take a bigger offer, especially this time when inflation gets worse
 2, environment - working together in toxic environments seems not healthy and could make you unproductive, and leaving them seems the best option
 3, Distance - if we already have a family, living far away is not easy. If we have the option to work near them, I think we should take that even though the salary is not really competitive enough compared to our previous job.

In this case, I will choose family, I am also doing a job that I don't love, but it gives me a high enough income to take care of my family. We are all grown up, so we are responsible for the family, don't be selfish just because of yourself, but forget the family. Being able to do what you love is everyone's dream, but if I had to choose, the future for my children and my passion, I would choose the future for them. In some cases, we live our lives not because we are passionate, but because we are responsible.

Well leaving a job that pays higher to one thats pays lower is quite base on the nature of the type of job and also the employees who is involved in it. You can decide to leave where they are paying you more for reason that best suits you, maybe the nature of job isnt just for you and you are just forcing yourself to do it cause of the payrate but you will eventually get tired and stressed because you are working in area that suit your profession. So its best to work where you are free and convenient enough with less pay than working just for the money.

I am already at the point in my job where I ain't happy anymore, and trust me, it's suffocating. I thought at first I would love this job, but later on I realized that I can't now. I don't have any advice for you, but what I would say is that you should find the job you love, no matter what the salary, because it will affect you in the long run, which means you'll resign or be emotionally drained. Right now, I am really planning to pursue my career that I love, but I should take into consideration that I have a family to feed.

Well, even if you have enough savings, being highly paid is also one of the primary reasons we switch a career path. I am personally in this position now and know why. See, large savings is truly a blessing for every owner and this can be used for any emergencies or unforseen financial issues. However, having this money won't help you stop thinking abot high salary when confronted with a new career. There is a subtle competition inside that if I cannot make more money with a bigger sense of achievement, we see ourselves a loser. Others may not think so but as we grow older and with everything we already owned, nothing is comparable than our own recognition. In a word, we've passed the stage when we have to prove to the world and we become more aware of our self-recognition. The high salary from the new career is just a figure but still very important to our satisfaction. I hope this counts.

I do not think that you would need millions of dollars, even hundreds of thousands of dollars unless you live in New York, London or Zurich, people can live with 50k for a year unless there is a special situation, and much cheaper in most of the world, I can live with 10k a year very easily, and that is not a ton of money to live neither, so if I have 300k or 400k, I would basically be set for life and never need to work again.

I have switched jobs before, and my tactic was simple, I did my current job while working my previous job, I found this before I quit the other one, everyone should do that, find something you love doing before you quit, do it for a while, if you enjoy it then you can quit the previous one.

This is not much different from one's goal of achieving financial freedom. Because everything will lead to one goal, namely everything that must be determined based on freedom. When we are still working, like it or not we are bound by a company contract that requires us to comply with all of these regulations.

Before you decide to quit your job and take on assignments according to your skills, you need to consider a well-thought-out plan and make sure that the finances that will be generated really make you feel enough. At least enough for family needs. Reducing the excessive lifestyle of expenses that are not too important.

So you have to be prepared for all the risks because basically starting a new task outside of your usual habits as a company employee is of course very different. Even though you are free to manage your time, that doesn't mean you have to be lazy, but you have to be much more active and record achievement targets in as much detail as possible.

There are numerous factors to consider before switching jobs, but the most important factor that people consider is the high pay they will receive from the new job. I don't blame people who do this for any reason. Money is required to live a comfortable and healthy lifestyle; otherwise, it is not possible.

As for me, if I'm considering leaving my current job for another, the most important factor will be the security of my life and property; high pay and job security will come second. Because where there is life, there is hope, but anything that puts your life in danger is not worth settling for in the end.

I’m surprise on the number of your previous job you’ve got. Are you looking for a job base on vacancy only because it seems you are doing it that’s why you landed on different jobs that you didn’t like until now.

I can’t relate much on your situation because I’m working white collar job with my profession. I spend year job hunting just to get my desired job based on my profession when I’m newly licensed professional. I already have 10 years experience on same company that I first work and our competitor companies are trying to offer me a better job salary.

Maybe you should start finding your fashion on finding your job. Priority first your desired job over salary just to gain experience so that you can demand for higher salary once you find another related to your job.

It's not even funny how many times I've switched industries in an effort to find my niche. I have gone from railroad, to tire tech, cable,
to trucking, to courier employment, industrial manufacturing, to commercial fishing. The salary is not what I look at first. Naturally, I want to be well compensated, and no matter what, I always put my happiness and mental health first.
This is becasue being able to spend time with my family is very important to me, I made significant pay reductions. Sadly, I have not found a job yet, where I genuinely feel like I'm contributing.

Now that is the wisest decision that can be made, we just don't focus on the nominal salary, but when we are at work we also have to focus on our happiness and mental health too, because that will make our days more enjoyable at work so that productivity work will be very optimal if our mental health and happiness are fulfilled even though basically the salary we have is lower than before. There will be a lot of positive values when we prioritize happiness and health at work rather than working with a high enough salary but stress on happiness and mental health will be dangerous for the future which might make you a person stressed by that job and become a madman later.

In terms of traditional financial wisdom, the biggest tip would be to have a second option to fall back on in case your 1st option doesn't work out.

College education and a degree, used to serve as a designated alternative. If the 1st choice career as a liberal arts musician or painter doesn't work out. They might have an exit strategy and college degree which would allow them to fall back on a secondary career.

There are famous cases of this being put into practice. Famous real estate mogul A.D. Kessler is known for having real estate as an alternative career option, while a career in radio (if I remember correctly) being his 1st.

With the rise of modern day job automation and job security not being what it used to. There is a question mark as to which career options might be viewed as being durable and reliable under current economic conditions. Which would open the door to them serving as good fall back points.

Knowledge and skill of stock market investment was considered another good skill for youth and teens to develop. Which might allow them to someday fall back upon stock and asset investment, in case their alternative career option doesn't pan out.

With the conventional wisdom perhaps being on a decline. People could search for other options. It will be interesting to see what we come up with.

Passion is a basic adjustment in every career, or you have to do it with compulsion along the way which actually increasingly interferes and even takes some sides of your life. After all, chasing high-paying jobs that don't fit your passion only accelerates the saturation point. So, it is necessary to ask again whether switching careers is really necessary if there are actually other things that can be adjusted to the current career.

How did you conclude from one annual data that the immigration of Russian citizens affected those countries? In order to obtain such an answer, you need survey research for several years, from which we can reach this conclusion, but whatever the skills of these Russian citizens, they will not succeed in changing the gross domestic product in less than a year, and the exchange rate against the dollar is not a measure of the recovery of the domestic product.

the government exchange rate does not represent a measure if inflation is high.

Make sure that you are certain of the decision that you are about to take before you take it, do not just decide to want to change career because of the thought of it, it can be exciting but also has the potential of being a decision that you will regret the most. Have a good reason before you choose to abandon a career path for another. Changing career means starting afresh in something that other people have started long before you, it may not be the best choice. A better choice is choosing to improve and become more advanced in the career that someone has already started to create better opportunities for yourself if finance is the motivation for wanting another career, except the problem and need to change career is not finance driven.

I've had one before that made me move to a high-paying job and leave a low-paying one. That's all because of the higher salary offer because every employee desires to get a big salary. But not all companies can do it and only employees who have the ability get that opportunity. An increase in salary will affect lifestyle and maybe stress because the job will provide more pressure than the previous job.

Maybe only studying job descriptions and knowing what to do at work can help us improve our ability to work. You should consider all things before leaving one career path for another, including the risks that may exist after you leave the old career path.

Years ago, I had to leave a good paying job to a not so good paying job cause I had wanted to move back closer to family. The pay difference was quite a lot and my lifestyle had to adjust to my new income. It’s better now with more added skills and training.
It’s always good to keep an open mind. Irrespective of the pay which is no doubt important, I think it doesn’t hurt to stay positive as well. There are a lot of reasons that would pop up as cons on when switching to a new career and starting at a new workplace. It’s best to always keep an open mind and remain positive. It really doesn’t hurt.

I've been into that situation that I have to choose the lower pay because of the skills that I'll learn from there and have to leave the higher paying job because of it.

Also, some situations that I have been that I have to leave a job that offers really great skills and improvement because I choose freedom over it. There really many different factors that we have to consider upon taking our career paths.

In the end of it, choose what's going to make you happy and excited to work everyday. Yeah, that's true because even if how skilled you are but the working environment isn't that fun and not giving you the happiness that you should have, you'll just resign soon.

Pretty hard to give advice without knowing the specifics. But in general, there's nothing wrong with leaving a job that pays a good amount for a job that pays less but you're far more happy in, as long as your finances won't take a hit due to the salary decrease. While one might pay more, you need to watch out for your happiness and your mental health as well.

Yes, of course, I think everyone has experienced this in their life history, yes, although many say this depends on considerations of the economic situation, that is a lie in my opinion, everyone who works definitely wants a job that pays higher than before, especially if that person has very high expenditure responsibilities for his family, they don't think about career, work comfort and work peace because in their mindset there is an orientation that is so burdensome to earn more money like working abroad and working in natural mineral mining. I have also been in the position you are talking about, everything feels tired and stressful every night.
Ways or tricks to switch jobs if you think your job can be better and more comfortable, because this is a problem that lies within yourself, whether it's satisfaction, comfort or whatever it is, you can always feel grateful for what you have and take advantage of better job opportunities in terms of anything from your previous job, even though basically the skills learned for a new job are still minimal, and the most important thing to consider is how long you will work at that company until you can fulfill what you need in the future.

Or there is 1 more solution, for example we already have a wife and children, when we decide to re-focus on 1 profession that we want or that is our passion, then there is 1 condition. That is:
We have large savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars or even millions of dollars from our previous business or job as accommodation for our lives for 1 year. With that, even though we are currently focusing on learning the profession that is our passion, our family's needs can still be met. but if you don't have enough savings, then do whatever job the most important is the high salary.

indeed! the consideration depend on your current financial needs. maybe if you are alone or no one is depending on you financially, it is easy to decide on this matter. however, if other people are relying on you, you need to consider their needs and not your desire in life. once you are financially stable, that's when you can think of your life long career. where you want to be for the rest of your life even if the pay is not that much.

Salaries or earnings from a job is a very important factor to consider but it should be placed side by side with other factors. I think the most important factor to consider when choosing or switching to a career path is the fulfilment one derives from the job. I wouldn't be working in a place where I am not comfortable with the task or the task gives me much stress. It is important to select a career path that you like and derive joy and satisfaction in performing the tasks from the job.

I have also seen jobs that is risky or  has health implications. The safety of the job is very important to me. I wouldn't accept a career path that exposes employees to toxic materials regardless of the financial rewards attached to it. I consider my health or security first before money. I don't think I would ever be a banker that follows bullion vans because of the risk of armed robbery attacks.

My first tip is consider your current situation and condition. For example, are you married or not? If you are married, especially if you already have children, I would prefer to work or have a career in a company or factory that pays you a high salary even though it is not your passion. Because life is getting day by day, the demands will also increase.

However, if you are still single and less than 25 years old, there is still plenty of time to dig deeper into the potential of the profession you like. For example: programmers, designers, photography, art, services such as mechanics, gardening, or whatever you like and it can still be developed. Because the demands in this era are getting higher and all prices are not cheap. If you are more concerned with your passion and want to start by now but you already have your own family, then that's the wrong choice. The right choice for someone who is already married is a high salary.

 Some people work for the vision a company has, while earning a salary, whereas, others really don't care about the vision but the package in terms of salary and other bonuses the company offers.
A time may come when questions will begin to sterm from the thoughts about ones commitment to earn big paychecks rather than the fulfilment gotten while doing the work one loves and hopes to earn from.

Have you ever been in a situation where you had an opportunity to leave a skill/job/career that pays less for one with higher pay, then sometime in the future, you had to leave the higher paying job for the skill/career you once had but with little pay?

Perhaps, reasons ranging from the stress level being a concern for your health, or other better reasons than this suffices.
You know that lifestyle and location of residency may become affected, including volatility of bills and fear of insecurity.
 
How did you cope with the change that accompanies such transition of leaving a newly learned skill/job/career for an old one that you probably never explored deeply or earned significant cash returns from, but found fulfilment in?
What are some important tips to put into consideration before leaving one career path for the other?