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    Mission: Impossible Career Change

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    Mission: Impossible Career Change | Edinburgh

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    About this event

    CALLING ALL CAREER CHANGERS! Your mission if you choose to except it is to learn how to overcome external obstacles, connect authentically with the right people, and get that dream role!

    Feeling bored, underutilized, and suffocated at the office? Thinking about quitting your 9 to 5 to work full-time on your startup? Have ideas, passion, and creativity but don't know whether you can make a living as a full-time entrepreneur?

    This event is for you if you’re hunting for a new job, changing careers, or taking the leap to self-employment. It’s for you if you’re anxiously contemplating career change or have already taken the leap and know exactly what I’m talking about. We'll discuss key career change competencies that accompany each stage, learn how to overcome external obstacles, connect authentically with the right people, and get the perfect job by translating your unique strengths and skills into the language of your new field.

    Takeaways

  • Understand each of the four stages of career change, including its challenges and opportunities, what you should and shouldn’t be doing in that stage, and your mantra to fall back on.
  • Have a completed “getting out there” plan
  • Have an inspiring new career story to tell
  • Know how to use Fear Inventory to navigate fears that will inevitably arise
  • Have a chance to celebrate a past career success or anticipated future success in a group
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