Time to change your professional activity. How to change profession? Inspirational story of coach Yulia Livitskaya

Every citizen who has received the status of unemployed is given the opportunity not only to receive state support in the form of social payments, but also to take retraining courses. The ninth and twelfth articles of the Law on Employment of the Population stipulate which courses can be completed from the employment center.

Labor exchange activities are regulated by:

• International documents on employment of the population, ratified by the Russian Federation in the prescribed manner;
• The Labor Code;
• Federal Employment Law;
• Others regulationsproviding for the procedure for providing state support certain categories of people.

How the exchange will help

The CPC keeps a record of people looking for work, promotes their employment, and also pays benefits to those who have received the status of unemployed. Such payments are charged on a certain period, and their size depends on the average wages on previous location work, as well as the time during which the citizen does not work.

Functions of labor exchanges:

• Registration of persons who do not have a permanent place of work;
• Help in finding a job;
• Registration of payments to the unemployed;
• Sending unemployed persons for training, retraining or advanced training;
• Preparation and implementation of special programs (paid public works, other employment measures);
• Professional and social adaptation of the unemployed (psychological assistance, retraining courses).

Who is sent for training

The CPC has the right to offer a citizen to get another profession if:

• The person has no profession;
• A citizen should retrain due to lack of work in his specialty;
• A person cannot work according to the qualifications that he has.

Free courses at the employment center can help:

1. To find a job;
2. Start your own bissnes;
3. To raise competitiveness in the professional market.

Preferential queue for passing the CPC courses

Those who have received the status of an unemployed have the primary right to receive free training from the Employment Center:

• Persons with disabilities. When providing an act of the VKK that the disease prevents a person from engaging in a certain kind activities;
• Family members (parents, adoptive parents, guardians) of a disabled child;
• Citizens who have been unemployed for more than six months;
• Military retirees, as well as their spouses;
• Persons who have received a certificate of completion comprehensive school (lyceum, gymnasium);
• Those who first applied for help in finding a job.

What will the CPN courses teach?

By agreeing to take courses from the labor exchange, a citizen will be able to acquire one of over fifty specialties. The choice of profession depends on the region of residence. The labor market of Moscow and the regional center have different needs for qualified personnel.

The following specializations are priority:

1. Economic direction:

• Accountant;
• Auditor;
• Auditor;

1. Working professions:

• Locksmith;
• Milling cutter;
• Plumber;
• Tiler;
• Turner;
• Collector of furniture;
• Picker;
• Mechanism operator;

1. Service specialties:

• Assistant to the head;
• Confectioner;
• The hairdresser;
• Manicurist;
• Waiter;
• Baker;
• Bartender;
• Lifter;

1. Private enterprise;
2. Computer techologies:

• Programmer;
• Website layout designer;
• Graphic Designer;

1. Medical professions:

• Nurse (nurse);
• Pharmacist.

The local labor exchange will provide precise information on the list of specialties for which you can retrain for free.

How to get to the courses

The duration of training is from one month to six months. The start of studies depends on the formation of groups. Some qualifications are in high demand, so there is a queue for such groups. If you are interested in a certain specialty, you will have to wait for the start of training. To whom, immediately after registration, the employee of the labor exchange will not immediately offer to undergo retraining.

List of documents

To get to the courses from the employment center, the applicant must provide the necessary documents:

• Applicant's application;
• Identity document (passport);
• Labor book (if any);
• Certificate of the acquired profession (certificate, diploma, certificate of completion of courses, driver's license);
• Certificate of income for the quarter (for people who had a job);

If you sign up for training again, you will need:

• Passport;
• Appointment document individual program for rehabilitation (for persons with disabilities).

Learning process

Not so long ago, labor exchanges began to work on new scheme retraining. New system modules allows you to teach applicants the necessary professional skills in the shortest possible time. Many teachers conduct classes in an accessible way. Applicants study some humanitarian disciplines independently.

Full-time study is used to improve qualifications or acquire a new profession. Theoretical lessons alternate with practical training of acquired skills. The courses offer both individual and group lessons. Most often it depends on the set of groups.

After completing the courses, the applicant is offered to take an exam to obtain a certificate. It takes place orally or writing (at the request of the applicant). The certificate of completion of the course contains information about the assignment of a category or qualification.

Benefits during training

During the training, the applicant retains the allowance provided for by law. The amount of the benefit does not depend on the status of a citizen; only the assignment of the status of an unemployed person matters.

Material assistance is not charged or its payment stops if:

• The citizen arbitrarily interrupted the learning process;
• The applicant was expelled from the course of study;
• For the period of illness;
• During maternity leave.

Advantages and disadvantages of courses from CPN

The following advantages of passing free retraining from the labor exchange are distinguished:

• Courses offer to master a profession in demand among employers;
• You can try to change the field of activity and succeed in it;
• Obtaining new skills that will not harm anyone;
• The study process is absolutely free for the applicant;
• The unemployed receives a "scholarship" - material assistance from the state.

Please note that you will not be studying the profession with the employees of the Center of Labor Centers, but with the teachers of educational institutions that have won the tender for the provision of such services. A citizen can not only retrain, but also improve his qualifications in the existing specialty. Any certificate of professional development is your bonus when applying for a job.

Of course, there is a fly in the ointment in this barrel of honey. When agreeing to courses from the CPC, remember:

• Exchange employees are not interested in what profession you will master. To become a student of the course you are interested in, you have to wait;
• The level of teaching in the regions leaves much to be desired. Therefore, how much knowledge you acquire depends primarily on you;
• Having received a new specialty, you will receive new job offers. But they can disappoint you with the size of your salary. And the refusal of several offered vacancies may result in a refusal to pay benefits.

Applicants who have already completed retraining courses from the CZN advise you to choose a specialty that is of interest to you and give preference to classes with teachers of higher educational institutions.

Today, more and more people are thinking about changing their profession, in the words of Dante, "having passed their earthly way up to half." Forgetting about a boring office and doing creativity, making your favorite hobby your main job is an old dream of many of us. But the older a person becomes, the more difficult it is to decide on such a serious step. We spoke with our experts about how to get rid of fears and start your career from scratch.

Why is the issue of changing professions so urgent today? “Life has become better, life has become more fun” - the relative stability that replaced the long economic and social crises has allowed many to stop thinking about every penny they earn and pay attention to what they really want in their professional life.

“Now there is freedom of choice and, most importantly, a real labor market,” explains psychologist Elmira Davydova. - Those who entered universities 20-30 years ago, until recently, could not even think about changing their activities. Profession in soviet times was chosen once and for all. And in the 90s it seemed to everyone that the only way to survive was to work in a kiosk, so we chose more profitable directions... The humanities then seemed scary, because with their help it is impossible to earn money, and no one went to the faculties of psychology and philology. "

A successful change of profession at any age makes a person more free, creative, happy.

Today the situation has changed radically. “A huge number of adults come to me seeking to contribute to their professional activity more creativity. Of course, creativity does not always mean writing poetry or drawing pictures, ”Elmira Davydova clarifies. - This is some kind of activity about which you can say: "I did it myself."

Thus, many for the first time had the opportunity to realize their potential and even make successful career in a new field. And along the way, the most unexpected turns can happen.

“Currently, there is a noticeable trend towards the so-called downshifting,” confirms existential psychotherapist Natalia Tumashkova. - When people who are quite successful in their field at the age of 40-50 suddenly change their field of activity: big businessmen become captains of small boats and ride tourists along exotic routes, bankers go into journalism, lawyers go to social work - in general, Diocletian leaves the imperial sinecure and goes to plant cabbage. "

However, not everyone is able to find the strength to disrupt the usual course of affairs. Some doubt the advisability of changing their profession, others are afraid of being left without funds - but still feel unhappy at work.

“A successful change of profession at any age makes a person more free, creative and happy. When you are really doing your business, it is never a burden, - says Elmira Davydova. "Therefore, any tests on the way to this state are worth it."

Stage 1 - awareness

Experts identify very specific symptoms that your old job no longer suits you. Elmira Davydova lists the main ones:

• you are constantly bored while working;
• you don't want to read special literature;
• it seems to you that in this area you have already achieved everything possible and there is nowhere to move on;
• you too often catch yourself thinking that at work you are thinking about abstract things;
• your health is deteriorating (in severe cases neuroses and panic attacks occur);
• you don't feel like going to work to the point where you feel like crying.

Of course, these feelings can also be caused by extreme fatigue. Therefore, before you quit your job and go on a free creative voyage, try to make an experiment - go on a long-term vacation, creating all the conditions for yourself to have a good rest.

Also, pay attention to relationships with colleagues and superiors - perhaps the problem is not in the profession in general, but in your place of work. And only if, after a rest and a change of team, your condition has not returned to normal, it is worth moving on to the next stage.

Stage 2 - Dealing with Fears

The later you realize that it's time to change your life, the harder it is to take this step. For an already established professional in adulthood, the transition to the status of a beginner can be extremely painful.

“For a long time I could not decide to return to medicine 25 years after graduation,” Anna, 49, shares her experience. - I imagined how experienced doctors would look at me with irony, like a girl. Of course, I was worried that I would not be hired at that age! But all these fears were in vain - the main thing is to really want and achieve your goal. "

“Any change always presupposes some uncertainty, which gives rise to anxiety,” comments Natalya Tumashkova. - Therefore, to begin with, admit to yourself that you are afraid, and try to understand: what are you afraid of the most? Only the “named” fear can be correlated with reality, to see if the devil is so terrible.

When you DO NOT need to change your profession

Whatever our dreams are, it's always best to be realistic about the situation. Not every business can be mastered in adulthood, and if, after celebrating your 50th birthday, you want to become a professional theater actor or pilot, you should think twice about this decision.

“In the end, it is not necessary to make a profession out of a dream,” says Elmira Davydova. - Life is not limited to work. Fill the activities you are doing with creative content, and implement your passions as a hobby. Often times, the cause of depression and depression is not work, but something else. It can be a personal or age crisis, and then you need to consult not a specialist in career guidance, but a psychotherapist. "

How to deal with your fear of change?

• remember your successful experience changes - how you started something, did something for the first time, how scary it was at the beginning and what helped you to cope with the task;
• collect positive examples from the life of friends and acquaintances;
• remember your relatives - they had a lot of changes, and they coped with them; seek inspiration by reading biographies of famous and successful people (for example, the book "The Sailor in the Saddle" by Irving Stone about the life of Jack London);
• remember that the most dangerous thing is “burnout” in the profession. Once you get to this stage of aversion to your own work, you can never return to it.

“The only way to cope with your fears is not to chop off the branch on which you are sitting with an ax,” says Elmira Davydova. - You need to act gradually, drop by drop: go to study courses or do what you want to do as your hobby. Gradually absorb a new environment, make acquaintances, study specialized literature. "

Indeed, in the process of learning a new case, it may turn out that this is not at all what we need.

Stage 3 - decide on a new profession

For some, this part of the path may seem the easiest - at last there is an opportunity to realize their childhood dreams, find an application for hidden talents, turn your favorite hobby into a work of life. But for many, the question is "where to go?" seems like an insurmountable obstacle. Then a career counseling specialist can help in your search for a new vocation.

“In 60% of cases, my clients already have a specific topic or area that interests them. Then we must only concretize the desire. In the remaining 40%, people learn something fundamentally new in my office, ”says Elmira Davydova.

The main purpose of the vocational guidance methodology is to identify which profession is suitable for this particular person. For this, there are many different surveys and tests.

“I am trying to understand how a person interacts with people, whether he likes to do something with his hands, to which he has inclinations,” continues Elmira Davydova. - You need to find the right object and the right action with this object. Each of us has a corridor of desires and a corridor of opportunities. And in the place where they intersect, a person finds his calling. "

Before going to a specialist, it is important to do your homework. To do this, ask yourself a few questions: "Where and when did I feel happy, fulfilled?" Take yourself an “excursion” through childhood and adolescent memories: “Where did I experience the feeling that I want to experience now while working? And why did I ever give it up? "

“The next step is to take an inventory of our own resources,” advises Natalya Tumashkova. "All the skills and abilities that have accumulated over the years of life can be used as keys to mastering a new business."

It is necessary to carry out work on the study of the labor market: what can you do, where to apply your abilities and experience? Which of your friends is ready to join or, perhaps, invite you to work?

In addition, today there are many courses and types of additional education that can be combined with the main job.

“I usually recommend people to look for something close to the area where they are now,” notes Elmira Davydova. - We often do not notice the opportunities that lie in the field of our activity. And only when the resources in the nearest circle are exhausted, you can go into "open space".

Think: what would you be wasting your time on if you no longer had to work for money?

Just for such a case, the psychologist has compiled a list of questions, answering which you can find a new business in your life.

1. If you're bored at work, write down five reasons why you feel bored. Imagine that you are doing the opposite. Do you like it? What do you feel? Write down five qualities you want your job to do.

2. List the professions you know on the sheet. Subtract: Subtract all occupations you don't like. From the rest, subtract those that are not available to you by age. Subtract those that interest you from the remainder, but are scary to start. Consider the remainder.

3. Think about what you would do if you inherited a billion euros? Schedule your life for one year (twenty important things you would do) after receiving this money. And what would you be wasting your time on if you no longer had to work for money?

4. Write down what your parents programmed you for (about money, education, career, people around you).

5. Who are your real teachers (name three people who taught you something in life, albeit harshly, even involuntarily).

6. Remember what deeds you accomplished (in what you overcame yourself and circumstances). How has it changed you?

7. Remember your risky actions (physical risk, social, financial), what did it lead to and what did these situations teach you?

8. Who are your parents and parents of parents by profession? What outstanding things have they done in their work?

9. Have you ever organized something or someone for any business? How did you feel in this capacity of the organizer? Or did you prefer to be an ordinary participant?

10. Remember your dreams, which symbolically tell you about your dissatisfaction with life. Or those that show the way.

About the expertx

Elmira Davydova - psychologist, founder and head of the vocational guidance center "ProfGid"

Natalia Tumashkova - existential psychotherapist, coach, business coach

Irina Davydova

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The desire - to suddenly change your life dramatically - is a fairly frequent occurrence in people after 40 years. And the point is not in the "midlife crisis" and far from being in a state of "devil in the ribs" - everything is explained by an overestimation of values \u200b\u200bthat is quite logical for an adult. Many after 30-40 years come to the conclusion that it is time to change something, that their whole life has gone to their own business, that much has not been achieved.

Natural desire at this moment - correct attitudes, goals and scope of activity .

Experts do not consider abrupt changes in life and career after 40 years too harsh a decision. On the contrary, changes new perspectives and positive psychological "shakes" are very useful .

But, radically changing the profession at an already elderly age, it is worth remembering the following ...

• Soberly and without emotion, analyze all the motives of your desire. Why did you decide to change your profession (health problems, unworthy wages, fatigue, underestimation, etc.)? Of course, if your job involves lifting weights and outdoor activities in any weather, and your health is prohibited from lifting more than 1 kg and getting cold, then you will definitely have to change your job. But in other cases, such a moment as the substitution of motives is possible. That is, a lack of understanding of the true reasons for job dissatisfaction. In this situation, it makes sense to talk to a specialist.
• Take a vacation. Get good quality and full rest. You may be just tired. After rest, with a fresh and "sober" mind, it will be much easier to assess your capabilities, desires and facts.
• If you are confident in your decision - to change the field of activity - but do not know where to start and where to go, you have a direct road to vocational guidance trainings ... There they will help you to realize - in which direction to move, what is closer to you, what you can master, where there will be difficulties due to high competitionand what to stay away from.
• Have you found a profession that you will be happy to "dive into"? Weigh the pros and cons, write down the pros and cons in a notebook ... Including salary (especially if you are the main breadwinner in the family), development opportunities, competition, learning difficulties, health and other factors.
• Carefully and carefully look at the new profession. Do not chop off your shoulder by rushing into new life with the fervor of a youth. Remember that you will have to start absolutely everything from scratch - re-climb the career ladder, re-acquire experience, search - wherever you would be taken without this experience. Maybe it makes sense to improve your qualifications or get additional qualifications in a profession related to yours? And already there, make the most of all your experience and knowledge.
• Considering that the first time will be hard, think - will your loved ones support you? Is the financial situation of your family so stable that you can not worry about it for a while? Is there a financial pillow, bank account, or stash under the mattress?
• What opportunities will your new profession bring to your career? If the prospects for a new job are as clear as day, and on the old one there is nowhere to advance, this is another plus in favor of changing the field of activity.
• Don't leave your old job by slamming the door. There is no need to spoil relations with bosses and colleagues - what if you have to return? Leave so that you are expected there with open arms at any time of the day.
• Remember that employers are very wary of employees who change jobs after 30-40 years. But you, as a beginner, have indisputable advantages over youth - you have the experience of an adult, you do not rush to extremes, do not rely on emotions in making decisions, you have family support.
• Changing jobs and changing areas of activity are different things ... In the first case, you are able to achieve a lot, thanks to experience and skills, in the second, you will start from scratch, as a university graduate. This can be a serious psychological test. If your nerves are steel ropes, then no one will stop you from implementing your plan.
• Answer the questions: Have you reached the ceiling that is generally possible in this profession? Or is there still something to strive for? Do you have enough education to change your profession? Or do you need time for additional education? Is your usual work exclusively torture and hard labor for you? Or can a change of team solve this problem? In your field of activity, you are already almost a "pensioner" or for the next 10-20 years no one will tell you - "forgive me, old man, your age has already gone beyond our qualifications"? Of course, if your profession from all sides today is a continuous dead end, then you need to change it, without much hesitation. But if you have any doubts, then carefully and scrupulously weigh your desire and possibilities.
• It's easy to cross out your experience and knowledge in a youthful way by starting everything from scratch. But an adult, unlike youth, is capable of run ahead, look from the side and make a choice in terms of efficiency. That is, use your experience and knowledge to further developmentrather than dumping them into the garbage chute.
• Much will depend on your strong desire to learn and develop. , as well as from a specific age, from activity, from character and potential. If you are used to leading, then it will be psychologically difficult to work for subordinates.
• Decide what you are closer to: you are looking for a decent old age and stability, or you want to fulfill the place of your whole life, in spite of everything (including a small salary and other difficulties).
• If you are firm in your decision, do not put it off on the mezzanine. ... In the end, professional throwing can lead you to a dead end and pretty shake your nerves.
• If in doubt, then start by learning a new profession as a hobby. Gradually gain skills and knowledge, probe the prospects, have fun. The moment will come when you will understand - it's time! Or - "well, him ...".
• Study the job bank for your future profession. Can you find a job? What salary awaits you? How strong will the competition be? You will not lose in any way if you choose, and you will systematically master it, no matter what.

Of course, radically changing your life is a difficult process that requires remarkable strength, perseverance, determination ... By a certain age, we acquire not only experience and wisdom, but also obligations, fear of the unknown and "overwhelming".

But if your dream robs you at night - go for it! Just set a goal and move towards it, in spite of everything ... There are many examples of successful career change at the age of "over 40".

The main thing is to believe in yourself!

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During our lives, we have to change our place of residence, car, place of work and even spouses. Compared to the above, the change of profession and specialty in the life of Russians occurs much more often. According to Rosstat, back in 2012, more than 60% of Russians did not work in their first specialty in one way or another. In 2014, 47% of working citizens changed their profession a few years after graduating from a vocational education institution. Moreover, 27% surveyed citizens believed that the profession should be changed every 10 years.

Reasons for changing profession

Periodic polls show that 60% of those who received a second education are happy with their decision. Of these, 40% were able to get on their feet in 1 year in a new profession, the other 30% were able to achieve significant results at new activities in 2 years.

Among the reasons for changing the specialty, the leading ones were external:

39% - small salaries in the first specialty,

27% are disappointed in their first profession or experience professional burnout,

20% each - I wanted to change everything in my life,

5% -by state health.

The reason for the change of residence is also important, when a different labor market has developed in the new place.

Get a second education in a new specialty or in a new profession?

It is necessary to clarify that you can change your activity in two ways:

Complete training in another specialty within your profession... For example, a pediatrician may retrain to be a dietitian and work in a fitness center or health resort. The same applies to educators who are undergoing retraining from a mathematics teacher to an educational psychologist or educational manager. Also inside engineering specialties: designer to engineer of water and gas supply systems. The main reason for obtaining a second professional education within their group of professions is the need dictated by regulations (For example, for medical specialists this is Order No. 707n, for others - professional standards etc.).

Get a second professional education in a new profession... An example is when a doctor retrained as a teacher, or a civil engineer as a programmer, or a doctor as an accountant.

What professions do they most often run from?

Most often, young teachers change their profession, who have not finished working in the pedagogical field for 5 years. In turn, this picture is not typical for all regions of Russia. For example, in Moscow, teachers are well paid. A similar situation is developing among medical professionals, as well as those who have secondary vocational education.

Most often, those who move to a new place of residence have to get a second education. Among them are those who moved from countryside to the city, as well as those who have moved from the periphery to megacities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Rostov-on-Don, Novosibirsk, Samara.

AT recent times increased professional migration from medicine. Most often these are specialists who have worked in the healthcare system for 15 years or more. Doctors and nursing staff change not just their specialty, but the whole profession.

Ways to get a second education

According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the federal law "On Education", a citizen can receive professional education in any specialty. The same applies to the situation of obtaining a second professional education. But what matters here is how you can get a new profession.

There are 2 main ways that are spelled out in the law "On Education":

Method 1: get a second higher education with a duration of 3 years.

Method 2: take professional retraining courses for activities from 3 months.

In other words, you can get a second profession in 3 years or 3 months. The choice is for the citizen.

How does a second higher education differ from retraining courses?

In fact, both employees can equally occupy the same position and perform the same functionality. The only difference between the two is the way you get a new specialty.

The first difference concerns names of issued documents about vocational education. At the same time, both workers, with a diploma of the second higher education, that with a diploma of professional retraining give the right to engage in activities in the profession. (can be found at the bottom of the page).

Studying time... It will take several years to get a second higher education, and from 3 months to 6 months for retraining (depending on the curriculum).

Training costs... The second higher education is always paid, as well as professional retraining. But they differ in cost. For a diploma of the second higher, you will have to pay from 350 thousand rubles or more. For a retraining diploma - from 45,000 to 120 thousand rubles.

Scope of the curriculum... The main difference lies in the number of academic hours and the list of disciplines. For the second higher, university-wide and general disciplines are provided. They make up 50-70% of the entire list. For example, be sure - foreign language and natural science. Refresher courses do not include these subjects. Taking retraining courses, the student will study only the subjects necessary for the profession, including special knowledge and skills.

Second vocational education in 3 months

Retraining is much easier and more convenient for an adult who is burdened with family and other responsibilities. From the point of view of saving resources, retraining in 3 months is the most effective method get a second profession. And not only because of time resources, but also a number of the following advantages:

It is easier to find an educational organization with the necessary curriculum... For example, universities are mostly narrow-profile. And even in a wide-profile it is not possible to find a program for the right profession... Refresher programs are easier to find. For example, in a multidisciplinary educational organization ANO DPO "SNTA" is represented up to specialties.

In retraining institutions, you can study remotely.

Who can be retrained and for whom?

The main requirement for mastering retraining programs is the availability of any professional education: higher or secondary vocational. A citizen who already has a diploma in a first specialty can easily get a retraining diploma in a new specialty.

There are certain restrictions for some groups of professions. For example, you cannot get a medical specialty for those who do not have a first medical education... This also applies to pharmacists and pharmacists. There are several more groups of professions where there are similar restrictions. But otherwise, please ... any profession in 3 months. Details about which specialty you can retrain with your first secondary vocational or higher education, you can ask the specialists of the retraining centers. Please note that these centers must have an educational license, which can be easily checked on the Rosobrnadzor website.

A few decades ago, when the Land of Soviets reigned in the country, the profession was chosen once and for all. Since then, life has changed dramatically: new professions have appeared, new opportunities for training and employment. A civilized labor market has formed. And if before people were afraid to think about changing their profession at a mature age, now they not only think, but also change.

People who changed their profession

Olga, 45 years old: “At the age of 40, I realized that my profession as a seamstress ceased to suit me. I went to medical college and trained to be a nurse. It was a bit unusual to study in a group with my daughter's peers, but I did learn. I quickly found a job at a government eye clinic. Then a doctor who opened a private clinic called me over. From there, I took advanced training courses, and now I can not only carry out physiotherapy, but also select glasses. I am self-realized and happy! "

Marina, 50 years old: “All my life I have been a housewife. While the children were small, it was fine with me. But when the children “scattered” to their families, I felt empty. Then I decided to take a career guidance. It turned out that the profession of a landscape designer suits me. I took the necessary courses, and through friends the first customers were found. Now I earn as much as my husband and feel an unprecedented surge of energy! ”

Andrey, 47 years old: “I was a successful top manager, but because of the crisis I was laid off. I did not grieve for a long time and went to work in a taxi. This work inspired me to start my blog. One social network I maintain a page where I write notes about my new joband to my surprise it became very popular with over 6,000 people subscribed to it. ”

Such stories are not uncommon today. Many people, having reached a certain age line, understand that they need a change. Some realize that they are “burned out” in their current profession, others understand that they initially chose the wrong field of activity. Someone is pushed to professional changes by life circumstances. But not everyone can dare to change. Even if a person really wants to change his profession, he is hindered by the fear of change. How to deal with it?

How do you decide to change?

Psychologists have developed a special formula that is designed to help people decide on changes in their lives. This formula is called the Glaitcher formula, or simply - the formula for change:

FROM< Н*В*Ш

Resistance to change< Неудовлетворенность*Видение будущего*Шаги

C - resistance to change. It is the main stumbling block. If the resistance is very strong, it is very difficult to decide on changes, almost impossible.

When a person wants to change his profession, he has many fears:

1. loss of professional competence;
2. lower living standards;
3. ridicule of others;
4. alienation of relatives;
5. possibility of failure.

On the other side of the scale is your dissatisfaction and desire for change:

H - dissatisfaction with the current situation... Formulate what specifically does not suit you in your work. Here it is worthwhile to correctly assess your condition. Maybe you are just tired and need another vacation? Or is it worth picking up fascinating hobby (ours at your service), which will dispel your professional longing? Sometimes you need to take a good rest in order to realize whether it's really time for you to change your profession or is it just fatigue. If, after returning from vacation, you are still unhappy with your job, then it's time to change something.

B - vision of the future... In order to successfully step into a new future, it is necessary to clearly imagine it. Try to see yourself clearly after a year. How do you see yourself? What do you want to do? Imagine the company you would like to work for, mentally step into their team, think if you can.

At this stage, you can take a career guidance test. Such tests are good for looking at yourself from the outside. Understand where you have the ability, where you can come in handy.

Try to remember what you dreamed about as a child. Maybe it's time to fulfill your childhood dream?

Ш - the first steps towards change... Once you understand WHAT you want, you need to know HOW to do it. You need to outline specific steps to fulfill your goal. For example, pick up educational institution to study a new profession, or search for courses and seminars on the Internet. If you are planning to go to own business, then at this stage you need to draw up a detailed business plan. If at the previous stage it was necessary to imagine how you see yourself in a year, now you need to think about what you can do to bring this YOURSELF to life.

Using the formula for change, you can give a name to your fear, and the named fear loses its power, sort out your desires and aspirations, outline a plan for further action. It doesn't matter at what age you decide to change your profession, restrictions are a thing of the past. The main thing is to believe in yourself, not be afraid to learn new things and tune in to success!