In 1967, psychiatrists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe, published a checklist of 43 stressful life events - occurrences that are likely to bring about readjustment and that require people to make changes in their usual activities. Instead, when she saw an opening, she researched who the hiring manager was or looked for connections on LinkedIn who could help move her application forward. Finally, she stopped spamming recruiters with her resume.She recrafted her resume to be skills based and highlighted her strengths and accomplishments relevant to the job she was applying for. While she couldn’t change her work history, she could present to recruiters what she’d be getting to the table with the experience she had and why she’d be suitable for a job. In this case, the author was switching from journalism to corporate communications. Learn more about the new career, talk to experts, or join groups on LinkedIn to gain knowledge. You may not get callbacks for interviews even when it feels like you’re a fit for that role. When changing careers, you might face setbacks. Next, learn to embrace failures and initiate changes.Twenty minutes of meditation before bed time helped the author calm their mind and think clearly. When faced with tough decisions, our minds might begin catastrophizing. As step one, you need to train your mind.But with time and after much intentional effort, she developed the tools she needed to make a successful transition.
In this essay, the author shares when she transitioned from being a newsroom journalist to working in corporate communications. They can be stressful and anxiety-inducing. Career switches aren’t just simple phases where you transition to doing something different.
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