Staying on Track

I started this blog several weeks ago as a source of inspiration and motivation as I begin my career transition journey. After a little bit of success I have hit a snag. I am struggling to “re-brand” myself and pivot my career experiences to a different career path.

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You might say that this should be simple and your right. However, where I am struggling is I am not sure what I am trying to pivot to. Perhaps I can blame my liberal arts education that exposed me to many different ideas, topics, and issues that I feel going in one particular direction will close me off to many other areas. I have found that this hurts when I am networking and people ask me what I am interested in doing? According to many career sites, this should be a fairly easy and straightforward question that can be answered in a couple of sentences. Not in my case, as when I am asked something along those lines I can ramble on for minutes covering a wealth of topics and interests.

Part of me says that this is bad and I need to focus my career interests on something more specific. The other part of me refuses to do this as in doing so I would not be true to my authentic self. I feel that I can leverage my authentic self to help a company or client meet a host of different problems. However, I have not found the way to convey this to others.

I will keep trying and persisting as I know that this journey can be long and full of setbacks. Patience is key.

5 thoughts on “Staying on Track”

  1. Thanks for sharing your journey. It’s quite exciting to follow it. 🙂
    Isn’t “re-branding” a story to tell with a red thread and ending up with a some possibilities to be opened to? Why not sharing your story / “re-branding” and maybe some of your blog readers share a few feedback?
    Good luck, you’re having the right attitude. 😉

  2. Wow, I see so much of myself in this latest post! Don’t be disheartened. Some firm somewhere will value this trait!

    Perhaps you can prioritise/order the interests and skills you have? Market yourself based on your top skill(s)/interest(s), and mention the others as little added extras. For instance, in most of my jobs, my main task has been related to at least one of my degrees, but I’ve also ended up performing completely different tasks, such as being the company’s “IT guy”, web designer, first-aider and other things, as sidelines to my main role.

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