Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

How To Make a Career Change and Work from Home

So you hate your job and want a career change. Which career is right for you? This question is sometimes difficult to answer. We usually know what aren’t right for us but we don’t know which one is the right one.

Let’s simplify the issue. What values do you consider important in your life?

If spending more time with your family is your ultimate value then work from home will clearly become an interesting alternative. However, if you’re forced by external conditions such as staying at home for health reasons or having to take care of a disabled family member, then work and earn from home is the best alternative.

Here is another question: is it really possible? Will the income be sufficient to support yours and your family needs?

Well, the last question is the question people often ask. Fortunately, there are online case studies telling us that not only do they survive but they are also becoming more prosperous.

Just click the above link in and read the stories to get some inspiration. You’ll find lessons about the approach, attitude, persistence, passion, choice of theme and monetization models of featured home-workers.

Now…

How about you? Do you possess a “DNA of success” such as presented by people in the case studies?

Paul Sarwanawadya

Career Tests Guide

Monday, March 10th, 2008

How To Change Career In 5 Easy Steps

So you want a career change. What’s the safest way to achieve at your ideal career? Here’s how.

Step #1. Have you found your ideal career choices? If not, then take some career tests to understand your most suitable career or job type. You may want to take career aptitude tests if you want to based your career change on your natural aptitudes. Or alternatively, career interest tests are other roads to find ideal career opportunity.

If you want a more accurate result career personality test is crucial for your additional document before choosing your perfect career.

Step #2. Just immediately you finish your career tests you’ll find suggested career choices inside your test reports. Based on your intuition pick up the three best careers. Mark them up with pen marker or other tools of your preference.

File your best three career choices’ document in your desk drawer or any other place you like. But please don’t do anything with it until about a week.

Step #3. A week later you may open up your three top careers’ file. Do you think they’re still the best three career choices?

If yes, you can be sure that the above three careers is your real career choices. And it’s the time to follow it up with a more in-depth career information.

Step #4. Do your best career choices have any relationship with your current job or occupation? If they’re only slightly different compared to your current career you’re lucky since you don’t need to go through a steep road.

But if they’re nowhere near your existing job then you need to do a lot of research. You may contact persons in related industries to discover what the industries look like. Or you can do online research of the leading companies in your industry of choices.

Once you feel comfortable with the depth of the data you’ve got decide one career choice and be confident with it no matter how difficult it’ll be to get it.

Step #5. Your career choice is just the beginning of your career change journey. So don’t rush but take a time to learn your industry of choice. You may want to take a part time job during your weekend to get familiar with your career preference.

For example, if you want to change career by going solo and selling your services online you may learn from this resource. So use your spare time as your preparation for your next career move.

Once you manage to get a decent sum of extra income from your part time job then it’s the time to quit your current job.

By following the above steps you’ll make your career change less stressful and less difficult to manage. And above all your patience will reward you a perfect career.

Paul Sarwanawadya

Career Tests Guide