Tips and Tricks to Pursue a Career Change
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The great resignation is upon us. This is the time to explore your career goals and find a job where you can create a bigger impact.
If you’re ready for a career pivot and want to gain confidence in your career decisions and next steps, you don’t want to miss this chat with Career...
The great resignation is upon us. This is the time to explore your career goals and find a job where you can create a bigger impact.
If you’re ready for a career pivot and want to gain confidence in your career decisions and next steps, you don’t want to miss this chat with Career Exploration Coach and startup Founder & CEO Rachel Serwetz.
Rachel will discuss the process and tools to pursue a career change, how to easily identify which career path is the best fit for you, and how to efficiently and strategically job search to find a job you love.
In this chat, you’ll learn:
- How to identify specific areas for improvement in your current career path
- How to clarify your ideal, best fit career path (role, industry, environment)
- Assessing and embracing readiness for a career change
- Determine your action plan and support system to achieve your goals
Meet The Speaker
Rachel Serwetz' early professional experience was at Goldman Sachs in Operations and at Bridgewater Associates in HR. From there, she was trained as a coach at NYU and became a certified coach through the International Coach Federation. After this, she worked in HR Research at Aon Hewitt and attained her Technology MBA at NYU Stern. Throughout her career, she has helped hundreds of professionals with career exploration and for the past 4 years she has been building her company, WOKEN, which is an online career exploration platform to coach professionals through the process of clarifying their ideal job and career path. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Binghamton University and has served as a Career Coach through the Flatiron School/WeWork, Columbia University, and Project Activate.
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I come from the health sciences and education. Recently I finished a data science intensive program where I completed many projects in data science, data analysis and machine learning and I was...
By: Rime, Data AnalystPosted on 2022-01-06 -
I am an English teacher of 10 yrs. What else is out there if I want to leave teaching?
By: Carrie, JournalistPosted on 2022-01-06 -
How to make my resume stand out if I am a new college graduate with no prior industry experience?
By: CristinaPosted on 2022-01-06 -
Hi Rachel, I am from a B2C sales background in the pharmaceutical industry with a French MBA in Marketing. How can I transit to roles like B2B SaaS sales, customer success, project manager, etc? Thanks.
By: Gaurav, Sales and MarketingPosted on 2022-01-06 -
Which is a smart way to explain, leaving a stable job in a good industry to pursue a new career?
By: MariaPosted on 2022-01-05 -
I have worked in a few different industries developing transitional skills in each - and can’t seem to articulate the cohesion on my resume. What are tools and/or verbiage I could use withering my...
By: KortneePosted on 2022-01-04 -
What tools are available for individuals looking to change careers when they are not 100% on the new industry or role they want to pursue? Are there tools that help guide individuals on aligning...
By: KevinPosted on 2022-01-04 -
As an immigrant, how do I present the disparity between abilities and skills vs actual work experience? For those of us who on paper are not very impressive, how do we accurately convey our...
By: Majo, Program Project ManagerPosted on 2022-01-04 -
How should I prepare for the potential difference in salary? Should I create a new LinkedIn account?
By: Cassandra, Advanced Photon Source ESH CoordinatorPosted on 2022-01-03 -
What tips do you have on updating my resume to fit the transferrable skills for the new industry I'm looking to pivot to?
By: Michelle, Co Chair PRISM: Diversity & Inclusion CouncilPosted on 2022-01-03 -
What is the best way to tell your career story when you have many skills but worked in different industries ?
By: CharmainePosted on 2021-12-28 -
What are the most desirable transferrable skills from the chemicals / manufacturing industry into tech?
By: LucianaPosted on 2021-12-27 -
How do I explain transferable skills when changing from one career to another career field?
By: SaePosted on 2021-12-26 -
what is the best answer for "why are you changing fields?"
By: Barbra, Director of Self-directed ServicesPosted on 2021-12-23 -
How to explain a long unemployment period?
By: EricaPosted on 2021-12-23 -
Are there particular roles within tech companies that hire more holistically than others? My professional experience is very heavy in interpersonal soft skills.
By: MaraPosted on 2021-12-22 -
How to I position myself as a seasoned candidate?
By: JasminePosted on 2021-12-22 -
Any advice for a stay-at-home mom with 2 advance degrees (M.A. & J.D.), with plans to re-enter the job market after two decades of staying at home, but very busy in school activities and...
By: Connita, Front Desk ReceptionistPosted on 2021-12-22 -
How do I gain meaningful experience in my new career field while I continue to work in my current career?
By: Michelle, Data AnalystPosted on 2021-12-22 -
How do you go about branding yourself on LinkedIn when you've been in an industry for a period of time but are looking to transition to a different industry?
By: April, Manager Of Military And Community OutreachPosted on 2021-12-21 -
Do you have any resources for the types of jobs most likely to be remote now and in the future, and how those in traditional careers could switch to these?
By: Silvia, Finance ManagerPosted on 2021-12-21 -
My question has already been asked.
By: Aniesha, Performance AuditorPosted on 2021-12-20 -
Others have already posted my questions. I am grateful for this discussion
By: KrystlePosted on 2021-12-20 -
Do you have suggestions for addressing job stints? I was never asked to leave, but two previous positions were just not a good fit. I chose to leave the positions.
By: Marlene, School administratorPosted on 2021-12-20 -
I come to web design from a nontraditional background and have limited design agency experience. What is the best way to show recruiters and/or hiring managers that I can adapt to an...
By: Precious, Web DesignerPosted on 2021-12-20 -
I will graduate with my doctorate this year, I feel as though I have been overlooked on numerous occasions because of it. Several hiring managers have stated that I could do their jobs. However,...
By: Toyia, Credit & Collections ManagerPosted on 2021-12-20 -
How can you leverage your previous experience to show the recruiter that you are capable of doing the job?
By: AugustinePosted on 2021-12-20 -
How to get over the feeling like you don’t have the qualifications
By: Nilam, Program Project ManagerPosted on 2021-12-20 -
I am in my early fifties, degreed but I'm currently in a contract position with no employer benefits. I just want to know the course of action needed to pursue a career at my age. How can I...
By: Asana, laboratory technicianPosted on 2021-12-20 -
How do I successfully transit to a100% remote tech career without any tech training or experience
By: Uzunma, Payment OfficerPosted on 2021-12-20 -
I am basically from science background. I am seeking a better job for about 1 year, till now I didn't get one. How I have to change my skills to get a job in reputed company in Bangalore.
By: Kshitija SPosted on 2021-12-20 -
No specific question- looking to learn how to shift my career into a different industry. Thanks!
By: Kate, Director of SalesPosted on 2021-12-20 -
I want to work as a Designer - but I want it to be highly creative! Right now I am the execting hand to decisions that the management makes.
By: Lari, UX DesignerPosted on 2021-12-20 -
I’m currently in IT. HOWEVER, I’ve been very active in our employee resource groups via official and unofficial roles. I also use to participate in recruiting. What are your suggestions in...
By: Brenda, Strategy & Transformation ManagerPosted on 2021-12-20 -
What is the best way to assess what the culture is like in a career I am considering a pivot to?
By: Elaine, Founding DirectorPosted on 2021-12-20 -
What recommendations do you have for making a career pivot without taking a massive pay cut?
By: Elizabeth, Executive AssistantPosted on 2021-12-20 -
Video seems to be making stronger impacts when it comes to first impressions of products and services. Would it be reasonable to believe that a brief 30 sec intro video on a LinkedIN profile or...
By: Thomas, Assistant ManagerPosted on 2021-12-20 -
How to overcome professional career gap?
By: Khulan, Officer ManagerPosted on 2021-12-20 -
No question at this time
By: Mary, Project EngineerPosted on 2021-12-20 -
An event planner wanting to get out of events. I am not sure what steps to take or what to even put on my resume.
By: Annie, Customer ServicePosted on 2021-12-20 -
No question at this time, thank you.
By: John, Backend DeveloperPosted on 2021-12-20 -
What are the fields of that you are guiding in.
By: Ravi, Subject expertPosted on 2021-12-20 -
None as of the moment.
By: Reneth, Total Rewards & General Affairs HeadPosted on 2021-12-20 -
How to stand out with non traditional background?
By: Yasaman, UI EngineerPosted on 2021-12-20 -
How to use skill set to switch industries? And get hired?
By: Julia, Program Project ManagerPosted on 2021-12-20 -
How can one best market their skill sets?
By: Lauren, Program DirectorPosted on 2021-12-19 -
What is the best way to market yourself as a potential candidate in a new industry to be considered for a job opportunity?
By: Moja, Certified Professional CoachPosted on 2021-12-19 -
How do you gain experience in a new field when changing careers? What kind of opportunities should I be looking out for? Does my previous experience count or will I have to start all over?
By: Mercy, Product ManagerPosted on 2021-12-19 -
How do you sought for your career jo
By: odubuPosted on 2021-12-19 -
How can a switch be made when you have little to no experience in the new career?
By: Toni, OtherPosted on 2021-12-19 -
Would you recommend applying for internships for someone without a bachelors degree but who has been in the workforce for over 20 years in a different career area than the one they are trying to...
By: AnyaPosted on 2021-12-19 -
For someone currently in a mostly technical role (working with coding out content) wanting to do more creative (design) work, how can they express that desired transition to supervisors/bosses?...
By: Elizabeth, WordPress DeveloperPosted on 2021-12-19 -
I want to transition from an account manager role to a technical role (currently enrolled in coding classes).
By: Dianne, MarketerPosted on 2021-12-19 -
Looking to move to a more technical and creative role - Web Design/Digital Design.
By: Anastasiya, Web DesignerPosted on 2021-12-19 -
Looking to move from a Technical contributor role to a Management position. Any tips on how to do that would be useful.
By: JenPosted on 2021-12-18 -
How do I gauge accurately What jobs I have a chance of getting hired for? I have been trying to get back into tech for over 2 years and targeting different roles or technologies or companies. Is...
By: Cin Dee, Software ContractorPosted on 2021-12-17 -
Do you help with resumes. I have been an actress/dancer/singer/author/brand ambassador/babysitter/dog Walker/tradeshowmodel and right now I need to get some type of job to bring in income while I...
By: Amy, Field Marketing ManagerPosted on 2021-12-17 -
What are your top three tricks to pursue a career change?
By: Justyna, Administrative SpecialistPosted on 2021-12-17 -
I just started my path to achieve a career change and in order to do that I have been dealing with two points, to enroll in a professional english course or try to improve my resume getting some...
By: Edison, DevOpsPosted on 2021-12-17 -
I'm in IT in the finance services world and I would like to move over to the medical world. What would you suggest?
By: Timothy, Service Desk TechnicianPosted on 2021-12-16 -
How do I figure out which career would be right for me?
By: Laura, Science and EducationPosted on 2021-12-16 -
As an aspiring UX designer, is it okay to use practice projects from online courses from Coursera, Skillshare, and Udemy on my portfolio?
By: MeaganPosted on 2021-12-15 -
What is your key learning from moving to entrepreneurship and changing your own career?
By: Bharti, PrincipalPosted on 2021-12-09 -
How to develop a career plan?
By: Varshil, Data EngineerPosted on 2021-12-06 -
I think people are often hesitant to change jobs/careers because it feels like connections are severed and prior work is abandoned. Teams are also often left in the lurch when a valuable colleague...
By: RobinPosted on 2021-12-01
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