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Reevaluating Your Career |Leila's House of Corrections

If your current job title doesn't match your passions, it's time to re-think your career — regardless of the economy. Write down your strengths, go on informational interviews, see whether you can alter your current job to create a better fit, and if not, consider moving on.

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Speaker: Leila Bulling Towne, Executive Coach, The Bulling Towne Group

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Reevaluating Your Career |Leila's House of Corrections

If your current job title doesn't match your passions, it's time to re-think your career — regardless of the economy. Write down your strengths, go on informational interviews, see whether you can alter your current job to create a better fit, and if not, consider moving on.

If you have questions or suggestions for future video topics, Leila wants to hear from you.

Tough economic times can create a hunker-down mentality in terms of your career. What s right for you now may be different from the title on your business card. Don t allow the current business climate to get in the way.

Come on managers, it s time to reevaluate your career.

Whether you re laid off, your career is stagnant, or everything seems just fine, reevaluating your career should be something you do on at least a yearly basis.

As more and more change surrounds us, you have an opportunity to consider what should be altered in your life. Take a step back and reflect on your passions and strengths. Here s how to get started:

#1: Focus on what makes you happy not just opportunities to make money.

Start with what will give you joy. This is a time to lean into your passions.

What activities make you feel good, give you satisfaction that you are playing to your strengths? For example, I love sales but I hate selling software. I love organizing events but I can t face planning another corporate holiday event. Make a list and don t censor yourself.

Step 2: Start with what you can change in your present role.

Re-thinking your career may not mean changing your job. Once you have your list, see where it aligns with your current role and where the disconnects are. You may be able to alter your current job to make it more satisfying. Most people don t contemplate asking for changes to their roles and responsibilities. If you re a star performer it s much easier to negotiate for what you want within your current organization where you are a known entity rather than staring over again elsewhere.

Step 3: Is it time to move on?

If staying put isn t an option, it s time to take the plunge and explore jobs in other companies and industries. It s OK to want to do something different and to get there, you have to start acting and thinking differently. Think about professions that touch on your passions. Remember informational interviews? They re not just for college students anymore. Another great reason to keep networking!

Innovative, entrepreneurial thinking about what you are doing to steer the course of your profession shouldn t happen only when opportunities present themselves to you or when a door closes on you. Some of the best paths we take are turns we make on our own.