A mid-career industry change requires crafting a coherent, honest narrative that connects past roles to future goals. Self-reflection and assessment reveal transferable skills and a common thread that demonstrates agency in career choices. Creating that narrative takes substantial work and demands stringent honesty, because listeners detect stories that ring false. Weaving experiences into a clear, truthful storyline helps overcome transition hurdles and makes arguments for suitability in a new field. Examples include moves from academia into tech and from government into consulting, each requiring identification of relevant skills and purposeful storytelling to bridge gaps.
from my perspective, a mid-career shift really challenges you to tell your story. You need to make the argument for you. It's a great exercise because it forces you to make sense of your career, and there are no false moves in a career if you can make sense of them. That's exactly right. That's exactly right. And it actually has an additional benefit of giving you some deep understanding of who you are so that you understand you've had agency in your career.
And it takes work. Yeah, it takes a lot of work. Because there's a lot of self-reflection and assessment in order to create that narrative. And astringent honesty because if you tell a story that rings false- your listener is going to hear that. Yeah, it doesn't work. They will. They will. So weaving that narrative in an honest way, finding the common thread, it makes all the difference in being able to make a transition.
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