Rikke.me > Blog > Career Change

Category: Career Change

  • How Do I Know If I’m Making The Right Choice?

    “If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” – Erica Jong

    For a lot of career changers and new entrepreneurs, the biggest question in their mind is “How do I know if I’m making the right choice?” The short answer is “You don’t/won’t know” But that’s honestly okay and shouldn’t turn you off – Because staying stuck is the riskiest plan of all!

    Starting your own company or networking your way into a new career is not an irreversible move or (just one) decision – Everything is a test and you can always change your mind (AND use your old profession as a cash cow whilst planning your next plan of attack). But if you don’t make a choice, you’ll never know! That’s the beauty of actually making a choice and why it’s okay not to know everything for sure up front. Though there are plenty of ways to get pretty close to knowing.

    On Career Change, Own Business, Self Employment

    Go To Full Post ❯

  • Stop networking – Make friends instead

    If there is one word that makes most career changers and budding entrepreneurs get uncomfortable it’s “Networking.” And you know what, I can totally understand why! It has such an “eek” factor attached to it and instantly makes you think of a room full of desperate people literally stabbing you with their business card.

    When I changed career back in 2005 and started my own company, I remember attending a couple of networking meetings, but quickly realizing that wasn’t my cuppa tea…And I’m an extreme extrovert who loves connecting with new people. But you know what – Whether you are an extrovert or not – What matters is what kind of people you meet AND whether you actually truly want to connect with them or not!

    On Career Change

    Go To Full Post ❯

  • Am I Too Old To Change Careers? Career Change At 30 & Career Change At 40

    “Career change at 30” and “career change at 40″ are some of the most searched keyword phrases on Google. And if you are reading this, I bet you’ve probably also been wondering if YOU are too old to change career (though your “number” might be different). Most of my career change clients range in age from late twenties to late forties, so I get asked this question all the time!

    On Career Change, Own Business, Self Employment

    Go To Full Post ❯

  • Career Change: How To Avoid “Starting From Scratch Again”

    One of the most common reasons why people don’t even consider a career change is because they believe it would mean “starting from scratch again.” I totally get why this might be a concern for you too – Who wants to feel like they’ve spent the last 5,10 or 20 years climbing a ladder only to willingly slide all the way down again…Keep reading and I will share insights and 3 key strategies that have helped my career change clients avoid this scenario, so YOU don’t have to start from scratch again.

    Believing that every career changer has to “start from scratch again” is just an assumption, NOT a fact! FACT.

    On Career Change

    Go To Full Post ❯

  • Is 2014 A Good Year To Change Career?

    Are you wondering if 2014 is a good year to change careers (because 2013 kinda flew by …just like 2012)? Maybe you are hoping the economy will pick up, we’ll have another scorcher of a summer and that things will (somehow) finally align for you? Or instead you might be worried the economy will bomb, the summer will be a washout and that you better not mess around?

    On Career Change, Own Business

    Go To Full Post ❯