Manage Your Transition

Loosing a job is a very traumatic event. You need to manage your transition from your existing job to a new job. You can do this by assessing your reality.

You have to end your one job before you can begin a new job. Ending a job is not necessarily the last day you work but rather the last day you are unprepared to start seeking out new employment. You don’t want to rush it; at first, take some time to understand your unique situation & possibilities. Figure out who you are.

Between the ending & making a new beginning, there is a gap, a window of opportunity. Use the gap to consider your strengths, values and dreams. This will allow you to identify options that you may not have been aware of. Don’t be afraid to be creative and “think outside the box” to find a “best fit”.

When you build your transition plan, go through it at your own speed; however, don’t ignore tools and strategies that can help maximize outcomes.

Rethink your work habits and begin to develop strategies.

1. Learn to see every situation – as a market. Identify the customers. What are they looking for? What are the changes going on that have left needs unmet or created new needs? What are the niches and interfaces in the market’ that are not being well serviced? What is the product or service needed- that matches your strengths?

2. Forget the traditional idea of qualification. The only things that count are that you really desire to do something, that you have the skills/abilities required to do it, that you are temperamentally suited to the environment in which it must be done.

3. Think of yourself as a small business, a one-person organization with a marketing capability, an R&D effort, a watchful eye to keep your prices down, and a strategic plan for selling your product while maintaining your benefits package. Think of yourself as “You INC.” – as you write up your own business ‘action’ plan.