Career Uncertainty Formula
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Feeling uncertain or overwhelmed at a career transition?
Going from one thing to the other?
Struggling to make the jump or start that business?
The Career Uncertainty formula will help you to appreciate why you keep questioning yourself and what you need to do to feel grounded and confident of your direction. The uncertainty you are experiencing now is influenced by:
CE - Exposure to choices
Your career certainty is influenced by the number of choices you are faced with on a daily basis. Through Instagram, Linked-In and crowdfunding campaigns you are exposed to literally hundreds of new career and business opportunities every day. When opening yourself to a new decision this bombardment of new opportunities can be hugely overwhelming and undermine the certainty that you are in the right career.
HE - Halo Effect
The Halo effect describes seeing other people’s experiences with a positive bias. Starting a business is a very risky proposition, changing career requires a step out of one’s comfort zone and building a successful enterprise usually involves significant sacrifices. The reality is that often we only see or are presented with the glossy window dressing. This unbalanced perspective can make us see our careers differently and brings uncertainty into our professional lives.
CV - Clarity of Value proposition
If you have no idea how much you are valued in your current role or whether you can add more value elsewhere, you experience uncertainty. People who are made redundant for reasons beyond the value of their work take an extra knock in their confidence. Your certainty of value proposition is determined by how well you know what makes you innovative, whether your skills are valued in the wider market, your awareness of other opportunities and whether you know your current job supports the realisation of your unique potential.
CE - Career Exploration.
How we feel about our careers is a simple function of relativity. The more varied your work experience the easier it is to compare different careers and feel more certain that you are in the right place. People who lack diverse experience struggle to think of different ideas or step out of their comfort zone. This lack of opportunity to explore from a career perspective creates uncertainty and leads to impulsive decision making often based on assumption.
The Solution
The Career Uncertainty Formula suggest that increasing your career exploration
The only way to feel certain that you are in the right career is to embark on a Career Exploration (CE) in the most cost and time effective way. We cannot hide from all the Choice Exposure (CE) when we are opening ourselves up to a new way to express ourselves through work. Exploration allows us to overcome the Halo Effect (HE) by seeing exactly what is behind exciting trends and the realities of different career choices. Once we have fully explored all the career options that support our distinctive combination of passions, values and abilities, we will identify our Value Proposition (VP) and can enjoy the certainty that we are on the right path.
The easiest way to explore has always been with a map. The problem however is that most people have never been given a map of their unique career landscape. Career Constellation maps all the career pathways, start-up ideas and passion projects that support your unique profile so that you can enjoy real meaning in your work and enjoy a smooth transition.
