From the course: Making Tough Career Decisions

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Should you embark on a new career path?

Should you embark on a new career path?

From the course: Making Tough Career Decisions

Should you embark on a new career path?

- Sometimes you don't just need a new role in a new company. Sometimes you need to switch careers entirely. Here are some signs to determine if you're due for a bigger shakeup. First, you have a general sense of dissatisfaction and unhappiness with your current job. You may really enjoy your coworkers, boss, clients, and customers, but you're just not feeling that spark, even after making an effort to look for stretch projects or find other ways to use your current skills. On a practical level, you might be sensing that your industry is in decline or in danger of being phased out entirely because of new technology, for example. You may also find that you're coasting. You may be performing perfectly well at your job but you notice you lack the desire to bring new ideas to your manager or instigate innovation at your company. When you're no longer interested in growth or advancement in your current area, or you're saving all of…

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