Jul. 2, 2020: I got this email from Indeed:
May 7, 2020 "10 Best Jobs for a Career Change":
During your career, your interests, qualifications and job opportunities may change. Choosing a different professional path allows you to apply new skills, follow exciting challenges or take advantage of an evolving job market. If you are eager to begin a new professional path, consider some easy career change options.
In this article, we explore 10 of the best career change opportunities for professionals in any field.
Related: How to Find Your Passion
What are the best career change jobs?
Pursuing a new professional path often requires years of preparation and networking. However, some jobs demand minimal experience and no advanced degrees, making them ideal for career changes. Regardless of your career stage, these jobs are excellent candidates for career transitions:
- Teacher
- Social Media Manager
- Writer
- Accountant
- Sales Representative
- Market Researcher
- Business Consultant
- Web Developer
- Project Manager
- Realtor
1. Teacher
National Average Salary: $19.21 per hour
Primary Duties: Teachers lead classes, present lessons and help students learn skills. They review assignments, administer tests and provide grades. Teachers also develop lesson plans, create curricula, identify students’ strengths and weaknesses and help them prepare for assessments. Many teachers specialize in subjects such as mathematics or literature, while others focus on certain grade levels, such as elementary or high school.
My opinion: I don't really like school. I feel like most of things I learned, we will never really use in real life, especially high school math.
National Average Salary: $48,413 per year
Primary Duties: Social media managers oversee organizations’ marketing campaigns on public sharing media. These professionals develop short- and long-term marketing strategies, write copy and produce images for social media posts and engage with followers online.
They may provide customer service by answering questions and handling complaints or support sales teams by encouraging purchases and sharing discounts. These digital marketing specialists also collect social media account analytics, review data and recommend methods to optimize performance.
3. Writer
National Average Salary: $24.26 per hour
Primary Duties: Writers create content for a variety of outlets, such as blogs, magazines, TV scripts and advertisements. Whether they develop fictional or nonfictional material, these professionals conduct research to enhance their writing.
Many writers submit work to editors who may provide feedback or request additional drafts to improve content. Writers may accept assignments from editors or publishers, or they may compose material independently before seeking publication. Most writers specialize in particular topics or mediums.
Here's my Jun. 2016 blog post where I describe how hard I tried to get a writing career:
Tracy's writing career/ Getting the right people's attention on the internet
4. Accountant
National Average Salary: $53,733 per year
Primary Duties: Accountants produce and review financial records for individuals and organizations. They examine financial documents for accuracy and help their clients operate efficiently. Many accountants prepare tax returns, which involves calculating the amount owed and coordinating timely payments.
These professionals also identify strategies for reducing costs and handle financial record storage and maintenance. In many cases, they specialize in public accounting, management accounting or auditing.
My opinion: I hate math and dealing with numbers.
National Average Salary: $60,149 per year
Primary Duties: Sales representatives sell goods and services to individuals and corporate consumers. They attend trade shows, use customer lists and network within their industries to find potential leads. Sales representatives talk with prospective customers about their needs and devise solutions to address these subjects.
They develop contracts, negotiate terms and oversee orders for customers. Some sales representatives communicate with existing customers to generate repeat sales, and some answer questions and provide basic customer service. Many sales representatives specialize in business-to-business or business-to-government transactions.
"The #1 skill you need as an entrepreneur to grow your business no matter what is happening in the economy":
My notes:
The skill is you need to know is how to sell.
Selling is service.
Money is service.
Learn how to communicate with people the value of what you do and what you offer, how it's going to help them and enrolling to make a new decision, a new choice.
You can inspire and lead them.
How to convince someone to buy the product or service?
Don't say convince. This is about enrolling clients to make a new process or way of being, decision, based on what they want.
Ask them on what they want, and lay out a plan of action that includes what you have to offer that can get them there.
You will have to talk to 100 people and be able to sell to 10 of them. You have to be consistent and follow up.
My opinion: It depends on what you're selling. I can sell clothes and I have worked at a clothing store. However, selling cars and houses are really hard because they're so expensive.
National Average Salary: $62,722 per year
Primary Duties: Market researchers assess the demands of a market to estimate the sales potential for products and services. They review sales trends, examine past patterns and forecast the future of the market. Market researchers use polls, surveys and other techniques for collecting data, and use software and statistical models to study the information they gather.
These professionals translate their findings into written reports and charts, which they present to stakeholders. Many market researchers also review the results of marketing strategies and recommend more efficient and lucrative approaches.
My opinion: I have worked as a market research interviewer where I call people to do surveys.
National Average Salary: $70,114 per year
Primary Duties: Business consultants help companies become more efficient and increase profits. Also known as management analysts, business consultants work with executives to improve internal processes. These professionals interview an organization’s employees, make observations about operations and devise improved systems and practices. They present solutions to stakeholders, advise about implementation and confirm results with management teams.
National Average Salary: $71,361 per year
Primary Duties: Web developers use programming codes to create websites for individuals, businesses and government agencies. They oversee the appearance, performance and functionality of the website. Web developers talk with clients about their needs, recommend applications and coordinate with writers and designers to create complete products. Many web developers provide ongoing support and maintenance for websites. Some developers specialize in certain types of websites, such as eCommerce, which require advanced programming and security knowledge.
National Average Salary: $79,350 per year
Primary Duties: Project managers research, create and advise plans for developing products and providing services. They oversee project aspects ranging from timelines and labor to costs and communications. Also known as cost estimators, most project managers are responsible for keeping costs as low as possible while generating desired results. These professionals often specialize in managing projects in certain industries, such as software development, construction or manufacturing.
10. Realtor
National Average Salary: $90,175 per year
Primary Duties: Realtors work with individual, corporate and government clients to buy and sell property. These professionals talk with buyers to determine their needs, seek available properties to rent or purchase and negotiate contracts. They also research market-appropriate pricing for sellers, list properties for sale and arrange showings to find buyers. Some realtors have licenses to work as brokers, while others work as agents and must operate under brokers. Most realtors specialize in overseeing the sale or purchase of residential, corporate or industrial property.
My opinion: I have said this in the sales representative section, selling houses is really hard.
Jun. 3, 2017 "Hole in the Mall": Today I found this article by Marina Strauss in the Globe and Mail. It's a really long article about how Target left Canada in 2015, and now it's 2017, and there are still a bunch of empty stores.
Lots of stores like Wal-Mart and Lowe's bought locations, but still lots of empty stores.
They also talk about how Sears is probably the next big department store to close down.
Lots of stores like Wal-Mart and Lowe's bought locations, but still lots of empty stores.
They also talk about how Sears is probably the next big department store to close down.
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