Interested in a new career？If so，it is important to take the time to evaluateyour present situation，to explore career options and to choose a career that will be satisfying for you.
對一個新的職業感興趣？如果是的話，你就有必要花時間評估下你現在的情況，研究一下可以選擇的職業，然後找到一個最適合你的職業。
Ten Steps to a Successful Career Change
成功轉行的十步：
1. Evaluate your current job satisfaction. Keep a journal of your daily reactions to your job situation and look for recurring themes. Which aspects of your current job do you like/dislike？ Are your dissatisfactions related to the content of your work your company culture or the people with whom you work？
評估你現在的工作情況。將你每天的工作情況記錄下來，看看重複出現的主題。你目前的工作中哪些是自己喜歡的？哪些是自己討厭的？你不滿意的是你工作的內容，公司文化，還是公司同事呢？
2. Assess your interests，values and skills through self help resources like the exercises in What Color is Your Parachute. Review past successful roles， volunteer work， projects and jobs to identify preferred activities and skills. Determine whether your core values and skills are addressed through your current career.
通過在線免費測試評估你的興趣，價值，技能。通過比較過去成功的事跡，志願工作，項目，以及工作來確定你已經具備的行動能力和技能。確定自己的核心價值觀，以及目前職業中學會的技能。
3. Brainstorm ideas for career alternatives by discussing your core values/skills with friends， family， networking contacts and counselors. Visit career libraries and use online resources.
在轉行時，可以和朋友，家人，網友，或導師探討你的核心價值觀以及能力來集思廣益，想出好方法。也要有效利用職業庫及在線資源。
4. Conduct a preliminary comparative evaluation of several fields to identify a few targets for in depth research.
通過深入調查，選幾個不同的領域進行初步評估比較，確立幾個目標。
5. Read as much as you can about those fields and reach out to personal contacts in those arenas for informational interviews.
儘可能多地了解這些領域，並且想辦法找到面試官的私人聯繫方式。
6. Shadow professionals in fields of primary interest to observe work first hand. Spend anywhere from a few hours to a few days job shadowing people who have jobs that interest you. Your college Career Office is a good place to find alumnivolunteers who are willing to host job shadowers.
親自去自己感興趣的實習領域觀察工作。花幾個小時，或幾天的時間去任何你感興趣的工作場觀察並向在那裡工作的人學習。大學職業辦公室是找到願意招實習生僱主的好地方。
7. Identify volunteer and freelance activities related to your target field to test your interest e.g. if you are thinking of publishing as a career， try editing the PTA newsletter. If you're interested in working with animals， volunteer at your local shelter.
根據你的目標工作，參加實習或職員工作來確定自己的興趣。比如，如果你想找一份出版方面的工作，那就試試看編輯PTA時事通訊。如果你對和動物一起的工作感興趣的話，那麼到你當地的農場去實習。
8. Investigate educational opportunities that would bridge your background to your new field. Consider taking an evening course at a local college. Spend some time at one day or weekend seminars. Contact professional groups in your target field for suggestions.
調查可以連接你的背景和新工作的教育機會。可以考慮參加當地大學的夜校課程。每天或每周花一點時間參加研討會。向你有感興趣的領域的專家尋求意見。
9. Look for ways to develop new skills in your current job which would pave the way for a change e.g. offer to write a grant proposal if grant writing is valued in your new field. If your company offers in-house training， sign up for as many classes as you can.
在你當前的工作中想辦法學習新的技能，為將來的轉變鋪路。比如，如果在你新的工作領域中，方案書寫很有用的話，那就寫一份方案提議。如果你的公司提供內部培訓，那就儘可能多的參加。
10. Consider alternative roles within your current industry which would utilizethe industry knowledge you already have e.g. If you are a store manger for a large retail chain and have grown tired of the evening and weekend hours consider a move to corporate recruiting within the retail industry. Or if you are a programmer who doesn't want to program， consider technical sales or project management.
考慮在你當前的行業中更換職位，這樣你就能在了解的基礎上學到更多該工作領域的知識。如果你是一家大型零售店的經理，已經厭煩了每晚，每個周末的加班，那就可以考慮參加零售業內的招聘。或者如果你是一個編程員，厭倦了編程的話，可以考慮技術銷售或項目管理之類的工作．
責任編輯：vivien