Making a Career Change: Mistakes to Avoid

12/31/23 • 31 min

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You've decided to do it. You're making a career change. But you want to be smart about it. So you're wondering, is there anything I should know? Is there anything I should do or not do so I don't screw this up?
Yup.
We're going to talk about 3 of those things — 3 of the most common career change mistakes, and how to avoid them.

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3 career change mistakes

Sarah Vermunt: [00:00:00] So you've decided to do it. You've been thinking about it for years and this year, you finally want to make it happen. You're going to make a career change. You don't know exactly how yet or precisely where to start. But the will, is there. It's time. But you want to be smart about this. You don't want to fly by the seat of your pants and you don't want to get it wrong. So you're wondering. Is there anyt