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3 Strategies to Successfully Change Your Career
Studies have shown that the average employee changes careers roughly every 4 years. Reports also show that on average individuals will have over 10 jobs during their lifetime.
These findings point to one undeniable fact of life.
Change is inevitable.
Whether you’re looking for another job that better suits your skills or you just want a change in work-life balance, changing careers is something many of us will tackle.
Here are 3 strategies you can use to help make the transition into any new field by attracting recruiters.
Strategy #1: The LinkedIn Lure
LinkedIn.com is a social networking site for career professionals. It asserts itself as the largest professional network on the internet.
And that’s for good reason.
The site has over 60 million users which continues to increase every year. It’s also reported that as of today 97% of recruiters use LinkedIn to search, vet and review potential candidates for jobs. And signing up on the site is absolutely free!