{"id":514735,"date":"2023-03-14T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virtualvocations.com\/blog\/?p=514735"},"modified":"2023-03-09T06:54:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T11:54:24","slug":"the-ultimate-guide-for-making-a-career-pivot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtualvocations.com\/blog\/telecommuting-job-search-help\/the-ultimate-guide-for-making-a-career-pivot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Guide for Making a Career Pivot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Beginning in 2021 at the onset of the Great Resignation<\/a> and amid the COVID-19 pandemic, American workers began to rethink their careers. Millions voluntarily resigned from their positions; others began to mull career changes or a new company. Still, for many, a complete career change wasn’t in the realm of possibility. Lost income, uncertainty, and fear led to doubt about quitting or starting a new career. But one option remained viable: a career pivot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an alternative to a drastic career change, a career pivot can provide ambition and reason in your work, but only if you have the tools and knowledge to successfully complete the transition. By choosing to embrace change and pushing fear to the wayside, you can avoid burnout, regain your excitement for work, and ultimately create a purposeful meaning behind your career path. Here’s how to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Is a Career Pivot and How Is It Different From a Career Change?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A career pivot is an intentional shift in career direction. Most typically, it’s a change in your position or role at your present company or assuming the same role at another company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The difference between career pivots and career changes is locked in semantics \u2014 some might say that a career change is part of a career pivot, and they’re not entirely wrong. However, a career change may necessitate an entirely new skill set, while a career pivot typically requires you to take your hard and soft skills and utilize them in a parallel path. To this effect, a career pivot is as drastic or mild as you desire. A career change could be part of a career pivot, but not necessarily vice-versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why Career Pivots Have Become More Common<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to a Microsoft study on hybrid work, 46% of respondents claimed that they were considering a career pivot<\/a> within the next year. An additional 41% of respondents also claimed that their intended pivot was the result of poor management or dissatisfaction at their current job\u2014but that’s only part of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Career pivoting and its surge in popularity is also the result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as more workers were able to step back for lengthy self-reflection and analyze their happiness, work-life balance, satisfaction at their job, and priorities. During this time of contemplation, workers shed the fear of switching jobs, albeit the exact reasoning is unique to the individual, ranging from a “life is too short to be unhappy” mantra to simply a new way of thinking about work in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From your own perspective, you may want to consider a career pivot for one of these reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n