Examples and worksheets were created for this guide. Adapt them to your actual background.
1. Decide what you want to change
Is it the work itself, the industry, the hours or the location? Sometimes a new employer in the same profession meets the need; sometimes a different occupation is worth investigating.
Write down what you want more of and less of. This gives you a practical way to assess listings rather than choosing an appealing title alone.
2. Map transferable skills
Describe work another employer can recognize: coordination, documentation, customer contact, analysis or planning. Keep a concrete example behind each word.
In the fictional retail example below, scheduling may be relevant to coordinating work. It does not automatically make the person a project manager. A useful example and a professional qualification are different things.
3. Investigate the new role’s requirements
Read several current vacancies and compare recurring duties and requirements. Check whether specific education or authorization is needed and whether the work fits your preferences.
Separate what you can already demonstrate, what you could practise and formal requirements that must be met. Describe a course or personal project as such, rather than as previous employment.
4. Test a direction before deciding everything
Choose one concrete action: speak with someone doing the work, investigate a course or compare listings with your skills map. In Sweden, municipal study and career guidance can be a starting point for education questions.
Use your next search to gather information. Refine directions and preferences as you learn without rewriting your actual background. The official guidance linked below is in Swedish.
- What do I want to change about my working day?
- Which three tasks demonstrate transferable skills?
- Which requirements do I need to check?
- What specific action will I take next?
FICTIONAL EXAMPLE
From retail towards coordinating work
Fictional example: Kim has worked in retail and wants to explore more administrative work. These are research directions, not a promise that job requirements are met.
- Actual task
- Planned staffing with the person responsible and followed up deliveries.
- Skills to demonstrate
- Planning, follow-up and collaboration. Describe the person’s own share of responsibility.
- Possible direction
- Investigate administrative or coordinating roles that include these tasks.
- Next check
- Compare tools, experience requirements and responsibilities in current vacancies.
Sources and further reading
Official guidance to complement our original examples. These links do not imply a partnership or endorsement of JobfinderIQ.
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