The Role of Core Values in Job and Career Transitions

Figuring out who we are professionally is like a business that must figure out their brand, so that people will buy what they are selling.
If you are looking to change jobs or careers, I’ve got a newsflash for you. The number one thing that will help you land that dream job is your ability to sell yourself. If you are not in tune with your personal brand and what you bring to the table, you can get left in the dust.

How do you go about doing that?

In my experience of working with individuals in this context of this struggle every day, I believe the answer is to know and reconnect with your personal core values. Our professional self is a reflection of our personal strengths. It is important to note that values are not temporary wishes to be satisfied, they are what you are naturally drawn to. When engaged in these activities, you feel most like yourself: whole, connected, motivated, and what you do seems effortless.Your core values subconsciously guide you to do and react the way that you do every day.

When we choose careers that negate our true values we feel frustrated, bored or worse complacent which leads us to feel unfulfilled and wanting for more out of life. Life can get tricky, placing obstacles in our path of keeping us in alignment with our values.  We become too busy with responsibilities such as work or families, unresolved matters, chasing the wrong needs, just getting through the day, and so on.

The good news is, If we can identify what our personal core values are, we can reorient our lives around expressing our true expression of ourselves.

As an exercise to get you started, Write down up to 10 qualities that you possess that you do naturally and leave you feeling energized. These are things that if you could do them all day you would be happy. Then provide an example of a talent that you possess connected to that quality.  EG: Courageous is a quality, Ability to make difficult decisions would be a talent/ability connected to the quality identified.

This is just a starting point to getting you on a path of professional fulfillment. If this is a direction that intrigues you, contact one of us for more information on how to book a session and get connected to your core self!