1.Decide If You Need a Career Change 决定你是否需要转行

Before you begin thinking about making a career change you have to decide whether you actually need one. You may just need to find a new job, not an easy task, but certainly simpler than an entire career makeover。

在你开始想转行之前，先想想你是否真的需要转行。你也许只要找份新工作，虽然不简单，但是比起对整个职业生涯都做改变还是比较容易的。

2.Assess Yourself 评估自身水平

If you decide a career change is in order you will need to evaluate your values, skills, personality and interests using self assessment tools, often called career tests. Self assessment tools are used to generate a list of occupations that are deemed appropriate based on your answers to series of questions. Some people choose to have career counselors or other career development professionals administer them but many opt to use free career tests that are available on the Web。

如果你决定了转行的话，那你就要通过职业测试这样的自我评估工具来全面评估一下自己的价值观，技能，个性，兴趣。自我评估工具是据你对一系列问题的答案产生最适合的职业清单。虽然有部分人喜欢向职业顾问或其他的职业发展专家咨询，但是大部分人还是喜欢利用在网上的免费职业测试。

3.Make a List of Occupations to Explore 列出一份待研究的职业清单

Look over the lists of occupations generated through your use of the self assessment tools. They are probably rather lengthy. You want to come up with a much shorter list, consisting of between five and ten occupations. Circle occupations that appear on multiple lists. Circle occupations you may have considered previously and that you find appealing. Write these occupations down on a separate list titled "Occupations to Explore."

仔细研究通过职业测试所得出的职业清单。结果可能会很长，而你想得到的是一个更短的清单，由五到十项职业清单组成。圈出在多个清单上出现的职业，以及你以前考虑过的职业，还有能够吸引你的职业。然后在另外一张清单上将这些工作列出来，并标记为"待研究的职业清单。"

4.Explore the Occupations on Your List 仔细研究

5.Continue Narrowing Down your List 继续缩小清单范围

Pare down your list of possible occupations based on what you learned from your research. For example, you may not be willing to put the time and energy into preparing for an occupation for which an advanced degree is required, or you may consider the earnings for a particular occupation inadequate。

根据你做的调查尽可能的削减清单上的职业。例如，你可能不愿意花时间和精力在一个有高等学历要求的职位上，或者你应该分开考虑每个职位的薪金。

6.Conduct Informational Interviews 安排能得到情报的谈话

At this point you should only have a few occupations left on your list. You now need to gather more in-depth information. Your best source of this information are people who have firsthand knowledge of the occupations in which you are interested. Identify who they are and conduct informational interviews with them。

现在，你的清单可能只剩下几项了。你需要收集更进一步的信息，而你的信息源最好就是在这方面有工作经验的前辈了。找出这样的前辈，并想办法和他们谈话来得到情报。

7.Set Your Goals 设立目标

By now you should have decided on one occupation you want to pursue. It's time to put a plan in place so you can eventually find a job in that field, but first you will need to set some goals。

事到如今，你应该决定你真正想追求的唯一职业了。是时候先制定一个计划，这样你才能在那个领域找到工作，但是首先你要确立一些目标。

8.Write a Career Action Plan 写一份职业发展行动计划

Now that you have set your goals, you will need to decide how to reach them. A career action plan will help guide you as you pursue your long and short term goals。

既然你已经确立了自己的目标，你需要确定如何才能实现这些目标。一份职业发展计划可以帮助指导你实现短期以及长期目标。

9.Train for Your New Career 为新职业参加培训

10.Say Goodbye to Your Current Career 和你目前的职业说再见

Your decision to change careers may have been inspired by a job loss. In that case you don't have to worry about leaving your job. However, if you are currently employed, you will have to quit your job and deal with some issues related to that。

你想转行可能会是因为你失业了。这样的话就不用担心怎么辞去目前的工作了。然而，如果你目前正在就职的话，你可能需要辞职，并有办理一些相关的手续.