A common opinion is that after thirty years it is practically impossible to be professionally involved. However, the facts indicate the opposite: 30-35 years is a very important period for a career. In 30 years, regardless of whether you have reached serious career heights or just started working out of the decree, it is worth taking an intermediate result and thinking: but where to move next? That's where the desire to make a career, to achieve personal success comes in handy. And do it, believe me, it's never too late ...
The career scenario "up to 30" seems to be known in advance. Usually about 22 years we get a diploma. After working for two or three years, we often understand that one higher education is not enough. Add to this the time for personal life, marriage and the birth of children, and it turns out that just by 30-35 years we can claim a "chocolate" place with a high salary. This is called "vertical growth" ...
Higher and higher...
Tatyana, having graduated from the institute, went to work as a courier in a large bank. It would seem that the position did not promise her career growth, but after three months Tatiana rose to the secretary, then became assistant to the head, four years later - deputy director, and ten years later she headed the development department.
To leave "for take-off", however, it is not necessarily at a young age. Now nobody is surprised by the fact that at 30 years of career, especially in women, it is just beginning. Eugene married at 19, in the second year of the Economics Faculty of Moscow State University, and the first 7 years of family life was engaged in children, while working part-time in casual work. When both children went to school, it's time to analyze your experience. "In my resume there was nothing concrete - a set of random works. But, after reflection, I realized that the best thing I did was dealing with the management of people, - says Eugene. - I got a second higher education and at 29 years old I got settled for my first job in the chosen specialty. Now I'm 32 years old, I'm already entrenched in the company, and the management sees in me a great potential of the manager. "
"I can recall hundreds of such stories," says Elena Salina, a human resources specialist. - It is important that it is at this age that women tend to flourish in personal development, realize their dignity, define the goal and make far fewer mistakes on the way to achieve it. It is then easier for them to achieve personal success. "
Without changing the place
Not all want to be presidents is a fact. What if you like your job and you would not trade it for any leadership position? In order to become bored with time, regularly be interested in new courses and trainings on your subject, expand the range of your duties, in short, grow "horizontally". By raising your knowledge and skills to the highest level, you will become an indispensable employee, employers will line up, and you can dictate your own terms of the company, and not vice versa. "Employees with great experience are always appreciated above newcomers, even if their duties do not involve solving complex problems," says Elena Salina. - The employer can be understood: young people have not yet formed so-called professional skills. They will inevitably learn from mistakes, which often inflict losses on the company. In addition, at a young age (20-26 years) personal problems are of much more interest to a person than the work process. Employees of 29-35 years, on the contrary, are reliable, attentive to a career and strive to earn well in order to support a family, as a rule, already established. "
Alina, the editor of a major weekly, at 34, is sure she does not want to change her job: "My boss twice suggested recommending my candidacy for the post of editor-in-chief of the new edition, but I refused. I like to write, and I do not want to take on additional responsibilities ... It's boring! "Alina enjoys all the advantages of a true master of her craft: she is sent abroad for training, regularly raises the salary and the size of bonuses. "If I change anything, it will be the subject of the publication, not the post," says Alina.
Start from scratch!
The golden rule is: to make a career, you need to believe in yourself. And it does not matter how old you are. Do not be afraid of a new profession, even if the previous job was not related to what you decided to do now. Sociologists believe that in modern conditions people should be ready for five or six major changes in their careers during their lifetime. "The rate of changes in the external environment has increased several times over the past 15 years, our understanding of the possibilities for self-realization has also expanded," explains Elena Salina, a human resources specialist. - Today, the question "Who do you work for?" People are increasingly responding: "On yourself." He chooses a place of work depending on personal circumstances and the current economic situation and knows in advance that this work is not for life. "
An example of inspiration is the story of Olga Lakhtina, who was not afraid to change her profession in 35 years: "I always wanted to become a psychologist, but in those years when I first entered the university, psychology in Russia was not in demand, and my parents dissuaded me from thoughtless step. I graduated from the Academy. Plekhanov worked for many years as a financial analyst, simultaneously studying psychological work. At 35, continuing to work, I entered the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. For three years now I have been a psychologist at the center of socio-psychological adaptation and development of teenagers "Perekrestok". I work with children, I advise families who are in a crisis situation, do preventive work in schools, do individual lessons, in a word, do what I have always dreamed of doing. "
Of course, a complete change in the sphere of activity is an effective but quite radical means for further development. In many industries, you can successfully change the specialty, staying in the structure of the company where you are already well-known.
The main thing is not to rush!
Remember, in the movie "Moscow does not believe in tears," the heroine of Vera Alentova said: "At forty, life is just beginning - now I know for sure!" Translating this into the language of a career, we can confidently say: at thirty we are just laying the foundation for true success. Do not try to run ahead of the engine, working 24 hours a day. For the desire to make a career, to achieve personal success is important not to miss life itself. In the end, we give the work to most of our lives, and it should bring not only money, but also moral satisfaction. Do not be afraid to change your professional orientation according to your own desires and desires. Even if you lose what you have already earned, in return you will receive much more - enjoying the work.