{"id":48,"date":"2017-10-17T22:11:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T22:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/?p=48"},"modified":"2017-12-21T16:34:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T16:34:31","slug":"how-to-explain-your-career-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/2017\/10\/17\/how-to-explain-your-career-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Explain Your Career Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most important step in getting others on board with your career transition is crafting a compelling narrative. It\u2019s a tool often overlooked by \u201cprofessional re-inventers,\u201d but it can be a critical determinant of success in winning others\u2019 support for your professional goals and vision for the future. The key is to\u00a0<strong>create a narrative<\/strong>\u00a0that make the connections between your past and present obvious to others.\u00a0It\u2019s also important to\u00a0<strong>identify the underlying themes<\/strong>\u00a0that connect your professional experiences, because people generally prefer narrative continuity.\u00a0Finally, it\u2019s important to\u00a0<strong>explain your trajectory in terms of the value you bring to others<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2013\/04\/how-to-explain-your-career-tra\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most important step in getting others on board with your career transition is crafting a compelling narrative. It\u2019s a tool often overlooked by \u201cprofessional re-inventers,\u201d but it can be a critical determinant of success in winning others\u2019 support for your professional goals and vision for the future. The key is to\u00a0create a narrative\u00a0that make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/careerpathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}