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Four kinds of pivots
Stay or go is a smaller questionthan it feels like.
Staying or leaving covers two of the four. Answer two questions, one about the work and one about the place, and you’ll see which move fits where you are right now.
Step two, if you’re not sure
Will this place meet you halfway?
List what’s bugging you. Then sort each thing into the zone it really belongs in. The pattern answers the question.
Influence
You can change it yourself, right now.
Partnership
You can change it with someone else’s help, like your boss or your team.
Acceptance
It isn’t going to change, however well you ask.
(these are examples, swap in your own)
Step three, for the full pivot
Pile up what you already know.
Tap the skills you use in your work, from any field. The roles that use the most of them rise to the top. Start from a background close to yours or build the pile from scratch.
Your pile
Add skills
Roles that connect
Each bar shows how many of a role’s usual skills are in your pile. The six closest show here. Tap one for more about it and for resume examples.
Add a skill and the roles will start to line up.
See it on a resume
Your skills, reworded for a new role
Same work, new words. Swap the [brackets] for your real numbers and keep only what you actually did.
A pile of skills tells you where to look.
Choosing a direction, testing it small, and making the first move is the work that comes after. You can do it two ways.
On your own
The Career Pivot Playbook
The four pivots and the TRACE steps in a workbook you work through at your own pace, so the pile turns into a direction and a first test.
With a small group
The Career Reboot Group Intensive
A live two-hour session with up to eight people. You bring your pile and your options and leave with a clear read on your next move.
Want to see how the method works first? Read about TRACE.