This just in: The changes you want to make to your career do not have to be executed all together in one catastrophic irreversible cataclysmic fallen swoop.
Pick the job title you want for your next role and just “try it on for fit” at the top of your next resume. My new client delightfully supplied me with that phrase the other day and I love it.
Try it before you buy it. Walk into a meeting and say “I’m focusing on purpose-driven companies in my research.” If someone in the meeting says “Oh, are you?! Since when?” (which they will NOT) you can simply say “Since now, bitch. I’m trying it on for fit!’
Maybe that’s a bit much. But know that you are the decider about making changes like this for yourself. There is no gatekeeper or approver. You do not actually need to “submit changes” to LinkedIn first in order for them to be official.
If you’re looking to change direction in your career, it’s essential that your resumé and profile have the new job title at the very top. The title of your resumé needs to say the job you want, and you need to give the impression that you’re doing that job in your most current position as well.
Make the change to the title right now. Try it on for fit. Hit reply to this email and send it to me, we can start working on the rest together.
You’ve already got the impostor syndrome. It’s going to come in handy!