Pivot
by Jenny Blake · Jenny Blake
Jenny Blake's step-by-step method for changing careers without starting over: plant on existing strengths, scan for opportunities and skills gaps, pilot small low-risk experiments, and launch a move once evidence supports it. Readers can structure a deliberate, incremental transition.
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