The ten steps to a career in your suitcase

Ten Steps for a Career in Your Suitcase

It was 12 years ago that I first came up with the concept of the career in your suitcase. To me this is a career that is easy to transport and can travel with you from place to place wherever you may go in the world. A career in your suitcase is a portable career. But more importantly, I think, it has to be a career that continues to grow despite upheaval. In the 20 years I have been a global nomad I have lived in five countries. In the past I have learned that it takes me a year to get settled, another year to get my business up to speed and then a further year to start to see any real success. Then, just when  things are going really well we get moved and I have to start all over again. Starting again, from scratch, repeatedly, is hard to handle. It is difficult to stay motivated when you know that the chances are you are going to have to move your business again some day.

Today, as the third edition of my book, A Career in Your Suitcase rolls off the press, I think I have found the secrets that make the biggest difference. Now I know how to keep my business growing despite the moves. I know how to really stay motivated, how to network locally and globally and how to handle the stress of repeated relocation. I call these the 10 Steps for a Career in Your Suitcase.

The Ten Steps for a Career in Your Suitcase

1.    Consider hiring a coach or career consultant to join you on your journey at any or all stages of the process.
2.    Find your passions, values, mission and meaning.
3.    Assess your skills, talents, strengths and uniqueness.
4.    Discover what you want and need from a career at this stage in your life.
5.    Brainstorm the perfect portable career for you.
6.    Adjust your career to fit your current location and the opportunities it holds.
7.    Do the research and learning you need to prepare for transition and your chosen career.
8.    Create the marketing materials you need (CV, website, cards, brochures).
9.    Network to meet the people you will need as they become your clients employers, role models and support team
10.    Make it happen by setting goals, staying motivated and developing the self-belief and confidence you need.

Where will you start?

A Career in Your Suitcase: Third Edition author: Jo Parfitt asin: 1905430337