How to Figure Out Your Next Career Move

You know you want something to change.

The problem is that when somebody asks what you want to do next, your answer is basically:

“I have absolutely no idea.”

That’s a perfectly reasonable place to start. It’s just not a particularly useful place to stay.

This guide helps you turn that vague desire for something different into options you can actually investigate.

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You don’t need to discover your calling

Career advice has a habit of turning this into an enormous question about purpose.

It doesn’t need to be.

Your next career move doesn’t have to be the thing you do forever. It needs to be a better-informed next decision.

That starts with understanding what you want more of, less of and definitely don’t want to repeat.

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What you’ll learn

By the end of the guide, you’ll know how to:

• Separate career problems from employer-specific problems.
• Identify the parts of your current work you actually enjoy.
• Understand what you’re good at and want to keep using.
• Define your priorities around money, flexibility and responsibility.
• Generate realistic adjacent career options.
• Investigate ideas before committing to them.
• Rule out options for sensible reasons rather than assumptions.
• Turn uncertainty into a shortlist worth exploring.

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Stop trying to think your way to the perfect answer

You can spend months staring at job boards hoping a title suddenly jumps out and feels right.

A better approach is to create hypotheses and test them.

Talk to people. Look at actual jobs. Understand what the work involves. Compare your experience with what’s required.

The guide gives you a practical way to do that without immediately resigning or committing thousands of pounds to retraining.

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Written by Lee Harding

I’ve spent 20+ years working in recruitment, Talent Acquisition and leadership, including senior and Director-level roles.

My advice comes from years spent on the other side of workplace decisions – hiring people, managing teams and working closely with managers and senior leaders.

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Find a direction worth testing

You don’t need your entire career figured out.

You need a sensible answer to “What am I going to explore next?”

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