Creating a successful system to change your career path - with Jay Bahadur of Evacuate The Office

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#070 - Founder of Evacuate The Office, Jay Bahadur, explains how by using various tools and techniques to tap into the hidden job market, you can systematise the way you make a change to your career path.

What you'll learn

• [01:16] Jay explains his job within the digital health market and the innovative products he works with.
• [03:05] Jay explains why he went into pharmacy and why he mentally checked out out of the career path.
• [03:58] How fear can keep you in a job or career that isn’t for you.
• [05:27] How being around people that follow the “deferred life plan” can make it difficult to see other options.
• [07:13] Jay discusses the point at which he realised he needed to change his path to help his mental health.
• [09:04] How mass applying for jobs can be counter-productive. 
• [09:41] Taking action in your career plan and finding your work and lifestyle balance.
• [10:30] How questioning yourself can help you figure out what you want out of life.
• [12:37] How Jay worked through negative self-talk and doubts expressed by others.
• [13:41] How to change your attitude to overcome the “sunk-cost fallacy”.
• [15:36] How landing a role through mass applications encouraged Jay to work on his self-questioning.
• [16:47] How focused company and industry research can help overcome a lack of experience.
• [18:13] Informational interviewing and the benefits of connecting with people in other industries.
• [19:25] Identifying and researching the people within industries that you want to talk to. 
• [19:53] Sending cold emails to industry professionals that you want to connect with and how they can benefit you in finding jobs.
• [22:18] How hyper-targeting and personalising cold emails can result in more positive responses.
• [23:41] How Jay came up with his system of cold emailing.
• [24:34] How tracking analytics can enable you to make your emails more concise and tailored.
• [26:13] Preparing for informational interviews so you can add value when following up.
• [27:11] How analysing the results of networking phone calls can open doors.
• [30:01] Jay explains how he now feels energised in his job and what the future holds in his career path.

For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:

https://changeworklife.com/creating-a-successful-system-to-change-your-career-path/

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