Career change vision board template
Changing careers is mostly a sequence of small, unglamorous tasks: an updated profile, a coffee with someone who does the job already, a course finished on a Saturday. Most people picture only the end state, the new title, and stall on step one. This template splits a career change into twelve tiles that each cover one piece of the transition: the target role, the proof of skill, the people who can open doors, the financial runway that makes the leap safe, and the identity shift that comes with it. Every next action fits in an evening. Work through them in any order, and update the captions as the picture of the new job gets sharper.
The 12 tiles: caption and next action
- Product manager by autumnNext action: Write the job title you want on a sticky note
- Portfolio of three case studiesNext action: Outline case study one in ten bullet points
- Certified in the core toolNext action: Enrol in the course and schedule lesson one
- Five coffees with insidersNext action: Message one person who already has the role
- A profile that says the new titleNext action: Rewrite your headline to the target role
- Four months of runwayNext action: Calculate your real monthly burn tonight
- Mentor who has done itNext action: Ask one senior person for a 20 minute call
- Ten applications a monthNext action: Save a search alert for the role
- Interview stories readyNext action: Write down one project where you led
- A side project that proves itNext action: Spend 45 minutes on it this Saturday
- Reference letters lined upNext action: Draft a thank-you note to a past manager
- The first day at the new deskNext action: Picture it, then update tile one if the title changed
Suggested style: Ink
Ink reads serious and private, which suits a board you may not want colleagues to notice on your lock screen. Six presets are available in the maker; pick another if this one does not match your photos.