Working Outside the Box: How to Rethink Your Career Path

There’s nothing more frustrating than working a job that doesn’t speak to you. Whether you’ve fallen out of love with your career, or you’ve just found yourself stuck in a dead-end job you never really wanted, the day to day grind can really wear you down. If that sounds familiar, then it’s time you found yourself a good side hustle.

Finding a good side hustle can be a real life-saver. Today we’ll be talking about why mentoring jobs make for excellent side hustles, how to be a mentor without lowering your income, and why rethinking your career path doesn’t have to be as chaotic as it might seem.

Performing a Skills Evaluation

Do you already have the skills you’d need to work your dream job role? If not, how can you gain those skills?

It’s worth keeping in mind that, even if the skills you currently have don’t match up with that perfect job role, that’s no reason to dismiss them altogether. There are plenty of great side hustles that allow you to leverage your existing skills while developing new ones. In the end, it all comes down to good mentoring.

How to be a Mentor

If being a career mentor sounds daunting, then don’t worry. When all’s said and done, any mentoring job is all about communicating your experiences. You don’t have to teach every concept or every idea, but just those that are relevant to you.

Remember that there are plenty of other resources your mentee can use to learn information or develop skills. The reason they’ve come to you is because you have first hand experience. The best thing you can teach them is how it feels to work that job role on the day to day.

Many people assume that becoming a mentor will mean accepting lower pay. While it’s true that shifting away from a salaried income can be less stable, many people actually make more money as a mentor than they did in their fulltime job. Furthermore, the division doesn’t have to be black and white.

For example, it’s entirely possible to transition into mentoring while still working your full time job. You can start by taking on some weekend clients, working a few extra hours a week alongside your main career. Once you’ve built up a base of clients, you can start to think about cutting down your hours or dropping your main job altogether.

Mentoring is one of the most flexible careers you can have. Whether you’re looking for full time or part time, the opportunities are there. After all, you’re the one in charge of your hours so you get to decide how much is too much. At the end of the day, being a good mentor, much like any skill, is about knowing how best to utilise your own strengths. If you want to teach, then it’s always best to lead by example.

Building Your Work Around Your Life

When people start their careers, they don’t always take the time to consider their work/life balance. As you get further into your career, however, this balance often becomes more and more crucial. So what would you do if you could rethink your career from the ground upwards? What would you do if you could build your career around your work life balance?

Mentoring jobs can be an excellent side hustle but they’re also the perfect chance to start constructing a career that runs on your rules. As a mentor you’ll be self employed. The product is your experience and the seller is you.

Here at Career Navig8r, we’re all about empowering people to take control of their own careers. In practice that means providing a flexible platform that brings mentees to you and lets you handle the rest.

As a mentor you can set your own hours and work wherever you want. You’ll be fully in control.

If you’re ready to start your incredible journey as a mentor, then join Career Navig8r today. All you’ll have to do is give us your name, a profile picture, some information about your employment history, and the job role you’ll be mentoring and we’ll take care of the rest. It’s quick to set up and easy to work with.

It’s time to rethink your career path with Career Navig8r!