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Career Switch: Use Design Thinking to Find Your Dream Job

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Overview

Are you ready to redesign your life? Thinking like a designer means seeing problems as opportunities to grow.

You only need the right tools and methods to solve every problem, in your life or also your job. 

This class helps you to create your vision for your life and build a career you love. You will have a look at your past and understand your unique skills and personal resources

Patricia Reiners did a career switch herself and decided to go for a not-so-normal job, meaning focusing on different tasks. She is a designer, podcaster, publish speaker, teacher, and writer,

Now, Patricia is sharing what she’s learned on her journey so that you can do the same: redesign your life using design thinking methods!

This 2-long class is packed with insights, exercises, and guidance for personal reflection—and includes a digital e-book to support you throughout this course:

This class will help:

  • Define your future vision and personal goals
  • Discover your resources and skills. What makes you unique?
  • Identify opportunities and come up with your strategy to reach your goal
  • Define your problem and come up with a solution using ideation methods 
  • Prototyping your different future scenarios using design thinking methods
  • Creating your vision 
  • Share actionable steps for a successful career switch
  • Build confidence and learning what thinking as a designer means 

This course

Syllabus

  • Trailer
  • Getting Started
  • Reasons To Restart
  • Why Now?
  • Where To Start
  • The Problem
  • Where Are You?
  • Quality Of Life
  • Vision About Life
  • Vision About Work
  • Getting Unstuck
  • Who Are You ?
  • Your Superpower
  • Mindmapping
  • Future Scenarios
  • Change
  • What Is Prototyping?
  • Let's Prototype
  • Prototype Learnings
  • Finding a Great Job
  • Resume
  • Understanding The Jobmarket
  • Networking
  • Keep On Ideating
  • The Power Of 5 People
  • Setting Small Goals
  • Feedback Session
  • Conclusion
  • Thank You & Resources

Taught by

Patricia Reiners

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