I see so many honest, reliable and conscientious people overcome with self-doubt and lack of confidence when it comes to going back to work after a long period of absence. Some people seem to assume that just because they have been raising kids, or caring for a parent, or even off travelling for five years, that they are now some how ‘out of date’ and have nothing to offer the workplace.
But they have.
The modern workplace is all about transferable skills.
We live in a youth obsessed culture. Enough said. But if you buy into the idea that once you are over thirty you can never be as quick or quicker, as smart or smarter. or as wise (or much wiser) than the pubescent whiz kids around you, then you are doing yourself a disservice.
Advantages of aging
Yes, that’s right. As we age we lose brain cells, it’s true, but the connections between the cells (neurons) we do have increases - meaning we literally have more potential brain power at fifty-five than we did at twenty-five. This scientific proven fact has long been acknowledged by the popular traditional sentiment that we become wiser with age.
Your transferable skills
A parent needs a whole range of skills, including emotional self-management, planning and organisation, persuasion and influence, time management and patience. All these skills are huge boons to any workplace. If you have spent years travelling, you will likewise have needed to manage time, plan and organise. You also needed to focus on long term goals and ‘read people’ to communicate your needs etc.
If you’ve been away from work from illness or stress, then you will have had to manage that illness/stress, to compromise and work round it in your life. There are enough techies in the world. What workplaces need are people with ‘emotional intelligence’ skills. Of course, you may have to learn new practical skills on the job, but the time away from work will have helped you to acquire so many other skills too.
This new hypnosis session created for hypnosisdownlaods.com is called ‘Going back to work’ and is for all those people who lack confidence in going back to work, whatever the reason they have been away.
I hope it helps get people to feel confident again and really shine in the workplace.
Mark
