Sometimes your career starts changing before you've made a firm decision about where you're going next.

You might find yourself becoming interested in different opportunities, learning new skills or stepping into spaces that weren't part of your original career plan. What makes this stage difficult is that you can't always see where it's leading while you're in it.

In this episode of I'm No Rookie, Ayo Bamgbose reflects on how starting her PhD introduced her to opportunities she didn't know existed, from presenting research and writing academic papers to submitting abstracts and proposals.

She explores what can happen when experienced professionals allow themselves to become beginners again and why you don't always need to know exactly where a new direction will take you before taking the first step.

What You'll Learn

• Why some career opportunities only become visible once you start moving in a new direction
• How stepping outside familiar environments can change what you see as possible for your career
• Why becoming a beginner again can introduce you to opportunities you couldn't have planned for

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Developing Educators Academy offers the CIBTAC Level 3 Award and Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training, as well as the Level 3 Assessor qualification.

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