Thanks.
Essentially I didn't have a career plan as such, just worked hard in a variety of roles since leaving school and managed to make progress and gain promotions, however, one of these promotions has been a sideways move and now left me in a team and department that has a niche functionality and a dwindling lifespan (half the team are approaching retirement age, I don't want to spend the next 20+ years carrying it on!). Since the latest move - some 10 years ago - all other talk and opportunity has dried up and I feel very much forgotten about in the larger Company culture; which has led me to thinking that perhaps I should really actually have a thought about what I want to do, rather than just fitting into numerous new roles and picking up skills without certified training to go with it.
So, I was thinking about taking stock about what I am good at, and what I'd rather not be doing, and then actually trying to plan my next move rather than throwing in the towel at the next opportunity as I become steadily more demoralised. It doesn't necessarily even need to be 'up' it could just be a more useful function that transfers well across a variety of firms. Internally at my Company we don't offer such a service, which is a shame as it would be a great way to capture those that want to re-skill and are known hard workers - I'd expect a pay hit, that's not an issue (or it's one that I can cope with if I have a goal to work towards), it is just a case of I feel like I am floundering a bit and struggling to assert my dissatisfaction without a direction to push for.
I just didn't want to leap on-to a training course and career path then find out that it was not the right fit for me.
