Changing Careers Within Same Company

Hi there - I'm an accountant and love it but I understand that it is often a Plan B for most people.  Before you approach anyone in your company I suggest you figure out what you want to do and I'm assuming this will require additional education, training, etc.  Go to your local college and speak with a counsellor as they have tools to help you find what programs you might be interested in and can guide you into the right program.

As Mark and Mike often comment, the company is no longer responsible for your career, you are.

Saying this, if your company is large enough, you can look at job postings and see what the qualifications are and whether you are interested in gaining those skills, taking more classes, etc. Also you can approach others in those roles and find out exactly what they do as some jobs seem interesting but perhaps the job itself is not, as you have found in your current situation.

Good luck,

Dawne

Identify what you want to do, what you have an affinity for, and what skills/education/experience you need to fulfill those roles.
It will come down to growing and fostering your network.
Identify your areas of interest so that you can begin to identify the requirements of those positions.
If possible, develop an X-Matrix to see where your gaps are and develop an action plan to close those gaps.
Some of these may be education while others may be experience driven.
Talk to people in your network to see if they can give you an idea of what their organizations require in these positions.

Real world example:
I left administration and took an HSE&F (Health and Safety) position last year and a Site Leader.
I left that same position last month and transitioned into a Supervisor role at a different site with the same company.
I took the HSE role because they needed someone with experience who could fill the role. I identified my replacement early on and communicated with my manager where I wanted to develop and what future roles I was interested in. When it became available, I jumped at it.
All of these roles are in an effort to develop me for my future goal with the company. Ultimately I am a process improvement specialist and I drive those changes directly. That is one of the reasons that I was brought into this new role. They needed someone who could manage people while increasing a focus on improvements in their areas.
I was only able to do this after understanding what my strengths and weaknesses were and what steps I needed to take to improve myself to fill each step.
I have/had a really great mentor who was able to help me focus on those improvements and could guide my actions to show what I needed for the next role.
Mac