There are examples of professional transitions from one field to a totally different another one. Some people succeed in doing a transition but others fail or have trouble in going to the end of their project. People who did everything possible to make it succeeded whereas those who failed, remain happy by saying that they were not enough lucky.

Whatever the result, it is clear that nothing ventured, nothing gained. We may not succeed the transition but trying out helps us, not only acquire skills but also meet people.

In terms of a transition from the social work to logistics, the way to go in order to achieve it depends on what we do.

The work we do before or after a transition must be done very well, regardless it is in the field of social work or in logistics. The reason is to gain some good practices when it comes to doing any job.

One of the pieces of advice not to forget is to love what we do. In general, when we love what we do, we do it very well.

As far as I am concerned, for example, the fact that I love social work helped me write this poem about volunteering from which I started. Here is the translation from the French language.

BENEVOLAT = VOLUNTEERING

Chaque lettre du mot BENEVOLAT a un sens pour moi. (Every letter of the word BENEVOLAT has a meaning to me).

B dit : Bien agir pour le bien commun. (B says: To Act well for the common good)

E dit : Être à la disposition de l’être humain. (E says: To be available for the human being)

N dit : Nous le faire avec le savoir-faire. (N says: To link what we do with know-how)

E dit : Ecouter, aider et se taire. (E says: To listen, help and keep quiet)

V dit : Vite conseiller si c’est nécessaire. (V says: To quickly advice if necessary)

O dit : Oublier les difficultés du bénévolat. (O says: To forget the difficulties of volunteering)

L dit : Lutter pour éviter le mot assistanat. (L says: To fight to avoid the word handouts)

​A dit : Accepter les autres tels qu’ils sont. (A says: To accept others the way there are)

T dit : Tenter de rendre heureux à l’unisson. (T says: To try bringing happiness to everyone)

Once we know what we love and want to do, we should write down all our strengths and weaknesses for the so-called job. Then, if we decide to go on, we need to know all the steps of the plan.

When we take all the time necessary for a well-defined plan, we will mainly not have to come back on every finished step and we will succeed at the end.    

To answer the question and in addition to what has been said, the way to go from social work to logistics will depend on the effort we are willing to put in to achieve it. For some people it will be a long way to go whereas for others, it will be very short.