If you don’t like your work, if you are having a hard time worrying every working day to get home as soon as possible, relax, and experience the same thing tomorrow, then why haven’t you left it yet? The answer is simple - change is scary. You want to quit, but you're scared.
You should ask yourself what scares you more: it’s unfortunate to live every next day or to step into an unclear future.
People say that “the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know.” Of course, you can be unhappy now, but what if you are even more unhappy at a new job? You know how bad your leadership and colleagues are, and you know that they will not be worse. And at least you know what you have now, but you are not sure that you will not be fired from a new place in a month, leaving you with nothing.
Now look at it from the other side. What if the new job is great? What if the new leadership helps you succeed and your colleagues support you? What if the new company appreciates your skills and rewards you accordingly? What if every morning you wake up in a good mood and fall in love with every day of the week? What if this is what lies behind the “not very definite future”?
In fact, you will never know which way is better until you make a choice. You have only two ways out of this situation: you can find a new job or change your attitude towards the current one.
If you decided that a change of work would be the best solution, then here are 5 recommendations that should be taken into account.
It’s easier to find a new job after being employed. The new employer will rate you higher if you already have a job. This means that someone has already rated your skills and is still willing to pay you for them. Also, the new employer will feel like a participant in a certain competition, and if you leave to work for him, he will win. Therefore, try to find a new job before you leave the old one.
Make a list of factors in your current job that make you feel miserable. Are these the responsibilities that you perform, the people you work with, or are you not happy with the scope of work as a whole? Find out what you are unhappy about to avoid this in your new job.
Make a list of people who could help you with your new job. Your professional social circle is a great way to find a new place. It can even be your clients or partners with whom you are in contact in your current work. Do not lose sight of anyone.
Money should not be the main motivator for a job change. Working with a lower salary, but which will make you happy, may be worth it. Often the pattern works: the happier you are, the more efficient and productive you are, and the more chances you have of achieving success. Even if the initial bid is lower than what you have now, but there is a possibility of growth, do not immediately discard this option.
As soon as you decide to find a new job, you will notice that there are a lot of different opportunities around that you have not noticed before. You will begin to consider everyone with whom you communicate from a different angle. You will begin to notice various events that you were previously indifferent to, and now look like great opportunities to learn something new. A job search will open your mind to new exploits, you will want to learn something new, you will want to improve and develop, you will feel a surge of strength, you will want to live again. And all this only after making a decision to change something.
Do not let the feeling of fear not to let you do what you want. Of course, now you know exactly what you have, but what lies below the unknown may be all that you have ever hoped for. And there is only one way to find out.
You should ask yourself what scares you more: it’s unfortunate to live every next day or to step into an unclear future.
People say that “the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know.” Of course, you can be unhappy now, but what if you are even more unhappy at a new job? You know how bad your leadership and colleagues are, and you know that they will not be worse. And at least you know what you have now, but you are not sure that you will not be fired from a new place in a month, leaving you with nothing.
Now look at it from the other side. What if the new job is great? What if the new leadership helps you succeed and your colleagues support you? What if the new company appreciates your skills and rewards you accordingly? What if every morning you wake up in a good mood and fall in love with every day of the week? What if this is what lies behind the “not very definite future”?
In fact, you will never know which way is better until you make a choice. You have only two ways out of this situation: you can find a new job or change your attitude towards the current one.
If you decided that a change of work would be the best solution, then here are 5 recommendations that should be taken into account.
It’s easier to find a new job after being employed. The new employer will rate you higher if you already have a job. This means that someone has already rated your skills and is still willing to pay you for them. Also, the new employer will feel like a participant in a certain competition, and if you leave to work for him, he will win. Therefore, try to find a new job before you leave the old one.
Make a list of factors in your current job that make you feel miserable. Are these the responsibilities that you perform, the people you work with, or are you not happy with the scope of work as a whole? Find out what you are unhappy about to avoid this in your new job.
Make a list of people who could help you with your new job. Your professional social circle is a great way to find a new place. It can even be your clients or partners with whom you are in contact in your current work. Do not lose sight of anyone.
Money should not be the main motivator for a job change. Working with a lower salary, but which will make you happy, may be worth it. Often the pattern works: the happier you are, the more efficient and productive you are, and the more chances you have of achieving success. Even if the initial bid is lower than what you have now, but there is a possibility of growth, do not immediately discard this option.
As soon as you decide to find a new job, you will notice that there are a lot of different opportunities around that you have not noticed before. You will begin to consider everyone with whom you communicate from a different angle. You will begin to notice various events that you were previously indifferent to, and now look like great opportunities to learn something new. A job search will open your mind to new exploits, you will want to learn something new, you will want to improve and develop, you will feel a surge of strength, you will want to live again. And all this only after making a decision to change something.
Do not let the feeling of fear not to let you do what you want. Of course, now you know exactly what you have, but what lies below the unknown may be all that you have ever hoped for. And there is only one way to find out.
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