Career Builder ran a piece today about deciding when it’s time to leave your current job. While the right time is different for everyone, here are the signs I recommend you look for when considering a job change or career move.
Job change…
- You are no longer challenged by or interested in the tasks that you perform.
- You are not being paid competitively and attempts to negotiate your salary have not changed your situation.
Career change….
- You consistently question the value of what you do.
- You spend a significant amount of time thinking about pursuing another line of work.
- Your industry is shrinking and you have witnessed significant downsizing in your company or industry.
- You have consistently received poor performance reviews or you are on corrective action.
What has triggered you to make a job or career change? What benefits did you derive from doing so?
To read more about warning signs that signal it’s time to leave a job and advice on general job search strategy, check out my interview on the They Tell You How blog.
These are good ideas. I remember when I knew I had to leave a job was when I had this overwhelming feeling of sadness and defeat — and just plain WRONGNESS. It was like an ill-fitting shoe. It rubbed me wrong from the minute I put it on, and just got worse over time. It was never going to get better until I got rid of it completely. Once I realized that, I didn’t feel like I had failed, but rather like I just had to search until I found the right fit.
Anita Bruzzese
http://www.45things.com
Anita,
Great points! I once left a job that I hated and at first I felt so defeated, but later on in life I realized that a bad job experience can also help you grow and figure out what you really want to do. Thanks for commenting.