![]() ![]() That negative feeling isn’t usually only from your job. You invite even more probing questions about it and have to talk about it more because you left without anything lined up. You’re still going to have to talk about it in interviews. While it’s true that having a positive attitude is a must for an effective job search, quitting your job isn’t going to make you feel better about it. You think it will make you more positive and therefore a more attractive candidate. If you are so negative about your current job, this might seem like a good reason to quit your job right away. Otherwise you risk rushing the process and overstepping your ask, a networking mistake even the smartest professionals make.ĥ - You can’t talk about your current role without complaining, getting emotional or sounding negative You want to flex your dormant networking muscles when you can take your time. Don’t be that person who only gets in touch when they need something! Before you quit your job, invest several weeks, if not months, on rekindling your professional connections. Otherwise, getting back in touch feels contrived or even manipulative. It’s so much more effective to tend to your network when you don’t need anything. Industry experts can give you nuance about the trends and challenges facing your dream employers so you can impress them with how much you already know. For example, information about the people you’ll be interviewing with – what their personalities are like, what their work priorities are. Even if you don’t get an introduction to a job, your network can provide information. Your network is so important to your job search and not just because it helps to have referrals. If you really are underpaid, renegotiate your salary where you are – you practice negotiating, and you fix your salary once and for all so that your next job won’t low-ball you by building off a lower salary history.Ĥ - You can’t name at least three professional connections who you could call right now to jumpstart your job search You might decide to go for a career in a lower paying industry or to try your hand at your own business. Instead, get a hold of your spending, and build a savings cushion for yourself so that you have a financial foundation on which to build your career change. Eventually, the opportunities to move around will dry up. The further you go, the more complex your job typically becomes and therefore the longer the runway you will need to get those demonstrable results. The further you go in your career, the more important it will be to demonstrate results over time. Furthermore, if you keep hopping from one job to another in the hopes of capturing a bump in pay that many times comes with a new job, that strategy has its limits. If that describes you, leaving one job for another that pays a little bit more will not solve your original problem and will make you feel underpaid again. They don’t have a salary problem they have a spending problem. Too many unhappy professionals insist they are underpaid when in fact they are fairly paid for what they do but they’re terrible with money management. ![]() This reinvigorated his enthusiasm for his current job and his performance – both of which were noticed by management and enabled him to create a more fulfilling career where he already was.ģ - You make a six-figure salary and still can’t make ends meet (If you’re not sure how to get your time under control, start with a time diary.) As it turned out, the other options didn’t hold up to increased scrutiny and made him appreciate his job even more. Even he carved out some time to explore his career alternatives when his job felt unbearable. He also had a long commute so squeezing in time before or after the workday was tricky. ![]() I once coached a client who worked in banking and had 10 children (not a typo). It’s just going to make you more anxious as your savings run down. If you are just pushed out of your current situation – literally pushed out because your apathy caused your performance to drop or you quit out of feeling bored, undervalued or – then quitting isn’t going to give you any more clarity. The pull is attractive to employers, and it’s a powerful guide to help you navigate the inevitable ups and downs of a career change. You want to be pulled by the a glorious future – excitement for the role or industry, enthusiasm for what you can accomplish, eagerness to make a contribution in the new field. I call this the pull-over-push reason for wanting a career change. It’s critical that you are moving towards something you want and not just away from something you don’t. By alternative, I don’t mean a new job in hand, but just a prototype for a job – roles that match what you want and companies that interest you. Too many aspiring career changers get so worked up resenting a job that isn’t ideal, yet they don’t have a viable alternative. ![]()
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