10 Essential Tips To Avoid Career Frustration
April 5, 2011
Below are ten top reasons why you might want to consider a making a career move. These may be difficult, if not impossible, to solve and you need to look out for your best interests. Your job & career consumes too many hours of too many days of your life for you to stay where you are miserable. No excuses. If an issue exists, it may be time to make a plan.
- Your company is experiencing a downward spiral, losing customers, money, and rumours of possible closure, bankruptcy and failure prevail.
- Your relationship with your manager is damaged beyond repair. You have sought help to mend the relationship but you know it is too damaged for recovery (perhaps you have missed work on too many days, or your manager is untrustworthy.) Whatever the reason, the relationship is irrecoverably damaged.
- Your life situation has changed. Perhaps you have married or had a baby, and the salary and benefits no longer support your life needs. You need to move on to better opportunities to support your family.
- Your values are at odds with the corporate culture. Perhaps your company does annual employee satisfaction surveys and you think these are a waste of time. Your company is hierarchical and you want to influence every aspect of your job. No matter what the clash is, a lack of congruence with the corporate culture will destroy your attitude at work.
- You’ve stopped having fun and enjoying your job. No matter what changed, when you dread going to work in the morning, it’s time to leave your job.
- Your company is ethically challenged. Perhaps, the managers lie to customers about the quality of the products or when they were dispatched. You become aware that the company is stealing information from competitors. Whatever the issue, don’t stay in an organisation where your ethics are out of sync.
- For whatever reason, you have behaved in ways that are considered improper at work. You’ve missed too many days of work, slacked off on the job, failed to maintain needed skills and just generally developed the reputation of a loser. That reputation, once earned, is unlikely to change, so you might as well move on, while you have the opportunity.
- You’ve burned bridges with your co-workers. Your group is not getting along in an environment that requires people to work well together. Again, the reasons don’t matter; start fresh in a new job and resolve not to let this situation happen again.
- Your stress level is so high at work that it is affecting your physical or mental health and your relationships with your friends and family. Watch for the signs of burnout and if they can’t be cured, move on.
- Finally – you are unchallenged, need more responsibility, and seek opportunities that just don’t exist for you in your current organisation. You’ve explored the current and potential options, and they are limited. It’s time to move on.
Career frustration can happen at any time and to anyone … Don’t just rely on 1 of these reasons to up sticks and move on, consider them all and take advice.
TCMO can offer professional, tailor made and realistic career advice for you to overcome these career frustrations and move on to a rewarding new role.
