Four steps for finding a new job
Gale Dunlap //March 7, 2016//
Four steps for finding a new job
Gale Dunlap //March 7, 2016//
With unemployment rates near historic lows and many employers actively looking to fill positions, it’s time to take stock in how you feel about your job.
As a career consultant who helps clients more effectively market themselves in the work world, it’s been years since I encouraged clients to look elsewhere if they were not satisfied with their job. During the Great Recession, the job market was very tricky and cruel.
If you were lucky enough to have a job, I told the client to stay put rather than quit in frustration and then potentially be out of a job for months.
Things are very different now. The job market is healthy and growing, and you should not stay in a difficult, stagnant job. As an employee, you now have choices.
Employers are hiring. Companies are growing. Start-ups are being created. This is the time to take stock of how you feel about your job. And if you’re not happy, DO something about it.
Ask yourself these questions: Do you look forward to work? Do you work well with your boss and feel there is opportunity for growth? Are you still learning in your job – or has it become rote?
If you answered “no” to one or more of these questions it’s time to look for a new job. There are plenty of them out there. You just need to know how to market yourself.
Here are some steps to take – but do this while you are employed. You will come from a position of strength when you apply for a job as an employed person. Don’t quit your job yet.
The most important (and difficult) part of this whole process is to actually DO something. Think of the percentage of your life you spend at work. Don’t allow yourself to settle for a job you don’t love. You have choices now in this wide open job market.
And the payoff could be huge: a job that allows you to grow, to learn, and to feel personally satisfied. You’re in the driver’s seat.