Is It Time To Make a Career Change?

We all have days when we’re frustrated with our jobs. It might be something small, like a uniform we find uncomfortable, or it might be a huge project that feels impossible. Usually these frustrations are minor and we forget about them as soon as we go home. But sometimes our frustrations don’t go away, or we realise we’re waking up and going to bed with the same stress and anxiety about our career. We realise those minor frustrations are just the tip of the iceberg, and our unhappiness runs much deeper. Many people will ignore these feelings, push them to the side and tell themselves they just have to get on with it.

But do you? You don’t. If you’re unhappy, it might be time to make a change. Let’s look at the reasons you may want to change careers.

Has your life changed since you started your job? Changes can be sudden or gradual, big or small.  You could have started a relationship or moved into a new home. Or maybe a family emergency requires more of your time and attention. You may have taken up a new hobby and find yourself driven to explore it on a more professional level. Whatever it is, life changes can put more demands on your time or your money, or may just change how you think about your career. When change happens, examine what it means for your current life and working career, and what it might mean going forwards. Can you make the same commitments you could before this change? What will this mean for your personal time, or your overall stress? Is it time to look at something else?

Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it does buy comfort and security. If you feel that you’re not earning enough, it’s natural to be frustrated and angry with any job you do, even if you enjoy the work. You might want to move house, or buy a car, or just have a slightly better quality of life and if your current job does not enable you to do this, you won’t be happy. Even if you don’t have grand plans, you may be upset if you feel you deserve to earn more for the work that you do. Seeking more money is the most common reason for people changing jobs all over the world.

We’ve all taken a job because we were desperate for an income and found ourselves still working in the same place years later. We get used to a safe and steady income, or to the routine. If the work is easy we can ignore our own complaints or frustrations about the job. But if your field is not what you wanted to work in, you will never be content. If you took a job for convenience and not fulfillment you are selling yourself short. Not only will you remain unhappy, but your skills and often the training you have had in your chosen field is going to waste.

Work isn’t supposed to be completely easy, but it shouldn’t be so stressful that it makes you miserable. Workplace stress is not just caused by dangerous conditions or overworking. Your co-workers, or an outdated practice or any one of dozens of major and minor things can wind you up. Perhaps the worst kind of workplace stress is just caused by dissatisfaction. Going to and from work every day and not feeling satisfied you have done your best, or not feeling you have helped or made progress can be a major factor in workers leaving a job. If you’re finding your stress at work is spilling into your normal life, that you can’t just leave it at the office any more, it might be time to consider your long term future.

It would be nice to think all jobs offer career development for their employees but this is not always the case. Often the training or development given is the bare minimum required. Feeling underdeveloped professionally is not just frustrating, it can affect your confidence when you do try and apply elsewhere or better yourself. Breaking away from a job to seek development and training is a powerful way to take total control over your own professional advancement.

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