The Right and Wrong Reasons for Changing Jobs

[TopEngine]

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As the job market heats up, it might be time to update your LinkedIn profile. Just updating your profile is a clue to the folks at LinkedIn that you’re thinking of switching jobs, so don’t be surprised if you see more job opportunities pushed your way as a result.

But don’t overreact. Leaving a job to minimize pain should not be the primary reason for accepting another job. This idea is captured in the Job-Seeker’s Decision Grid. The bottom half of the grid represents the reasons why people consider switching jobs. The upper half represents reasons why they accept offers. These negative and positive motivators are divided into extrinsic (short-term) motivators shown on the left, and intrinsic (long-term) motivators shown on the right.

When considering a job switch, too many candidates overemphasize what they get on the start date of their new job – a title, location, company name and compensation package. While positive, these are short-term and if the job doesn’t represent a long-term career move, job satisfaction will quickly decline and the negative motivators will quickly reappear. I refer to this as the “vicious cycle” of dissatisfaction, underperformance and turnover. The decision grid can help job-seekers make more balanced career decisions, even when the pressure to leave is overwhelming and there’s a sizzling offer in hand.

Consider changing jobs when the intrinsic negatives outweigh the positives.

Quickly review the descriptions of the four categories. There is no question that if your job is “Going Nowhere” it’s time to change jobs. If the “Daily Grind” is getting you down, you should consider some short fixes but changing jobs should be just one of your options. The big problem for most job-seekers is that when given an offer there is usually not enough information available to make a full long-term career assessment. This is largely the fault of the company, hiring manager and recruiter involved in the process. In their rush to fill jobs as rapidly as possible with the best person who applies, little thought is actually given to the actual job itself and the potential opportunity it represents.

In this case, it’s up to the discerning candidate to better understand that what on the surface might appear to be a fine career move, underneath might be next year’s excuse for why you want to change jobs again. Here are some simple things you can do to conduct your own career due diligence.

Understand real job needs. Ask the recruiter and/or hiring manager to define real job needs. If you get a sense the interviewer is flaying about ask, “What’s the most important goal the person in this role needs to accomplish in order to be considered successful?” Then follow up to further clarify job expectations, finding out the scope of the job, the resources available and the importance of the job.
Convert “having” into “doing”. When someone starts box-checking skills or asks a brain-teaser, ask how the skill will be used on the job. If the person stumbles on this, you have a clue that the job hasn’t been defined too well.
Find out why the job is open. The point of this question is to discover if there is some inherent problem with the job or if it’s the result of a positive change.
Ask what happened to the last person in the role. This is often a clue to the manager’s ability to select and develop people.
Ask how performance will be measured. Be concerned if the hiring manager is vague or non-committal. Strong managers are able to tell you their expectations for the person being hired.
Go through the organization chart. Find out who’s on the team and who you’ll be working with. You’ll want to meet some of these people before you accept an offer. If you’re inheriting a team, ask about the quality and your opportunity to rebuild it.
Ask about the manager’s vision for the department and the open role. This will give you a good sense of the capabilities of the hiring manager, his or her aspirations and the upside potential of the open job.
Understand the manager’s leadership style. There could be a problem if the manager is too controlling or too hands-off, reactive or a planner, or a coach or a super techie, etc. The point: make sure your style meshes with the person you’ll be working for or you'll be disappointed in a few months.
Find out the real culture. Ask everyone you meet how decisions are made, the company’s appetite for change, the intensity, the politics, and the sophistication of the infrastructure. Don’t buy into the platitudes and fancy vision statement.

When considering whether to accept an offer or not, don’t get seduced by your desire to leave or by the Big Brass Employer Brand and what you get on Day 1. These will all become less important 3-6 months in to the job. Instead emphasize what you’ll be doing and learning, the people you’ll be working with and how this all meets your career and personal needs. This is how to prevent the “Daily Grind” from becoming too big an issue and a “Going Nowhere” job from becoming your next excuse for leaving.

[CLAVEL3699]

meron bang right or wrong reason?

Ang alam ko sugal din ang lumipat nang trabaho kasi hindi mo alam kung ano ang daratnan mo dun baka mas worse pa sa inalisan mo.

[mykpogi]

You might want to transfer to another job with a better pay, but you will hate the job that you will be doing. So, in the long run, kahit mas mababa ang sahod mo dun sa luma, tataas din yun kasi mas maganda ang productivity mo if mas masaya ka sa ginagawa mo.

[Red Advent 04]

sa akin gang munting sapantaha e, yun bagang iba e nakiki uso lang sa kurso, odie kaya maganda ang uniporme at skul pero hindi naman bukal sa loob nila ang mag aral o mag aral man e masabi lang na nag aaral tapos kapag nakatapos na ng eskwela mag hanap ng trabaho at gusto mataas agad ang sahod, tapos minsan hindi naman angkop ang trabaho sa kurso na tinapos. dapat kase kung mag aaral at mag tatarbaho, dapat siguruhin nya sa sarili nya kung anung pangarap nyang maging trabaho pag dating ng panahon. kaya nga diva bata palang tinatanung na tayo ng matatanda na anu ang gusto mong maging pag laki? ang sasagot mo gusto ko pong maging doktor, titser, engineer. kaso pag nag aral na minsan ang mga magulang, o barkada ang nag iimpluwensha sa bata na mag aaral kung anu ang kukunin talagang nila kaya wala sa loob nila ang kurso nila kaya kapag mag trabaho e di nga tugma sa tinapos. kaya ayan nag papalipat lipat ng trabaho tas mag hanap ng mataas na sahod, pag di kontento lipat ule. kaya nga ako bago matapos ang high skul ang sabi ko sa sarili ko total hindi naman kaya ng magulang ko ang papag aralin ako ng kolehiyo edie mag bvocational course ako kaya nga kumuha ako ng automotive course, ng maka tapos ako sabay apprentice sa talyer ni mang caloy. nang maging bihasa na sabi ni mang caloy kahet madumihan ang kuku mo sa grasa masasabi mo naman na nag tagumpay ka kahet dika naka tapos ng kolehiyo kase pinili mo ang tamang kurso at trabaho para sayo. kaya ngayon kami na ng mga apo nina mang caloy ang nag papatakbo ng talyer nila. karamihan kase sa mga kababayan nating filifino gusto mataas agad ang sahod kung di naman tugma ang kanyang kakayahan sa kaniyang trabaho tapos sha pa mag reklamo na maliit sahod kaya lilipat sa iba ang siste.

[yebo]

being happy in a job counts more than money or opportunities for promotion. i just recently transferred from a position where i was next in line for promotion (where my pay would have jumped 15-20%) to another position where i am last, just to get away from having to work with one *$$h0le whose life's mission is to make everybody else's life miserable. i don't care about the promotion as long as i do not spend the whole day wanting to kill somebody. on another hand my sister left a job that paid more than US100k per year for a job that pays less than half of that because she was bored to death of the place. mahirap kasi yung madami ka nga pera pero di ka naman masaya.

[CLAVEL3699]

mahirap kasi yung madami ka nga pera pero di ka naman masaya.

I 100% agree... eto din ang isa sa dahilan ko.

paano pala kung ang lilipatan mo hindi ka din naging masaya kasi mas worse pala ang nalipatan mo?

[badkuk]

I 100% agree... eto din ang isa sa dahilan ko.

paano pala kung ang lilipatan mo hindi ka din naging masaya kasi mas worse pala ang nalipatan mo?

...lipat uli? :D


For me, kahit boring pero OK lang salary...ok na rin. Ayoko din ng masyadong competitve/fast paced. Mahirap yung me stress sa trabaho, be it from the workload, toxic boss, etc. When you're stressed out, you open yourself up to a mess of health/pyschological problems -- chances are kulang pa yung naipon mong pera/pension/etc. sa panggamot mo pagtanda.

[jut703]

mahirap kasi yung madami ka nga pera pero di ka naman masaya.

Agree on this bro. Meron kasing mga tao na once makatikim ng pera, akala nila more of it will make them happier.

In reality, you don't need that much to be happy - once you tick off the basics (food, shelter, education, mobility), yung iba optional na talaga. Most people don't assess if their materialism can be lessened - they just want more more more money.



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[banger8t]

Agree on this bro. Meron kasing mga tao na once makatikim ng pera, akala nila more of it will make them happier.

In reality, you don't need that much to be happy - once you tick off the basics (food, shelter, education, mobility), yung iba optional na talaga. Most people don't assess if their materialism can be lessened - they just want more more more money.



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Agree on this, working onboard ocean going vessels pero sobra na ang pressure sa bawat puerto na madaungan, malaki nga ang kita pero kahit tulog ka napapanaginipan mo pa ang trabaho at kailangan pa na check ang mga ginagawa ng mga officers at mga crew para comply ng tama ang mga rules and regulations at safety, security at ang environment. sa ngayon kuntento na muna sa office work considering na 70 percent ng sahod ang nawawala monthly compare sa barko pero ang kapalit naman ay kasama ang pamilya.


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[badsekktor]

Medyo iba pala ang reasons ko sa pagpasok sa work dati. I have a hard time with conversations so i applied sa call center. My next job is systems development. Siguro at that time, pakiramdam ko kulang ang tech skills ko kaya humanap ako ng work na makapagbibigay sa akin ng additional knowledge. Luckily kahit hindi ganun kataas ang sweldo marami ako natutunan tungkol sa pagnenegosyo kaya eto na ngayon at may sariling negosyo