Episode 11 – 6 Signs It’s Time to Change Careers

In today’s episode, we care going to talk about finding the right time to change careers.

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Finding a fulfilling career is a journey. Though some people find their dream career young, most people switch jobs at least 12 times before finding the right one. 

If you are thinking of changing careers, you’re not alone. Even though it can be exciting, finding the right time to change careers can be so scary.

If you want to be confident in making a switch, take the time to explore your current role and if now is really the best time for you to make the move. 

Sign 1: You dread going to work 

I’ll start with the most obvious. You dread going to work. But I want to go further in saying that this isn’t a new feeling, this is something that has been going on for weeks, maybe even months. 

 I had a friend who loves her job one minute and then the next hates it. It all depends on the feedback she gets from her Partner. If this was the only factor, I’d say it might be better for her to work on accepting feedback and team communication vs changing jobs. 

 It’s time to change jobs when you feel undervalued, that your skills aren’t being used, or that you aren’t learning anything new – basically anything that you feel like you are wasting your time there. 

 If any of that sounds familiar, then it’s time to find a new job that allows you to be valued, contribute and offers opportunities to learn. You don’t have to love your job, but you do deserve to have a job that works for you.  

 Sign 2: You could care less about your job.

The second sign is one that slowly creeps up on you. It’s that you stopped caring.  

Maybe you totally forgot the reason for taking the job in the first place or maybe things are so different now from when you first started that you are so disconnected from the original reason you took the job.

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