By Joshua:
With a lot of uncertainty going on in the business world, jobs are hard
to come by and anyone already employed well should think twice or even
more times before givingit up for
some idealistic pursuits or on emotional grounds or for another job
paying marginally more and decisions should be strictly based on cold
logic and well thought out.
Drastic makeovers to be Planned
Many may question that as clichéd
thinking as there are many examples of high risk takers who achieved
success by a change over from routine ten to five jobs and it is widely
believed that one has to put something on the line to achieve a higher
goal. In many ways it is true in areas such as creative fields,
inventive explorations etc. where there are many inbuilt risks within
the job environment itself and an outsider hitting it off or flopping on
first go is equally applicable to others. But a person having a
background education and training in specific areas has a restrictive
scope and success in other fields of activity is not guaranteed unless
one trains in the new area of activity. Amitabh Bachhan was a sales
representative before he decided to take up acting as a career and
joined the Film and Television Institute to get the necessary training
for a successful career as an actor.
Minor irritants should not be reason
for quitting
Except for rare once in a blue moon type
occasions like when there was a boom in the IT industry and the IT
Companies went out of the way like going for Campus selections on a
higher scale to recruit people and ensure adequate reserves/ bench
strength to meet windfall opportunities, the job markets all over the
world are not always open for sudden overnight switchovers. Anyone
leaving a job suddenly on a whim or minor frictions with bosses or other
authorities/peers may have a long wait on their hands to land another
equally well paying or even nearly a good job as the one he/she just
quit. It is better to swallow a little bit of pride sometimes to hold on
to a job as, many times, criticism becomes the reason to quit.
Criticisms should be taken positively as a way to improve oneself and in
a worst case scenario the situation will only change for the better at
some juncture. So, it is better to put up with minor irritants and take
positives from it rather than taking any drastic steps like quitting the
job.
Longevity of Experience counts as a
factor for future jobs
Frequent (job) changes are not viewed
upon kindly by prospective employers, who perceive the same will happen
in the job under consideration also. An employee who has served with one
employer for some considerable duration is always considered a better
prospect as it is viewed as loyalty towards the employer and preference
is given to such candidates. The frequent job changers also do not
acquire the same depth of experience to deal with different situations
as another experienced individual would have and therefore have better
prospects of landing good jobs as and when they do make a change. The
attitude of a frequent job changer is also under question and
prospective employers may view this as a temperamental issue in getting
along with peers and bosses.
Finally, an individual who sticks to
his/her job even while facing some difficulties and challenges
definitely stands a better chance to gain from it in the long run and be
in the good books of his bosses and get benefits in direct proportion to
the both the length of service and kind of work performance he/she has
put in than a newcomer or someone who has already quit the job.
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