By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
I discuss this mistake people make WAY too often.
You know, this is a video, where, frankly, I want to encourage you. If you’re in a job that just isn’t working now, I want you to engage in a couple of actions.
Action number one is talking with others and getting some opinions from them before leaping. Now, I know my career was as a headhunter (I NO LONGER DO RECRUITING). I was dealing with people who’ve made the decision to change and a lot of agents when they are contacted by a job hunter their basic response is to go, “Oh, that’s horrible. You’ve been treated terribly. Get out, get out, get out.” But that really doesn’t serve you.
What serves you is to do a post-mortem before you make the decision to move on, before you’re set in your ways about this. Do a review of what the failures were. Is it you’re doing that is you just haven’t performed? Is it the nature of the work that you’re doing? It’s just something that you don’t like. Is it your boss? Is there something you know that you can take from your relationship with your boss that you can learn from? You get the idea of where I’m going with this.
Don’t just simply leap from frying pan to another frying pan. Take a little bit of time to review your circumstances. Also, I’ll speak for myself, there are times I’ve tolerated terrible working conditions and made the choice to put up with them because, financially, it would be hard to leave and start from scratch again. You know, as a search professional every time you change organizations, people find it to hard to find you right away. You’re old firm attempts to capture leads helping as a non compete, he can walk out with files.
But, you know, I made decisions to put up with stuff for a long time, because I was concerned that my income would be adversely affect. I made a conscious decision to put up with it. You need to review that for yourself, as well, because there are circumstances where it does make sense to stay a while longer. But also look at an exit strategy. You see where I’m going here? You have to be cautious and look at your decisions with care and maturity and not just simply, “I’ve had it I’m out of here.”
So, think before you take action. Review your circumstances What can you take away of a learning experience? Can you speak with someone there and basically go, “Okay, what am I missing? Why is this happening? Why am I getting this kind of feedback? Can you translate my manager’s criticism of me? Are they off base?”
Again, your friends or family are going to be able to help you here or a co-worker, a coach like me can help you. But, at the end of the day, sort it out before you take action, because maybe it is you’re doing. Maybe you can fix some things there. And if you can’t, get the hell out. Life is too short to put up with,abusive circumstances.
Really get the heck out.
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