Could you benefit from career development? Career change is equal parts diagnostics, information, development, guidance and planning, and management. For hints about your readiness for a new career transition, take this career test – based on actual data, never-minding the cheekiness, on what makes people leave.
If you find yourself nodding with agreement (you are not to count nodding off) at one or more of the following statements, you may want to consider finding an ally in the helpful services of an experienced career coach.
1. Your boss has been looking at you funny
2. You know with moral certainty that you are more competent than your boss (maybe he or she knows too; see #1)
3. You don’t get paid enough compared to others in your company or field. (Also, your boss is overpaid, per #2 above).
4. You are aware that, statistically, the best way to get a raise is to switch jobs.
5. Your boss (a "blocker") attempts to hold you back out of envy or dependence.
6. Your boss – or worse, your subordinates – treats you like a lame duck, a short-timer
7. You dislike your boss, or vice versa, or maybe the feeling’s mutual
8. You're having conflict with a boss, peer, subordinate, vendor, contractor, customer, competitor, or opposing counsel (see Attorney Coaching), and you’re not sure how best to resolve it.
9. You're taking work frustrations out on others (people, pets, or the more defenseless variety of plants)
10. You awaken from sleep-walking to find yourself revising your resume, surfing career advising sites on the Internet, or otherwise “just keeping an eye out”
11. You're thinking about starting your own business or consultancy.
12. Cutbacks or layoffs seem imminent – or already done.
13. You're working too much.
14. You're unhappy at work, it is a primary source of the stress in your life, and vacations to warm beaches are no longer even a temporary cure.
15. Your performance or productivity has been suffering (often a sign from your self)
16. You no longer wake up and rush into work, but put it off as long as possible
17. You consider all time after five o’clock p.m. as your time (because work has little in common with life)
18. You consider all time after five o’clock p.m. as your time (because work has militantly nothing in common with life)
19. You got an unfortunate performance review, you can't get one at all, or you were fired after one.
20. You were passed over for promotion, probably by a schmuck.
21. You typically are asked to leave, or leave voluntarily, after two or three years in jobs (i.e., you haven’t been doing what you ought to be for a long time).
22. Key individuals in your organization lack integrity, or act illegally or unethically.
23. Your work environment is chaotic, verbally abusive, hostile, or demeaning.
24. You no longer feel appreciated, or never have.
25. You just got an interview, or request for your resume, and you need a resume and interview training as of yesterday.
26. Your company is big and bureaucratic, run by committee, and you don't think you make a difference.
27. Your skills and expertise are becoming outdated – or they always were but people are starting to notice.
28. The company wants to transfer you to Siberia.
29. You feel it's time to move on, but have no idea where to begin.
30. You know you need to leave, but you're afraid to take action.
Sources: Corporate Executive Board; independent research
Again, there is a statistical correlation between many of the above factors and employee departure. If you checked said yes to, oh, one -- yes, one -- of the above items, you may be at a turning point or even in crisis. Share with us, and get some support.
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