Wednesday, July 17, 2013
On Job Switching
Many people seem to feel that if the market can't offer them a brilliant
job, there's not much point looking. But you don't need a perfect job.
Every job is a compromise between what you want to get out of life and
what an employer wants to get out of you. Keeping this in mind will help
you challenge perfection-focused thinking and increase your options.
All roles include some uninspiring tasks. While jobs that are a poor match often provide fewer opportunities for autonomy and growth, even they usually reveal some positives. Work is rarely as monochrome as we like to make it. Even if the perfect job existed, searching for one would be a fool's errand.
Detailed reviews with hundreds of clients have convinced me that you don't need a job you love five days a week. Three-and-a-half days out of five seems to do the trick. It's enough space to thrive, learn and feel you're making a contribution. The rest of the working week may be paperwork or dull meetings, but you can live with that...
Take a job that meets half your wish-list, perhaps, but it should be a step towards seven out of 10. Which is enough for anyone. So how do you find your three-and-a-half-day job? Today's market needs cunning. That's a very old Norse word, which before the Middle Ages didn't mean deceitful guile, but special knowledge and skills — the ability to track down what you need in unfavourable conditions when everyone else is hungry.
From ' Three and Half day job " by John Leee
All roles include some uninspiring tasks. While jobs that are a poor match often provide fewer opportunities for autonomy and growth, even they usually reveal some positives. Work is rarely as monochrome as we like to make it. Even if the perfect job existed, searching for one would be a fool's errand.
Detailed reviews with hundreds of clients have convinced me that you don't need a job you love five days a week. Three-and-a-half days out of five seems to do the trick. It's enough space to thrive, learn and feel you're making a contribution. The rest of the working week may be paperwork or dull meetings, but you can live with that...
Take a job that meets half your wish-list, perhaps, but it should be a step towards seven out of 10. Which is enough for anyone. So how do you find your three-and-a-half-day job? Today's market needs cunning. That's a very old Norse word, which before the Middle Ages didn't mean deceitful guile, but special knowledge and skills — the ability to track down what you need in unfavourable conditions when everyone else is hungry.
From ' Three and Half day job " by John Leee
