Funny, I was just thinking about it
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Why it's good to change your job
What's keeping you where you are? Money? Fun? Or are you one of the old school and staying in your current job out of loyalty?
There's a bottom line to this and you ignore it at your peril. If it came to the crunch, would your existing employer want to keep you on? Don't try to duck out, it's useful to see things from your boss's perspective.
Because you can bet the bank on it, any company's main concern with employees is likely to be about how they are progressing. Which means "advancing", "improving themselves", "learning new skills" and "taking on new procedures".
Or from a more profit-related standpoint, driving the company to new capability levels.
Sort of shifts upping your game to the top of the list, doesn't it? Can you look at your CV and genuinely point to forward progress?
Nobody is indispensable, including you. But you can make yourself a more desirable proposition by deliberately advancing your career at every opportunity. And that includes changing your job - at least until you're promoted to the management team and become a boss yourself.
One of the causes is the very thing you're looking at right now - your computer. With constantly-changing technology, businesses are now advancing so fast it is becoming expected that cutting edge employees will chop and change their job more frequently to keep skills sharp.
So where are you in this? Still bringing in oxygen with your fresh thoughts and attitude? Or starting to look like a piece of the furniture?
Sure, any change is scary. Sudden redundancy is even scarier. You owe it to yourself to stay competitive, to keep ahead.
To do that, keep asking the questions. Are you at the forefront, or is it time to move? What new skills and capabilities are you acquiring where you are? Or if you look at it from an employer's point of view (either a new one, or the one you have now) - how saleable are you?
Questions, questions. You need to ask them about yourself, all the time. When you don't like the answers, it's time to polish the CV and brush up your interview skills.
