The Worst Career Change Mistakes To Avoid
Changing your career can either be the best decision you have ever made, or the worst. It is this un certainty that holds a lot of people back from moving on in their career, but with careful planning and research you can minimise the risk of leaving a job that you are not totally satisfied with for an even worse job. Worst career change mistakes 1. Making a rash decision Before changing occupations, you should do a deep dive to assess why you want to leave your current one. “You need to invest time to figure out why you’re dissatisfied and what’s going to make you more satisfied going forward,” says Deborah Oronzio, a career-transition coach. Ask yourself why you’re unhappy—and answer honestly. You may simply be having a bad week or a bad month—or you may just hate your boss, not your industry. “We all go through phases of unhappiness with our jobs,” says Randy Block, an executive coach and staffing consultant. “You should be running toward something, not running away from something.” 2. Ch…