Have you ever felt stuck in your day-to-day job? Employee stress and burn out can account for a lot of dissatisfaction in your life. After all, you are at work some 8 hours a day or more. In my opinion, that’s a long time to be dissatisfied.
If you feel stuck, here are great tips to find a new one:
Write on paper – Start with a pen and write what you want in question form. Then, just list as many answers as you can. As an example, you may choose to writing “What should I be doing with my time and life?” And then stay seated for a half hour to an hour compiling a list of answers to the question . This is an exercise that you can easily repeat every day till you get a satisfactory answer.
Ask 3 close friends – Quite often our friends understand or know us as compared to ourselves. While meeting with one of your friends, let them know that you’re in a crossroad in your life or career. Ask what they think you’d enjoy doing. You might be surprised at how easily they can zero in to what gives you pleasure and come up with a good suggestion.
Sit down with close coworkers – Much like your friends in the example above, your boss and coworkers have a unique view of you. In fact, they are likely most familiar with your strengths and weaknesses in the work environment. Compile all the answers you get from them and see if there are any common threads you can explore.
Talk to an agency – If you are searching in your career, it’s likely you have a resume. From time to time you may get lucky and catch up with a job placement specialist in between recruiting schedules and discuss with them your career goals. I’ve done this at different times in my life and the people seem open to talking with people. After all, if you don’t g et paid, they don’t either. The ideas I get are useful.
Consider taking a career assessment exam – Let’s get this straight: to succeed in a profession, you’ll need to go through its own training and/or education process. For example, long term nursing career goals have a different route from a video game designer. There are online sites where someone like you can take these tests. But be careful since some are available for free, others require a fee. Also keep in mind that, from above, a lot of job placement agencies where headhunters work are already using a skills assessment program and don’t mind you taking the test in their office. I’ve taken these tests two times in my life and they usually take an hour or two, but they are thorough. They ask you to click on answers to questions about what you like, don’t like, want to do professionally. Again, this is another place to see some new exciting areas to explore in your life.
Maintain a notebook of ideas – Having a record of your thoughts is fantastic especially when browsing for what you liked doing or what made your day. Look for patterns. In fact, finding examples of what you don’t like and what frustrates you is as critical as the things that you do not like. As an example, if you hate an overwhelming boss, then you might want to start your own business. If you hate nosy coworkers you’d probably prefer your own office.
Understanding your career goals can be puzzling, yet very critical to you. After all, we spend a big portion of our lives at work. Thus, being in the right job is important.
