subject: Find Out If A Career Change Is Right For You [print this page] Many people don't like their jobs - it is part of being in the working world. Even people who claim to love their jobs still have days when the thought of going to work can be just too much to bear. However, the truth is that you just may be on the wrong career path if your level of job satisfaction is less than what it should be.
Sometimes it's easy to figure out that we don't like our job or career, as well as the reasons why. But figuring out what job is right for you and whether or not you should make a career change at this point in your life is not always an easy task.
The best way to really see and accept that it might be time for a career change is to honestly look at how you feel about what you do.
To see if you might need to make a career change, take the following quiz.
Answer TRUE or FALSE to each statement below:
* There are few opportunities for growth within your company.
* You find the work you are doing boring.
* Few jobs exist in your field.
* You want to earn more money than you ever will in your current field.
* You will need to upgrade your skills to stay in your current field, but you aren't satisfied enough to even make the effort.
* You want to do something more with your life.
* You want to pursue a lifelong passion.
* There's a new career you want to pursue. After doing your research, it seems to be a good fit for you.
* You want to work in a field that will utilize your talents, skills, and education and your current occupation doesn't do this.
* Your life has changed since you first got into this career and now the requirements of your job don't mix well with your current situation (extensive travel when you now have children at home)
* Your occupation is too stressful.
Look at your answers to the above questions. Are you finding that you have more "True" answers? If so, then a career change is probably in order.
Of course, making a job change is never easy. Having a regular paycheck and job security is important - there's no doubt about that. But if you're unhappy in your job and feeling unfulfilled, are you doing yourself a favor by staying there?
We spend a lot of our time working, so it really is important that you do something with that time that is meaningful for you and will enhance your life rather than inhibit it.
