Find a New Job Without Quitting
Learn how to find a great new job without quitting your old one.
Despite the tough economy and high unemployment rates, this may be the best time to find a new job. Why? Your best new job and the answer to your careers search may be right in front of you every day.
Your best new job may be the very job you have now. No need to send out hundreds of resumes into the Internet void. Don’t bother with a new wardrobe and hair style hoping to make an impression if you’re interviewed. You may already have the very best new job for you.
This is not about putting a spin on your job to fool you into being more satisfied, nor is it a guilt-inducing reminder that you should be glad you have work in these difficult times.
Find a Great New Job
If you’re unhappy with your work now, and surveys show that many, many people are, there are lots of good reasons to do something about it-without quitting. You definitely want to take the necessary steps to become happier at your work. Research studies show that people who are happy at work are happy in their lives, and happy people live longer and are healthier than unhappy people.
Can you address your current unhappiness at work without quitting? Maybe you can. It’s worth a try.
What researchers know about work and happiness is this: people who utilize their special strengths in their work are happy, productive, creative, and produce high quality results. These are all ingredients for career success.
What are special strengths? These are the unique skills, abilities, and ways of behaving that demonstrate you at your best. Everyone has special strengths, though not everyone has the same strengths. For more information on special strengths and how to determine your strengths, read name and name and name.
A Great Career Uses Your Strengths
Your first step in finding a new job and a great career job is to determine your special strengths. There are several ways to go about this, which are summarized in Find Passion for Work Using Personal Strengths.
Next, decide how you can better utilize your strengths in your current job. Don’t assume you can’t and don’t assume your boss won’t let you. Set your intention to find ways to use your strengths and your natural creativity will take hold.
When you are able to use more of your strengths in your current work you will find yourself enjoying it more and doing a better job. You’ll begin to get the benefits of a perfect new job without undertaking all the hassles involved in finding a different job.
If there’s absolutely no way to use your strengths in your current work, you may, indeed, have to quit to gain the benefits of a great career match. But wait, there’s one more step that may help you “find a great new job without quitting.”
Great Jobs Benefit Other People
Look at the big picture. How does your job provide benefits to others? Many jobs that appear menial are actually critical components of a bigger picture that provides important benefits to others. If you can see the overall benefits of the big picture even though you may be a small part, you might be able to align your role with overall benefits to others, resulting in feeling very good about what you do. Feeling very good about what you do is the goal of a new job, isn’t it?
Great Jobs without Quitting
By finding ways to better align your special strengths with the job you have now, and by looking at the big picture of your role in work, you may be able to find a great new job without quitting your old one.
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