8 Good Reasons to Start Looking for a New Job

8 Good Reasons to Start Looking for a New Job 8 Good Reasons to Start Looking for a New Job But to help, weve laid out a few good reasons to start looking for a new job. Here are eight  good reasons to start looking for a new job: 1. Every day feels like a Sunday night. As a kid, you might have experienced feelings of dread on Sunday night knowing that school was starting again the next day. If every night starts feeling like a Sunday night (and every day at work feels like a Monday morning), it might be time to dust off your resume. 2. You want/need to work from home, but your boss wont let you. You might have a job that you love- but you’re not really in love with your long commute to and from the office. Try speaking with your boss to see if you can ease your way into a flexible schedule (for example, you could ask to start working from home part-time to start). But if your boss is inflexible when it comes to your flexible work request, it could be a sign that you might be better off working elsewhere. 3. Your work performance is starting to suffer. When you were first hired for your job, you showed up on time at work every day and even burned the midnight oil on many occasions to produce the best work possible. Now, you might be clocking in a good 20 minutes late and only half-heartedly doing your work. Going through the motions can be a sign that your heart just isn’t into your job anymore- and it’s time to move on. 4. You’ve learned everything you can in your current job. A new job can be exciting as you learn new policies, procedures, and protocols. After some time, though, you might feel as if you’ve outgrown your position, especially if you’re not learning anything new. When that happens, you should speak to your boss to see if you can be given new responsibilities or a possible promotion, particularly if you still like the job and the company you work for. But if that’s not a possibility, you may want to look for a new job that will allow you to grow more and stretch your wings. 5. You don’t like your boss. At some point in your career, you might have a boss whom you really, really don’t see eye to eye with. So when do you know if it’s just a small issue that will pass or something more serious? If your blood pressure is going through the roof because of your interactions with your boss, or you’re being unfairly micromanaged, or worse, you’re in an abusive situation, a new job is probably  in order. 6. Your company is falling apart. In an effort to stay afloat, your company might be laying off people left and right. And each day you go into the office you may wonder if today will be your turn. Feeling that you might be let go from your job sooner rather than later can be a good reason to start looking for a new job while you still have one. 7. You want to make a career change. A career change can be a great motivator for you to start looking for a new job. You might have a hobby that you can translate into a profitable career, or realize a long-held dream and make that your next career. 8. The thought of a new job excites you. There’s something to be said for listening to your instincts. So if your heart starts to flutter a little faster at the idea of a new job, maybe you should trust what your gut is telling you- and get into job search mode. If youre ready, here’s how to start a new job search! Look at your transferable skills. If you’re considering a career change, you may  think you won’t be eligible to apply for positions in your new field. That’s why you should look at what skills you could  need for your new job and see which ones you already possess. It just might give you the encouragement you’ll need in order to look for the job you want. Figure out what would make you happy. Maybe one of the reasons why you wanted to look for a new job was because you weren’t happy in your current one. But instead of blindly starting a new job search, take the time to determine what it is about your current job that has made you both happy (and unhappy) and what you’d love to find in a new job (e.g., the ability to work remotely, a company with a great culture, etc.). Then base your new job search on those parameters. Get your home office ready. Let’s say that you’re looking for a telecommuting job. Why wait until you already have the job to start scrambling to get your home office ready? While you’re job searching, gather the things you’ll need for work-from-home success. Find a spot in your home that will serve as your home office, and then outfit it with what you’ll to work remotely. Having everything already set up can help make for an easier transition when you do accept a job offer. Get social. A big component of job searching success is the getting the word out there that you’re actually job hunting. So hit up your network to let people know that you’re looking for new work opportunities- but be selective about who you speak to. After all, you don’t want it to get back to your current boss or coworkers that you might be looking to leave the company before you’ve found a new position. Begin Your Search for a New Job