Time to move?
Jun. 7th, 2011 11:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sobriqueOne of the doctrines I've operated under, for my career, is that after 2 years, you should be asking yourself 'what next?'.
2 years is - in my opinion - about the timescale you should be thinking about a new job. That cuts both ways - assumption is that I expect to be at least 2 years at a prospective employer, but at the same time, past the 2 year point I'm going to be wanting more from them - from a career perspective. (And that goes hand in hand with improving my pay).
So, has it been two years (or more) since you last took stock? I don't mean you _have_ to move on every 2 years, simply that you should be assessing - do I have more challenges? What's next in my career development. It's perfectly fine to decide that you're fine where you are. Just don't make the mistake of doing it because it's easier not to think about.
Go look. See what's available. See if you're worth more (or less!) than you think you are. And then use that, to either think about a new job, or as ammunition for negotiating with your existing employer. There's no defense against being taken advantage of quite like being ready to walk away when it gets too much.
So to that end I'd like to offer people who I know, who are willing to take up the challenge - of assisting in redrafting your CV, and thinking about what might be an option for your skills, mindset and whatnot. I'm at least fairly familiar with the IT industry, and can do - I think - a reasonably good 'private sector' CV.
CVs are a bit of a dark art, and 'advice' on them seems to change ever few years. But my most recent got me several interviews for the kind of jobs I was after, so it can't be _that_ bad, right? (And even if it is, I promise not to take offense if my suggestions don't work for you).
2 years is - in my opinion - about the timescale you should be thinking about a new job. That cuts both ways - assumption is that I expect to be at least 2 years at a prospective employer, but at the same time, past the 2 year point I'm going to be wanting more from them - from a career perspective. (And that goes hand in hand with improving my pay).
So, has it been two years (or more) since you last took stock? I don't mean you _have_ to move on every 2 years, simply that you should be assessing - do I have more challenges? What's next in my career development. It's perfectly fine to decide that you're fine where you are. Just don't make the mistake of doing it because it's easier not to think about.
Go look. See what's available. See if you're worth more (or less!) than you think you are. And then use that, to either think about a new job, or as ammunition for negotiating with your existing employer. There's no defense against being taken advantage of quite like being ready to walk away when it gets too much.
So to that end I'd like to offer people who I know, who are willing to take up the challenge - of assisting in redrafting your CV, and thinking about what might be an option for your skills, mindset and whatnot. I'm at least fairly familiar with the IT industry, and can do - I think - a reasonably good 'private sector' CV.
CVs are a bit of a dark art, and 'advice' on them seems to change ever few years. But my most recent got me several interviews for the kind of jobs I was after, so it can't be _that_ bad, right? (And even if it is, I promise not to take offense if my suggestions don't work for you).
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Date: 2011-06-07 11:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-07 12:30 pm (UTC)Far better to know where you stand - either you're desirable, and have options to move on (and use as leverage).
Or you're not, and you at least have a notion of what skills you should be looking to acquire, and how much of a 'step down' you might be facing if you really do decide that you want to move on.
So anyway. Do you have a current CV, and can email it to me?
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Date: 2011-06-07 09:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-07 10:08 pm (UTC)