{"id":41567,"date":"2021-07-11T10:20:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T14:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=41567"},"modified":"2021-07-12T17:28:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T21:28:33","slug":"taking-a-new-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/taking-a-new-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a New Job: What You Should Consider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/be-decisive\/\">make a decision<\/a> about taking a new job? When can taking a new job lead to future success?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deciding whether to take a new job can be tricky. A new job can lead to great opportunities and success, but it\u2019s important that you make the right decision. In this article, you\u2019ll find out what to consider when taking a new job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to find out whether taking a new job is the right opportunity for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Taking a New Job: Types of Career Opportunity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we cover how to decide whether to take a job, we\u2019ll look at the different kinds of opportunities you might face in your career. If you\u2019re considering taking a new job, it\u2019s important to know the difference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1) Anticipated opportunities<\/strong>: These are opportunities you identify and choose to pursue as a deliberate plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2) Unanticipated opportunities<\/strong>: These are a combination of problems and opportunities you run into while implementing your deliberate plan. When these unexpected things come up, you must decide whether to stick with the plan, adjust it, or replace it with one of the new options. You may make an outright decision, or an implicit one in which the cumulative impact of daily decisions evolves your plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Decide Whether to Take a Job<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Young people often think they should plan out their careers step by step for the next five years, then stick to their plan. But things change\u2014<strong>your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/career-path-development\/\">career path<\/a> will constantly present new options and choices. For example, you might have the option to take a new job.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you want to know how to decide whether to take a new job, the following scenarios might be helpful:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you have a job that satisfies both hygiene and motivation factors, then stick with your current job.<\/li><li>If you\u2019re clear on your goals, and your experience affirms they\u2019re the right ones, focus on your deliberate strategy.<\/li><li>If your job or career so far doesn\u2019t satisfy both hygiene and motivation factors, adopt a flexible or emergent approach: Try things, learn from experience, and adjust. Keep evolving your strategy until it clicks (until you find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/love-your-job\/\">work you love<\/a> and can excel at doing; that is, work that meets hygiene and motivation factors). If you relate to this option, you should consider taking a new job.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019re unlikely to come up with a fully formed strategy by sitting down and thinking until one pops into your head. It will develop from a combination of planned and unplanned options.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Taking a New Job: An Example<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Clayton Christensen\u2019s career path illustrates how unplanned options can become your strategy. He originally aspired to be the editor of the <em>Wall Street Journal.<\/em> But while he was studying for an MBA at Harvard, a consulting firm offered to help pay the costs if he took a job with them when he graduated. He accepted the offer (an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/emergent-approach-strategy\/\">emergent strategy<\/a>), and he loved consulting work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After five years there, he and a friend started their own consulting business; investors eventually fired him and installed their own CEO. However, even before being fired, he\u2019d begun considering academia as another potential career. So he entered a Ph.D. program. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-become-a-university-professor\/\">Becoming a professor<\/a> became his deliberate strategy (he dropped the idea of becoming the <em>Wall Street Journal <\/em>editor).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider Clayton Christensen\u2019s career decisions described above and how they might apply to your own decision about taking a new job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you need to make a decision about taking a new job? When can taking a new job lead to future success? 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