Things you need to consider before changing jobs

Before changing jobs, you need to clarify your motivation and consider the job content, work environment and the authenticity of the salary increase. Avoid blind job-hopping to ensure a more stable and favorable development after job-hopping. Read the article to learn more.

Why do we need to talk about this in the first issue?

Because if I get straight to the point and tell you how to revise your resume, what things you should pay attention to when applying for a job?

Well, this is actually the most important question that we have overlooked, which is why do you want to change jobs? Why do you want to find this position in the next company? So the question we are going to talk about in the first issue is the most important question. If you don’t think clearly when you are considering changing jobs, it means that you should not have changed jobs in the first place, but in the end I told you how to modify your resume and how to interview, and you finally succeeded in the interview.

It may be the success of this interview, or it may be the failure of your future career. With this in mind, let's talk about the three common mistakes you make during job interviews.

Three Misconceptions

If we want to change jobs, we usually have three reasons:

The first is that the content of the work you do is not what you really want to do.

The second reason is that your work environment is terrible. It could be that your boss is difficult to communicate with, or that other colleagues are difficult to work with.

The third one is salary, which is the desire to get a higher salary.

1. Misunderstanding 1

Let's talk about them one by one. The first one is that you feel that your current job is not what you want to do. I have received quite a lot of such consultations recently. Most people want to do a business, and data analysis is what they want.

Be able to get closer to the business and help the business produce some content,

But in the end, they found that what they were doing was often the construction of data products, data collection, or some very basic work, so they wanted to get into the business.

I suggest you

Be a little cautious, because your expectations and reality may not completely match. Even if you are a data analyst in a business team, most of what you actually do is still to extract data and make reports, etc. These jobs actually do not spend much time on data analysis. This is the current situation of most data analysts.

If you really want to spend most of your time doing analysis, then this type of position is more inclined towards business analysis. Their requirements are relatively high, and their recruitment standards are very high. It is difficult for you to join such a team. So if you look for a new job with such an expectation, after you get to the new team, you find that what you do is actually not much different from the original one.

Then I think your job change is a complete failure.

2. Misunderstanding 2

The second misconception is that the current working environment is not good. In most cases, it may be that colleagues are difficult to cooperate with and leaders are difficult to communicate with. This problem also depends on the situation. If you have work experience before and have been in contact with many different companies and different teams, then your judgment may be accurate because you know what kind of team is a good team;

If you are a newcomer, maybe this is your first company after graduation. You find it difficult to communicate with your current colleagues. It may be because of your tolerance or your communication skills have not yet reached the standards of the workplace. Maybe when you go to the next company, you will find that all companies have this problem. It is very common.

Because all companies are made up of people. As long as there are people, there will be the world. Where there is the world, there will be disputes. Everyone is pulling each other for their own interests.

So, you can communicate more with some of the older employees within the team who have a good relationship with you and have worked there for a longer period of time to see what their opinions are about the company.

You can also go to Maimai and see that many people there are complaining about their own companies. You can also look at the problems of other companies. You will find that the problems of your company are not a special case, and most companies will have them.

If you are changing jobs for this reason, I suggest you be a little cautious and make sure that this problem is really a problem.

3. Misunderstanding 3

The third point is to increase salary by changing jobs, which is also a result that most people hope to achieve. After all, making money is the first priority for workers. However, when evaluating the salary increase between the next company and the current company, you should also think deeply about whether the increase is real salary or fake.

What is the real salary? In addition to the salary increase on paper, there are many hidden costs. It is easy to calculate the 20% increase on paper. But there are many opportunity costs after job hopping.

First of all, your current resume only applies to this company. So, your working time may have been cut off from two or three years. If your next company is very unstable and goes bankrupt within a year, then you will only have one year of work experience at the next company, and then you will be forced to find a new job immediately, which may create a window period and your resume may be used up.

In that case, in the long run, your future salary may be worse than if you stayed in the original company. So, when evaluating the next company, you can consider this issue from three aspects.

The first is your resume. Will it be wasted? That is, look at your current company and see if you have been there long enough. If you have been there for less than a year, then if you leave the next company,

When you go for an interview later, you will easily face HR's doubts about your stability.

The second question is, how stable is the next company? Will it go bankrupt within a year? What will it look like in three years? Of course, it is difficult to make an accurate judgment on this question, but at least you need to consider it. Companies that have already gone public are generally more stable, while companies that are still receiving financing have very high business risks, which need to be evaluated.

The third thing to consider is the next company. How versatile is its business? The versatility of business refers to whether its business, or your skills, can be used in other positions and other industries.

If the versatility of this company is good, then after you join, it can increase the value of your resume, and you may be more relaxed when you interview other companies later. But if its versatility is low, it will only be useful here.

If you work in a very narrow field, then the next time you change jobs, your choices will be very, very narrow, so this must also be considered.

IV. Conclusion

So what about this issue? Let’s stop here for now. Today we talked about three misunderstandings about job hopping. If you like it, please give me a free like. In the next issue, we will share when is the best time to change jobs?

Author: Jason; Source public account: Ternary Variance (ID: 686668)