You’re unhappy at a company. You tried to do the right thing by reaching out to your manager about your grievances, but it’s all for naught, so you start searching for a new opportunity.
Hooray! You get a great job offer for another company, and you turn in your notice to your current company. To your surprise, they offer you a counteroffer. It may be generous. Should you accept it? Read on to find out…
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You may hit that situation where you’ve had enough of your job, and you’re thinking about leaving that job. However, you may be ambivalent because you may have too many years invested in the company, or you are afraid that you’ll be perceived as a “job hopper”. As I mentioned in my article, Trapped in […]
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A good knowledge capturing strategy is knowledge sharing (KS), where personnel who work at a particular job train others on what they do. KS is a cost-effective way to develop staff, and it also alleviates the growing pains encountered during temporary staff shortages (illness, vacation, short-term disability, FMLA) and long-term staff attrition (retirement, voluntary or involuntary termination, contract changes that affect staff). Many corporations and government agencies that have a high amount of employees retiring in the next five years are currently working on plans to make sure that the existing and new employees have the information that has been obtained by the retiring staff so there is little to no disruption in processes and services. In most cases, KS is difficult to implement because personnel are naturally reluctant to share information. The mantra is, “if someone knows how to do my job, then I can be replaced.” It’s a natural fear, especially in this economy and especially in certain fields such as IT. This article intends to explain how the outcome of knowledge hoarding can backfire on the person.
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At one point in one’s career, being pigeonholed in a career path happens. If it’s happening to you, you already know how frustrating it is. If it hasn’t happened to you yet, imagine how former child actors feel when they can no longer find work as an actor because they’ve been pigeonholed into the “cute kid” role. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. This post gives tips and techniques on how to break out of the pigeonhole and move onward and upward in your career.
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Eight years ago, I wrote an article about how people need to be careful about posting on social media because it may negatively impact their career. It still amazes me that after nearly 10 years of social media, people are still willing to post ANYTHING, including but not limited to: pictures of their drunken escapades, […]
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