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A clue to the ’why’ factor of job hopping
“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom”.
- Confucius
Today’s workforce seems to have taken Confucius’s words to heart. Whether it is the CEO or an employee from the lower rung of hierarchy everybody is on a constant job change. Employees are changing their jobs at a faster rate than the companies take in filling a position.
A couple of decades ago shifting one’s job must have been risky for the employees. They must have dreaded the moment when they will have to answer the numerous questions posed by the interviewer and the fear of being branded inconsistent. Today the IT field compared to others witnesses the maximum number of job-shifts per year.
Nolan Associates president Don Nolan opines that employees have started viewing changing jobs as a crucial part of the advancement of their careers. Most of the employees are often on the move for one reason or the other. Some look for a change, some want better compensation and some others want a new designation. Employees tend to leave their job when they find that it is not challenging enough and there are not enough chances to grow professionally in that company.
Synovate, a market research company conducted a survey across several countries that has identified interesting patterns in this regard. Usually, salary is the primary factor that makes employees change their jobs. Employees from countries like Singapore and Hong Kong are claiming good working environment to be the motivating agent for them to change jobs. Besides, one third of the employees interviewed confessed that they are ready to forgo a part of their pay, provided they are efficiently trained by their employers.
Many companies fail to offer the job comfort employees are looking for. They don’t engage the employees adequately. Money is not the sole criteria that drives people to change jobs.
One of the recent studies conducted by the a top notch software company reveals that employees who mostly seek a job change are looking for something interesting and challenging in their jobs. It is this thirst for professional risks that drives the talented to keep changing their jobs.
Nowadays individuals walk in and out of jobs as frequently and as comfortably as they can. Employees do not consider themselves bound to the company anymore and there is absolutely no guilt factor involved in this. Even companies are acknowledging the fact that employees keep looking for a change in job all the while.
Employees should realise that there will always be more greener pastures than the one they are in right now. Changing jobs might be inevitable for the individuals in order to keep in pace with the ever-changing job market.
Discretion should be employed while changing a job. Every change of job should translate into an enriching experience for the employee professionally; delivering new skills and inputs. The networking capacity of the individual plays a great role in changing jobs so they should save all those contacts that add up with every job.
In today’s corporate world a couple of years seems to be the usual period an employee is likely to serve an organisation most of the time.
However much the companies might wonder that if employee loyalty has become a thing of the past, it is an undeniable truth that employees are changing their jobs every once in a while to keep their career path going.
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