Have you ever stayed in a job or a career longer than you should have done?
Why was that?
I recently started to think about all those reasons that clients shared with me about why they came to me to support them in their career move.
Sometimes, they were forced into making the move as a result of redundancy, other times, they realised that staying where they were was making them unhappy.
During our conversations, I realised that there were so many of these reasons that resonated with me, I could understand exactly where they were coming from. Take a look and see which ones are the same for you? What have forgotten? Please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.
- Fear of failure
- Losing status
- Starting from the bottom again
- Not knowing how or where to start looking for your next move
- Uncomfortable with marketing yourself, your skills and your expertise
- Being unsure of how to make your skills relevant in a new industry
- Dislike of change and the uncertainty it brings
- Concern that you might make the wrong decision and regret moving
- Fear or losing some employment rights that you have built up over a long tenure with your current organisation
- Fear of losing the financial security this may bring, especially if it doesn’t work out or you “last in” so therefore “first out” in the event of possible redundancy programmes
- Re-establishing your brand because people don’t know who you are
- Apprehension about understanding the new politics and getting to know who really holds the power
- Fear about getting to grips with new computer software
- Fear of finding your tribe and finding your new best friend at work – we all need someone to have lunch with, right?
- Being respected for your past accomplishments
- Being over-qualified and getting bored
- Being under-qualified and feeling out of your depth
What about you? What are your top 3 fears from those featured above?
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” Dale Carnegie
