43. Should I make it work, or leave quickly‪?‬ Pop Your Career with Bec McFarland

Don't worry! A little blip on your resume is not going to derail your career. If you've made an unsettling career mistake, accepted a job only to start and find out it's really not the one for you, this episode is a must listen. When people are in this situation they always feel isolated, confused and like they're the first one to ever make a bad career decision. But that's just not the case. And you don't need to stick it out and try and force it to work. Just move on and have faith that future employers will not care at all if you have that three month mistake on your resume - if anything it's a testament to your own self-awareness and strength that you made the decision to find something more aligned with your needs!



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43. Should I make it work, or leave quickly? - Transcript

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[00:00:55] Hi, [00:01:00] there I'm Bec McFarland the host of the Pop Your Career Podcast. As a career coach, I'm most passionate about helping my clients to discover their own personal flavour of career fulfillment. In this podcast, we are going to be exploring ways that you too can feel more fulfilled by your work. So strap yourself in, get ready for the ride. The tips around here are fast and in abundance.

[00:01:24] Hello. Hello. It's Bec McFarland here, helping you do better and be better in your career. And I just want you to imagine you have applied for a new role. You got offered, you accepted, you've started, you've done your best to try and make it work, but you're really unhappy. You're feeling quite unfulfill.

[00:01:53] Maybe the role is not what you expected it to be. Maybe the organization is not what you expected it to be. Maybe [00:02:00] there's some tension in the team. Maybe you don't like your manager. Maybe you have found that the commute is too long. You thought that it would be okay, but now you realize that it's actually impacting on yourself and your family life.

[00:02:16] What should you? I get a lot of clients that kind of come to me and they've got a lot of concern about this, and they usually feel like they should do whatever they can to make it work. But often, I think that is not necessarily the best option. If you are feeling in the early stages of working for an employer that it's not a good fit, chances are things are probably not going to change.

[00:02:42] Most people are really paranoid though about what it's going to look like on their resume. You started a job, you're there for a month or two months or three months, and then you move on and you get a job somewhere else. But honestly, I think that most of the time this is [00:03:00] just an unfounded fear. Of course, there are going to be employers out there who are going to discriminate against you because of the fact that, you know, they see it as being a bad thing.

[00:03:11] But honestly, I think it's something that's really easy to explain. Much easier than a lot of other circumstances that you could be in. So what I'd encourage you to do is to definitely take the time to evaluate what's going on. Are there any slight tweaks or changes that you need to make that could improve things in your workplace?

[00:03:32] Does it mean that maybe you could have a conversation