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7 Signs you’re in the
wrong job
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1 You never read anything in your field
outside work
You’re a finance advisor but you can’t stay away
from the specialist architecture bookshop and
your Pinterest has 75 boards on home interiors.
If you’re a professional in a career you love you
will, without really trying, pick up books, magazines, or
follow blogs in your field. If you’re ambitious you’ll
chase the latest news in your field each day.
Never reading anything in your field is a sign you’re not
that into your job. mlakner
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2 You really don’t like the work
environment
The mismatching office furniture and the sloping
floor of the historic building you work in drive you
crazy.
Animals and plants specialise to suit particular
environments, transplanted they don’t do so well unless
you can recreate something of the environment they
are used to. People are the same, we function best in
particular environments. Some like natural light, some
like chaos, some like the certainty of the same desk
every day.
garann
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3 You don’t like how people dress, your
personal style is very different
Your style is all minimalist-scuptural, but your
colleagues wear pinstripe suits.
It’s not that clothes themselves are so important, but
the clothes say something about your personal
brand, it’s the visual expression of your values.
If your personal style of clothing is very different from
the company clothing standards, then your personal
values might also be very different from the company
values.
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5.
4 You find ways to avoid doing what you
were hired to do
A long dentist appointment in the middle of the
work day sounds appealing.
Patterns of avoidance include stretching your lunch
hour, leaving early, taking extra sick leave for minor
complaints, or taking on un-related projects out of
interest.
Sometimes it’s temporary but a long term pattern of
avoidance is a sign that you’re just not that into your
job.
damonabnormal
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5 You loathe questions about your job in
social situations
You meet someone at a party who asks about your
work and you mumble and change the subject.
As a professional you should be able to speak with pride
about what you do, you should be able to say
something interesting about it. If you shy away from
these questions ask yourself why.
And if all you do at parties is talk about work you need
to find some better parties to attend.
Renata Chebel SP:00
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6 You’re doing the same work as when
you were hired… 6 years ago
Your job is the same, the responsibility level is the
same, but you really thought you’d have moved up
by now.
In most professional careers there’s an expectation that
you’ll move up on a regular basis, if there’s been no
change in your job in terms of the content of the job or
the level or responsibility you need to look at why.
Of course if you’re a specialist then six years might be
how long it takes for you to learn your job. Thomas Hawk
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7 You feel like a different person at
work
Your work persona is so different from your real
self that you can’t meet your real friends for
lunch.
This is perhaps the hardest sign to read. We’ve got
vested interests in staying where we are including our
education, a network and a reputation.
Not seeing this sign means, sadly, that we won’t be able
to reach our full potential.
Yet, this might be the clearest sign of all.
shaun wong
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