If you say to yourself at least once a day, ‘I hate my job!’ it’s time for you to reconsider your reasons for staying.
There are different things that can lead you to hate your job. Maybe you hate your boss, or hate your colleagues, or hate your company. That’s not good. It’s not healthy to stay there, while every day thinking such negative thoughts about your environment or people around you. It’s unproductive and mentally it really wears you down. Always having to put on the ‘happy face’, but really wishing the day would just be over so you can get out of the mad house!
Well there are a few things you can do:
Start by evaluating why you are still there. Are there strong benefits to keeping this job? If yes, then it might be useful to make yourself happier at this job, and easier to stay on, only making yourself happier to be there. You might only need a change of shifts or maybe a different department would be more appealing, you may get a different boss and colleagues. Maybe you could learn something new, that would add value to you being in this position. The benefits are clearly there as you are still working there.
If you come to the conclusion that it’s time to leave, then there are several things you should start to do straight away. Start talking to other people in the same industry, network and be seen socialising out of your environment at least once a week. Don’t be tempted to put your work or colleagues down in front of others. No matter how bad it is. It doesn’t look good or sound good to a new prospective boss. Just say something simple like we have our differences and don’t go into any detail!
Start a job search immediately. Look at websites for new jobs like monster.co.uk. Make contact with the employment agencies that are advertising something in relation to your area of expertise, it doesn’t have to be an exact match. Update your CV as soon as possible. There are agencies that remodel CV’s professionally. This might be a good option if you don’t have much time to spend on it. Don’t be lazy about this, make sure it looks neat, professional and without any spelling mistakes. Spelling mistakes leave a very bad impression. If you’re not sure, get someone else to check it over for you.
If you are online, get your profile updated on LinkedIn straight away. 80% of the employment agencies find people through LinkedIn these days. It’s amazing how quickly you will be contacted just by this one thing alone. Don’t lose time, do this one now!
When it’s finally time to move on, don’t burn your bridges, leave gracefully. Only resign when you have signed the dotted line with your new position. Don’t be tempted to resign before then. So then, resign with a nice thank you letter and say you will be leaving your position at a certain date. Take a break even for a few days before starting the new job. Start afresh and you’ll be sure to have a much better experience this time around.
Maria Allegria