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Your #Career: 4 Signs It’s Time To Start Looking For A New #Job…When should you start looking for a new job? Sometimes, it’s an Easy Decision to Make (your Boss is Abusive, the Company is Going through a Downsizing, you’re Relocating to Another City), but Frequently the Choice isn’t Clear-Cut

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When should you start looking for a new job? Sometimes, it’s an easy decision to make (your boss is abusive, the company is going through a downsizing, you’re relocating to another city), but frequently the choice isn’t clear-cut. There are, however, some telltale signs to look for when trying to make up your mind. If any of the following circumstances apply to you, it may well be time to start working on a new round of cover letters and prepping yourself for a job search.

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Your friends and family are sick of listening to your complaints

It might be noble to suffer in silence, but most of us aren’t cut out for stoicism. If your nearest and dearest have started dodging your calls and emails because you won’t shut up about your job and they’re all one more complaint away from cutting you off, take heed. Not only are you alienating those around you with your bellyaching, your unhappiness is evident to anyone dumb enough to innocently ask you, “How’s work?” If you don’t have anything nice to say about your current position, it’s a sign you should start looking for a new gig .

 

Every little thing irritates you

Your coworkers laugh too loud. The breakroom coffee is never hot enough. The elevator takes too long. Every second meeting leaves you wanting to flip a table. If you find yourself both cataloging and getting unreasonably annoyed at the little quirks of the workplace you might have shrugged off in better times, you need to take these feelings seriously. While it’s natural to be irritated by that guy three cubes over who seems to spend the better part of every afternoon loudly crunching on baby carrots, if you’re spending most of your working hours in a state of mounting annoyance, there’s clearly a bigger issue at play.

 

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You can’t think of any change in circumstances that would re-ignite your passion

Imagine getting a $10 000 raise. Imagine being promoted to the C-suite. Imagine your boss being replaced by a giant panda. If none of these things bring a smile to your face or the possibility of more money, more power or a cuddly new superior doesn’t move the needle on your feelings of ennui or dissatisfaction, it’s time to think seriously about looking for greener pastures. When the spark is dead, it’s dead. If you can’t envision a single scenario in which you’d feel renewed enthusiasm about your job, you’ve already mentally checked out.

 

Your colleagues have started abandoning ship

There are times when you’ll want to start looking for new work even if you enjoy your current gig. One of those times is when you start to notice that other employees are heading for the exit. A certain degree of turnover is normal, but if your company is hemorrhaging talent or can’t hold on to the new talent it does land, that’s a big red flag that there are organizational issues surfacing or about to surface. The fact that half the sales team has left in the last three months might not directly affect your role right now, but a smart employee will take talent flight as a sign of greater instability and will start exploring what else might be out there.  When turnover starts to become a trend, it’s time to begin polishing that resume.

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Forbes.com | May 11, 2015 | J. Maureen Henderson Contributor

 

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