Were The Clash experts in the recruiting space? Not exactly. But Stephanie Maas addresses the question with some tips on how to evaluate if it's time to exit your current role, and how to make a principle-based decision when doing so.Discover what sets ThinkingAhead apart, hear stories from recruiters, and browse opportunities by clicking here.
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Hi, this is Stephanie Moss. I was recently driving into the office. Honestly, I was rocking it out to the song, Should I Stay or Should I Go? I think it's by The Clash. But it got me thinking about some recent conversations I've had with candidates in the marketplace. And they were basically asking me, hey, I'm not really happy in my current situation. What do I do? Should I stay or should I go?
Think about the song from Kenny Rogers. You got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know when to walk away. Imagine that playing in the background right now. And here's what I mean. Now, every person has to make that decision for themselves, but here's some general counsel and some really good news.
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a candidate and there were two things that stood out in that conversation. One was he was commenting about how many calls, emails, LinkedIn messages, et cetera, he was getting from recruiters, competitors, everybody under the sun trying to get him to make a move.
And as we were dialoguing, the other thing that I was really impressed by in his thought process is he said, hey, I know where I'm at isn't perfect. I need to take a few weeks and really decide what would be better than what I have now. Before I even get out and interview, I need to know what's important to me. And the foundation of his thought process was that of principle-based decisions.
The truth of the matter is, if he just went out and started interviewing, interviewing is actually quite emotional. You get the red carpet pulled out for you. Everybody's telling you how great they are. You get more money. And oftentimes, if you're not principle based in your decision making, you can get caught up in all of that and end up making a bad decision.
So let me encourage you, if you are thinking, especially with the barrage of calls and emails and LinkedIn messages, that maybe you should look around, or maybe your current situation isn't as great as you hoped, before you return anyone's calls, before you engage in any kind of an interview scenario, stop and think. Try to be as objective as possible about your current situation and
And what really could be a better situation for you professionally and ultimately for your family as well? Things like money, while they absolutely can better your situation, let's face it, more money is usually better. It's not always the end all be all. There's oftentimes with more money, a price you're paying and you have to decide, is that worth it?
Same thing with simple things like your ability to be successful. Sometimes when you've been somewhere for a long period of time, you know exactly what you need to do and how you need to do it to be successful year in and year out. Changing that could impact your ability to be successful. Or if that internal structure starts to change, suddenly that could impact your ability to be successful.
Whatever it is for you, make sure you know what it is and then decide, hey, this is really the three, four things I'm looking for that if I could find it, that would be better. That's how you make a principle-based decision. And when you make a decision like that, it'll always be a good decision.
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