If you
are the rare individual who is ideally matched to your job and you thoroughly enjoy it, congratulate yourself.
However, as our experience
shows, more than 80% of those employed today are not happy in their jobs or are seeking a much better work-life balance.
These people range from those who have just
started working to later stage executives or those experiencing downsizing or facing retirement.
Why are so many people dissatisfied with their job or career choice when
there are so many career opportunities? How did they get into this situation?
Money - either the amount of money available immediately or the perception that
money will come easy later – is often the deciding factor in choosing or keeping a career path.
Other major factors affecting career choice are parental guidance, teacher or professor influence and peer or
social status pressures. These factors are essentially irrelevant to successful career choices
but are abetted by a vacuum of actual investigation into or experimentation with an individual’s capabilities and
personal aspirations.
Thus, career options are more often than not decided in a happenstance
way. By the time the money or other factors become less important, the career choice may be perceived
as permanent.
Fortunately, it is never too late to create attractive career alternatives.
But choosing a new career course, especially for those who have been in the workplace for some time, may seem to be
a daunting task.
If you are tired of sailing
the same old career course and want a new, exciting compass heading, Spinnaker can help you, as we have helped many others, significantly
improve the satisfaction of your current position or identify and develop a new, stimulating career course.
In a creative, proven successful and individualized coaching process we (1)
confirm strengths, weaknesses and special talents, (2) identify professional passions, (3) outline appropriate job opportunities
and (4) assist in developing new professional opportunities.
If you are ready to increase the reward of your current job - in a family owned business or a corporation,
transition to a new job or career opportunity, start your own business or improve your work-life balance, contact us for an initial, no-obligation consultation.
