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Is It Time For a Job Switch?

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Everyone has Monday morning blues. But if this continues on other days too, you know something is not right. It could be you. It could be your job!

Gone are the days when the employees used to spend all their lives serving one company. Today, it is not loyalty, but opportunity to grow that drives the employees.

It is quite possible that you are feeling stagnated and dissatisfies with your current job. Look for the following clues to know if you are ready for a job switch:

1. Declining performance

When Your Boss Is Irritating!

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Boss. The one person can make you life a living hell!

You boss may not be like a typical boss who tends to come late when you are early and early when you are late. He may not have the hobby of throwing papers across tables and shouting like a hungry gorilla. In short, he may not be a typical bossy boss. Yet, you may find him irritating!

But alas! Relatives and bosses are two things we can rarely choose (unless we decide to choose our life partner and jobs considering this factor!)

Get your boss to notice you!

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If you want to move up the corporate ladder and beat the heavy competition around you, you need to get noticed at your office!

And of course there are better ways to get your boss to genuinely notice you, than by dressing up “appropriately”!

The key is to show your boss what you are capable of and highlighting your skills.

If you are working for a large organization, it of course brings up your worth outside the office because you are associated with such a big company. But within the organization, there are good chances that you get lost amongst the hundreds of employees.

If You Have Gaps in your Work History

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How do you design your CV if you have Gaps in your work history?

The last thing you should do is hide them!

You may feel these gaps may reflect a negative side of you and may discourage them to call you. On the contrary, if they discover that you are hiding career gaps, it may reflect on your deceptive personality!

The way out…

Reason out
When you have legitimate or even near legitimate reasons for your work gap, explain it to them. If you are convinced on the reasoning, you can convince them too!

Travelling

Changing Careers...

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Thoughts like I cant do this kind of work anymore! Or am I supposed to sit and do this silly task all my life? can be alarming. They could mean you need a career shift! They might be indicating that either you are no longer capable of giving your best to the career you have chosen or that you are simply saturated with the same work everyday!

Asking For a Raise? (Part II)

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How to ask for the raise without being denied?

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Nothing in this world comes for free, and nothing comes without asking. Thats the mantra that the Private sector companies swear by. You have to slog your ass off day in and day out to deserve that paycheck. And getting a raise is not an easy thing gals. It doesnt usually happen on its own in due course of time. So dont assume that you will get the raise when the time is ripe. The time is ripe NOW, and you have to be more proactive if you need the extra dough.

Asking For A Raise? (Part-I)

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Before you actually ask for the raise, you have to get your timing and your amount right. Here's how...

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So your best friend at work (read competitive bitch) got a promotion and is now making more money than you do?
Feeling like youve been dealt a rough deal?

Fikar not gal! Memsaab brings you ideas on how to ask for a raise and get it

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