This is a weird topic I know, but as promised, I will be taking things back to basic, where I share my real-life experiences. First of all, Hi, I’m Lorane and I’m a serial career hopper! Here in Jamaica, being in your 30s is still considered young and you still have time to accomplish all your life’s goals and still allowed to make “silly mistakes” .. to an extent.
I said all that to sort of ease you into my journey just so you can have a better understanding of my”serial career hopping”. Jamaica is a hard country to live and people will hang on to jobs for years due to several reasons with the main reason being fear. People fear, they will never find another job and they fear they will never be able to pay their bills. I’ve realised that I had a special gift or talent to connect with people and connect other gifted people with others who need them. In a nutshell, I’m the plug, now really I am. If somebody needs a particular person for a particular project or job, I know the exact person who have those skills and recommend them and they get that opportunity. I do this for no pay or anything in return but only because I think everyone should get a chance to share their unique talents or gifts with the world. By doing this, somehow, I am always rewarded with opportunities at the right time when I least expect it because I helped another person some time ago and it came back. You’re probably wondering what I’m rambling about, but like many good writer, I have to set the stage and give a back story before I can create that build up.
What to do when the Job can’t keep You
I have never been afraid to walk away from a job that I knew or felt was not doing me good because of fear, in the back of my mind I knew I would be ok, because I have a special set of skills that would not only allow me to survive, but thrive. In 2021, in the middle of the pandemic when people were losing their jobs, I quit a job of 2 1/2 years on a Monday in February and walked into a new job on a Tuesday. This again was based on the reputation I’ve built in the past and how I was able to make an impression on one person, who vouched for me, when I was in a situation that I needed to be out of. I realised that this new job wasn’t the right fit though it was a great company with amazing people who were bright and exceptionally gifted … so I left that job on a Thursday and walked into another job on the Wednesday of the following week, again, just because I had made a impression on a person by using my skills and talents who again vouched for me.
How did I accomplish all this? Years of hard work, dedication, networking and investing into my self and really doing the work! It was hard and there were so many times I cried silently or had “imposter syndrome” creep in, but at a certain point you just know your value and know you can always do better. I also knew how much I was worth and all the time I spent learning and polishing all my skills and I that moment I knew something did not feel right, I knew exactly when It was time to move on. In my culture, when a person moves from job to job, people automatically assume there must be something wrong with the person and “she/he can’t keep a job”, but what if “The Job can’t keep you”? What if yo are doing yourself a dis-service by undervaluing and under pricing yourself just because of fear? It took me years to get here to this space where I’m comfortable, confident and secure enough to know when something is not for me and to move on, and it is well worth it. While most people want to be rich and successful all I want is “peace” and to be truly happy. This peace for me is having no struggle that can be avoided and to be at that place of self-actualisation that when things go wrong, I can truly be unbothered because I have peace. If a job is causing me emotional and mental distress, best believe I’m leaving and moving on to something better.
I am by no means telling anybody to get up and quit their jobs, because I always think things through and write a list of pros and cons and of course there are expenses, but as I always say, have a plan. The minute you start make a new job, have a plan to leave “if anything”, keep your options by actively applying to other jobs, even if things are good, just to keep your options open.
Are you a serial career hopper? Or are you “ok” with your job because you fear leaving and won’t be able to find anything better?
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