Dear Sue: The job I have now is perfect. I love the people I work with, the location is great and everything fits. I've been offered an opportunity to go through a training program which will help me gain more knowledge and potentially, more money.
The problem is, if I go through the program I will be placed in another office, which I don't want.
What should I do? Go with the program? Or tell my manager at my next review that I want to stay where I am? Please help me.
-Content
Sue Says: I wish I could tell you what to do, but only you can determine what you really want. What I can do, however, is give you some "food for thought."
What motivates you to get up each day and go to work? Is it the security of a job you like and working in a predictable environment? Or are you driven by advancement opportunities and a big paycheck? You really need to think about what you want.
At some point you will need to decide if what you have right now is enough, or if you want more out of your career. And you need to ask yourself how happy you will be if the other people you work with accept future offers, which could leave you in the same place of employment physically, but without the people you know and love to work with.
You have found happiness with this job and chances are you will find it again. And you need to be careful, because if you turn down too many opportunities, eventually the offers may stop coming.
Change can be scary, but it is inevitable. If ...
Click here to read the rest of this article from Career Know How
