career planning tips for achieving more work-life balance in your next job
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Work-life balance may be the last thing on your mind when you are in the process of job searching within a competitive job market. But if your career planning doesn’t take into account what your life will it be like after a new job starts, you might end up regretting your decision. These career planning tips may be helpful to you in landing a new job that provides for more work-life balance. For more career planning tips from the experts, visit us at www.distinctiveweb.com or follow us at: Twitter: http://twitter.com/distinctivedocs Facebook: http://facebook.com/DistinctiveDocuments Google+: http://plus.google.com/+Distinctivewebofficial LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/michelledumasTRANSCRIPT
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Tips For ACHIEVING More Work-Life Balance
in Your Next JOB
In todays competitive economy,work-life balancemight not be the first thing on your mind as you begin yourjob search.
But if your career planning doesnt take into account what life will be like after the new job starts, you may find yourself regretting your decision.
Think Through Your Priorities Before Your Search BeginsYour goals in targeting new job opportunities should include things likesalary, room for professional growth and working conditions, of course. But thats only the beginning.
Make sure that you also consider factors like how much time youre willing to spend commuting, how you feel about working after hours and taking calls at home and other issues that will affect life outside the office.Dont Fight for a Job You Dont WantTheinterviewingprocess brings out something competitive in many job-seekers, and career planning becomes more about getting offers than finding the right situation. In the quest to prove yourself, its easy to lose sight of whether or not you really want what youre chasing.
Use the interviewing process not just to sell yourself, but to learn about the position, the company leadership and your co-workers and discern whether it truly would be a good fit for you. With the right job, youll be happier at work and after hours.Set Boundaries and Stick to Them
Obviously, you have to fulfill your job requirements, and in some cases youll want to go above and beyond, both to meet your own professional standards and to help your career advancement. But stop and think. Every action you take in the early days is establishing a precedent: co-workers who are impressed that you always answer email within ten minutes even after hours wont stay impressed: theyll come to expect it. Dont unwittingly establish a pattern you might be unwilling to live with later.
Your career is inextricably connected to every other area of your life. Your work finances your life; your job takes time away from other aspects of life; stress at work can impact your enjoyment of life outside the office and your availability to the people in your life.
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