IT IS BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE WHO CHOSE A CAREER PATH AT AN EARLY STAGE IN THEIR LIVES AND STICK THEMSELVES TO IT ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A GREATER SATISFYING WORKING LIFE THAN THOSE WHO CHANGE THEIR JOBS MORE OFTEN. PERSONALLY, I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH THAT AS CHANGING JOBS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO GROW PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY, LEADING TO ACHIEVE GREATER GOALS OR FIND A HIGHER POSITION EVENTUALLY, AND IMPACTING POSITIVELY THEIR WORKING LIFE.
FAMILY PRESSURE AND THE NEED TO FIND A JOB FAST IN ORDER TO OVERCOME FINANCIAL CONSTRAINS ARE SOME FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE ON PEOPLE’S DECISION TO CHOOSE A CAREER PATH WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN THEIR FIRST JOB IS FOUND, SOME OF THEM FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THEY MUST BE STICK TO THEIR JOB AND DEVOTE THEIR REST OF THEIR LIFE WORKING FOR THESE COMPANIES. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THESE WORKERS GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY FEEL STUCK, THERE IS NO MORE ROOM FOR LEARNING, THEY START HAVING CONFRONTATIONS WITH COWORKERS OR THE WORKING CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER ACEPTABLE. THUS, IMPACTING NEGATIVELY ON THEIR WORK-RELATED SATISFACTION. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME STUDIES CARRIED OUT IN COLOMBIA SUGGEST THAT THE LONGER A PERSON WORKS FOR A SINGLE COMPANY, THE MORE PRONE THEY ARE TO SUFFER FROM MONOTONY, DEPRESSION AND UNHAPPINESS IN REGARDS TO THEIR WORKING LIFE.
IN MY OPINION, PEOPLE WHO ARE LESS ATTACHED TO THEIR JOBS AND CAN REPLACE THEIR JOBS WITH EASE MIGHT INCREASE THEIR SATISFACTION IN THEIR WORKING LIFE. NEWER GENERATIONS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PATTERN AS THEIR MINDSET IS AIMING AT HOW TO INCREASE THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL GROWTH. NOT ONLY DOES THIS MINSET LET THEM FEEL LESS PRESSURE WHEN THEY QUIT A JOB, BUT ALSO BOOST THEIR CONFIDENCE TO FIND NEW CHALLENGES AND OVERCOME NEW ONES THEY MIGHT ENCOUNTER IN A NEW PLACE. LIKEWISE, CHANGING JOBS FREQUENTLY WILL BROADEN THEIR SKILLS IN SOME AREAS THEY HAVE NOT SEEN THEMSELVES EXPOSE TO. FURTHEMORE, GOING TO DIFFERENT JOBS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFES MIGHT BROADEN THEIR HORIZON AND IT WILL HELP THEM TO FIND THEIR FIELD OF PREFERENCE WHERE THEY CAN WORK TOWARDS. THUS, GIVING THEM THE CHANCE AFTER CERTAIN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO REACH A HIGHER POSITION IN A NEW COMPANY WHERE THE WORKER’S SKILLS AND VERSATILITY WOULD BE VALUED, CONTRIBUTING TO A FULLFILLING WORKING LIFE.
IN CONCLUSION, ALTHOUGH FOR SOME PEOPLE IN ORDER TO HAVE A SATISFYING WORKING LIFE THEY CHOOSE A CAREER PATH AT AN EARLY STAGE IN THEIR LIVES. I SUPPORT THE IDEA OF THOSE WHO CONSIDER THAT CHANGING JOBS CONSTANTLY PROVIDE A HIGHER SATISFYING WORKING LIFE