Got A Job, Want Another One?

If you already have a job, why in the world would you be looking for another one? Why put yourself in the front of hiring managers, interviewing and discussing your skills and abilities when you already have a job? Actually, I think it is a good thing to keep yourself sharp. If you are looking for advancement and your organization is not promoting right now, interviewing for another position may help you get the money, or the promotion that you may be looking for. Today, I got a question from a reader.

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How would I justify to the employer I’m applying with if my reason to look for another job would be to have higher salary ?

Here are my thoughts:

My first thought is, you don’t need to justify to the potential employer why you are looking for a new job. If you are looking for more money and that is your sole reason for looking for new employment, I would recommend that you step back and look a little deeper.

There are not a lot of jobs out there right now. So having a job, whether they are paying you all that you want to receive is not necessarily the reason to jump ship. Step back and look at the current situation. Do you like the job? Can you approach your current employer and ask for more money? The way you do that is to research the job you are doing? What do others make, from a salary perspective in similar organizations? Create a case for your value. Sell your value to the organization. If they believe you are adding value and you are under the market value for the position, you don’t have to leave the organization.

If you determine that you still want to leave, than you want to do the same for the other organization. Rather than leaving for more money, look for more responsibility. Talk about the value you will be to their organization. Discuss who you are what you will bring to the organization. If you have a value discussion, that will translate in to a higher salary and you never said anything about money! Please come back and share your story. I would love to hear the outcome of your situation!

So, you have a job and you want another one! That’s ok. Go for it. But make sure you don’t jeopardize your current employment situation.

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