by Glenn Magas

Created on: February 18, 2010

You spend most of your day, and your life, at a job that you may love or you may hate. The fact is, most Americans are unhappy with their current job as stated by a recent poll. That being the case, they continue to do what they do despite their dislike for it. At this point, and this economy, it is all about the money. People need to keep their jobs.

But there is a boiling point and this point is where a worker realizes he or she wants more in their lives than working every day at a job that doesn’t fit them, or a job that they absolutely hate.  A person who wants more from their life will do what it takes for self-improvement and motivation, which lends directly to a better career and motivation in the workplace.

Are you ready to move on? A new career? Possibly a new lease on life? Well, here are 3 signs that you should change your career.

1. Your job is negatively affecting your personal life.
2. Your job was a ‘temporary’ job until you found the dream job.
3. You will never earn as much money unless you change careers.

Each person is different. Some can stick with a ‘no-growth’ job till the day they retire. They still believe in job security and most can’t see past the current paycheck. Career oriented individuals, whether they do it to climb a corporate ladder or specifically for more dollars on a paycheck, will take action and set goals to get what they want.

1. Your job is negatively affecting your personal life.

If your job is taking its toll on you and it affects you physically, mentally, and philologically, it is a good time to reassess your job and seek employment elsewhere. This may mean a change of careers because your job somewhere else will probably affect you the same exact way.

Leaving a job for another similar one due to your hatred for it will probably be the same thing over and over again. Chasing the money despite the fact that you hate what you are doing does and will never make the situation better. Money does not solve the problems, self-fulfillment does. Sure, money helps, but self-fulfillment helps you a lot more!

2. Your job was a ‘temporary’ job until you found the dream job.

You may have ‘fell into’ this job right out of college. Or due to immediate needs with the thought of it as only being temporary.  The next thing you know, years go by and you are used to the daily routine. But you know this is not what you set out to do but did due to necessity.

The timing will never

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