As the employment market begins to improve, some of you will become tempted to look for other job opportunities and make a change.  The temptations for many are much like long term personal relationships when one or both parties decide the relationship is no longer working and begin to look for other options.  As professional matchmakers we see these kind of workplace dynamics every day.  The temptation to look are always there and the opportunity to leave will always present itself.  However, after 28 years of marriage and over 12 years in the recruiting industry, I can tell you that the grass is not always greener on the other side.  In fact, sometimes it is actually turf and not grass at all. Additionally, the more frequently one changes jobs (with few exceptions), the lesser the person's professional market value is in the workplace.

  

Here at CSS we want our clients to do more than survive but to thrive in the workplace.  We want you to have every opportunity to succeed and we put forth our efforts to give you that opportunity through one our three service offerings (professional and executive recruiting; career development training, and career coaching services).

  

Whether you stay with your company for 30 years or look for another opportunity after only two or three years, make sure you make informed decisions based on facts and not emotions.  Your professional health is as important as your physical and financial health.  They are all intertwined together.  Either one of them can directly impact those other areas of your life. Choose wisely.