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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

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Speaker 2: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 2: Today's tip is that you may as well look. No

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Speaker 2: job is perfect, so if there is something you don't

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Speaker 2: like in your current job, you don't need to assume

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Speaker 2: that you will never find something better. It's quite possible

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Speaker 2: that you could, and being aware of the landscape in

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Speaker 2: your industry is seldom a bad thing, even if you

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Speaker 2: decide to stay put. In another episode this week, I'll

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Speaker 2: be talking about changing careers and how it's best to

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Speaker 2: have a vision of something you would like to do

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Speaker 2: and not just what you don't want to do. But

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Speaker 2: while changing careers can be complicated, changing jobs may not be.

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Speaker 2: And even if you are not actively looking to change jobs,

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Speaker 2: it's okay to look at what jobs are out there. Indeed,

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Speaker 2: it's healthy to do so from time to time, even

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Speaker 2: if you are happy. Seeing what's out there is good

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Speaker 2: for networking even if you don't switch, and it's important

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Speaker 2: to make sure that you are not underpaid. In some ways,

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Speaker 2: a job is somewhat like a marriage. You hope it lasts,

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Speaker 2: and you have to work to make sure everybody is

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Speaker 2: happy with it. But in other ways, it isn't like

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Speaker 2: a marriage at all. I would not recommend looking at

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Speaker 2: dating sites if you've got some issues in your marriage,

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Speaker 2: but I absolutely would recommend looking at what is out

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Speaker 2: there with jobs, even if you are pretty happy with

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Speaker 2: the job you have. And I'm not even talking about

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Speaker 2: actively applying to things. First and foremost, this is about networking.

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Speaker 2: Everyone should be having regular conversations with people at different organizations,

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Speaker 2: in their industries and in adjacent industries. It's good to

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Speaker 2: know lots of people and know what areas are growing.

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Speaker 1: That way, when something cool opens up, people know about it,

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Speaker 1: and they will tell you, and you can then make.

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Speaker 2: A choice about what to do about it. You want

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Speaker 2: this information because it simply gives you options. Lots of

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Speaker 2: times people justify their current jobs as being optimal in

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Speaker 2: some way. I mean, yes, it's not that challenging, and

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Speaker 2: I'm underpaid, but at least this job is flexible, or yes,

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Speaker 2: I'm on the road two to three nights per week,

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Speaker 2: but at least I'm paid well, or the work is fascinating,

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Speaker 2: and so I guess I should just expect that the

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Speaker 2: benefits are terrible. No one can have it all, right.

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Speaker 2: I am unlikely to find something better anywhere else. Well,

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Speaker 2: maybe the truth is.

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Speaker 1: That very few people have optimized for anything with their jobs.

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Speaker 2: You wind up in a job that was available and

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Speaker 2: that you knew about when you were looking. But this

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Speaker 2: in no way represents the entire universe of jobs. It's

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Speaker 2: only a very narrow sliver, so that means it might

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Speaker 2: be possible to move up in multiple dimensions. At the

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Speaker 2: same time, it is quite possible that you might find

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Speaker 2: a better paying job that is more interesting and more flexible.

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Speaker 2: It's possible that you might find a better paying job

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Speaker 2: that doesn't require so much travel. If work travel isn't

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Speaker 2: really your thing, you might be able to get better

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Speaker 2: benefits and more interesting work. You honestly just don't know

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Speaker 2: unless you look, so take this as a public service

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Speaker 2: announcement to reach out and get those virtual coffees scheduled

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Speaker 2: with all of your professional acquaintances. Go to those conferences

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Speaker 2: and talk to people in different organizations. See what you

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Speaker 2: can find out about the work, about working conditions, about

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Speaker 2: pay and benefits. You might decide that you are perfectly

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Speaker 2: content where you are, and that is great. You might

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Speaker 2: decide that you are perfectly content and see that other

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Speaker 2: places are paying more, which is great information to have

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Speaker 2: the next time you do a review with your manager. Look,

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Speaker 2: you might say, I love it here and I know

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Speaker 2: that X, Y and Z companies are paying about this amount.

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Speaker 2: What can we do to get me closer to that

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Speaker 2: over the next year. Or you might decide that if

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Speaker 2: something cool opens up, you will try for it. All

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Speaker 2: those people you've been having virtual coffees with can help

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Speaker 2: you there. There is really no downside to being aware

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Speaker 2: of what is going on in the job market. You

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Speaker 2: may as well. Look, you don't have to do anything,

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Speaker 2: but knowing what's out there can help you be better

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Speaker 2: paid at a job you like, or can help you

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Speaker 2: switch to something you'd like even more. In the meantime,

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Speaker 2: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the.

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