Three factors to consider before making a drastic career move

To quit or not to quit?

It happens to all of us.

When we start a new job, everything is new and exciting.

We feel motivated to go to work each day.

We feel challenged by all the new information coming our way.

And then we seemingly run out of steam. Did we change? Did the job change?

Either way, we start to lost interest in our job, wondering if a new job is what we need to spruce things up.

Is a new job what you need though? Or is your current job salvageable?

According to the self determination theory, a framework that attempts to explain our intrinsic motivation, there are three factors that determine our job satisfaction:

Note: This assessment doesn’t apply in case of toxic or abusive work environment. This is more for situations where there is nothing blatantly wrong with your job, yet you feel somehow dissatisfied and itching for a change.

Competence: I Matter

In a job that fulfills our need for competence, we feel like our abilities matter, and that they are being leveraged to make things happen.

We feel challenged by our work, and we feel that we are always learning and growing our competence.