Stay, don't hop!
WHILE JOB HOPPING WAS
CONSIDERED A FAD TILL RECENTLY, PROFESSIONALS ARE NOW REALISING THE BENEFITS OF
BEING STABLE IN AN ORGANISATION AND CHOOSING TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE
Working in one or two
organisations for our entire career span is something that Indians are used to.
We have seen our parents and grandparents do the same and till recently , this
was considered to be a norm.Nonetheless, the job graph in the past one decade
has seen a lot of variations. While a larger section of employees still remain
faithful to their organisations by sticking on for a larger part of their
careers, there has been a considerable improvement in the number of employees
who have preferred to job hop to improve avenues at work. They also seem to get
a considerable push every time they change their jobs, bringing them ahead of
their counterparts who chose to remain stable.
While an increasing number
of employees are resorting to job-hopping in recent years to climb higher up
the professional ladder, a large chunk of professionals still remains under the
dilemma as to whether job hopping is the best way to ensure financial and
professional growth. Neesha Mohapatra, director of human resources, JW Marriott
Mumbai Sahar, talks about what is the best approach between the two, “Every
organisation has evolved nowadays with an understanding that their employees
are their strategic business partners. They help them in being flexible and
create new processes so that every generation can adapt to new situations. As
the company evolves, the associates have more opportunity for learning and
growth. Also, being stable within an organisation to become its pillar of
strength will help any employee achieve his/her success better.“
It goes without saying that
the individual should get into career options which interest himher. This not
only keeps one's interest in hisher profile intact, but also helps to be more
stable. SV Nathan, senior director and chief talent officer for the Deloitte US
Firms in India, echoes this viewpoint, “It is best to stick to an organisation
and grow within it. Three things are important in any person's career creating
value for the organisation, and self, and feeling valued. Value creation
happens over longer stints and in the early part of the career, it is not
easily recognised. With time, one acquires stature and gravitas. The only time
one must look outside is when one feels a loss of being valued by an
organisation. And, it can happen when the individual experiences a lack of
growth. This is when they should make a change. However, this should always be
once the person has given time for value osmosis to occur.“
With evolving minds and an
urge to grow, millennials are more susceptible to frequent job
changes.Nonetheless, it is important to consider the possibilities of one's
current position. Anil Sachdev, founder & CEO of The School of Inspired
Leadership, insists that these are two critical factors to ensure long-term
success. “In case, one is not learning anything new and is doing the same thing
over and over again, it could be a good reason to reconsider the place that
they are in.
However, moving jobs for
monetary increments or role changes is certainly slated only for short-term
success. For success in the long term, it is important see an organisation
through the growth cycle and contribute to its longterm vision,“ he asserts.
With frequent jobhopping
becoming a fad amongst most professionals in the last decade, it seems that
people are coming back to the old, tested and tried methods of professionalism,
and are only considering a job change in case their present workplace is not
providing them any growth in terms of exposure, vertical growth, work-life
balance and financial benefits.
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Kamini Kulshreshtha
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TOI13JAN16
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