With Change Comes Opportunity
After doing this job for nearly 5 years, there are a few lessons you start to learn. Being transparent is essential, understanding people’s needs is a true value, always conduct business with a “people first” attitude, but one of the biggest is “I am an architect of change”. As overdramatic as it sounds, that is the case! Regardless of title, industry, responsibilities etc, the first thing anyone must consider is change, and let’s be honest, not everyone is a fan!
After spending most of my working day trying to motivate change, I recently practised what I preached and made a dramatic change of job. Although I couldn’t be happier with my choice of joining Adapt Talent, my decision was made for all the right reasons and I had the benefit of “inside information” (I had some friends that already worked at Adapt), it’s hard to ignore the ignited spark of empathy. I’ve made a career of understanding onboarding processes at companies and yet I’m still left with some apprehensions and fears of the unknown I spend my day attempting to remedy, so how do my candidates feel? The reality is, probably the same!
This personal and professional experience really cemented a few important points;
- More information the better: To make this process potentially daunting process as easy as possible, evet piece of available information is valuable. This doesn’t necessarily mean a long-winded pitch from your recruiter, but it actually means “communication” & “support”. Realistically, valuable information is unique to you. We all have our own requirements and it’s unlikely your exact scenario has come up before. Make sure your recruiter is working on your behalf to find this information but also relaying that information back correctly. The more we know, the easier it becomes to imagine our inclusion.
- How does the company deal with your concerns? This is important to really think about. Realistically, the perfect job doesn’t exist and there will undoubtedly be a level of compromise. When this scenario comes up, understand “how” this is addressed. This doesn’t mean “did they do whatever you asked??” If you’re looking for that you will end up disappointed at some point, but when a company does agree to your needs, to what level was it impactful? If you join a company with hundreds of millions in revenue, it probably isn’t difficult to slightly up your salary, but how did they feel about flexible hours?? The nucleus to this “show of intent” is attitude. Finding a way to assist your professional and personal life flexibility is normally a better indicator of a working environment and can make the “change” far easier.
- Why did I start this? It sounds stupid, but it can be easy to forget the core reasons why you originally sort out change. By the time a decision is pending, we’re left obsessing over details that have little influence over the main things we’re trying to achieve. Some advice I’ve offered for years is to write down the 3 main things you want out of this opportunity, then write “how?” and “to what degree?” will you find accomplish these points. There are always a wealth of reasons to change or not change, but finding clarity in your motivation can be extremely powerful. You can’t avoid the unknown, but you can make sure you ventured there for the right reasons.
Through all these points, techniques, advice and anything else that can influence change, the key is to embrace it! It’s unavoidable and without it, where do you find opportunity? There’s nothing wrong with holding on to security and familiarity, but without implementing the risk of change we’re left shackled and stagnating. As the title says, “with change comes opportunity”, but without it, how can we do better?
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