Getting a new job is not an easy process especially in South Africa . Unemployment rate is over 10%, which means your chance of getting a job after leaving another is slim.
However, as a professional your should keep the door open. Successful professionals move from one organisation to another. They do not stick to one company for their entire career.
As Human Capital experts, we encourage professionals to move from one job to another to get better benefits as well as finding a better fit for skills. Moving from one job to another also affords you the opportunity to gain the much needed experience to execute your duties.
The following are the most talked about reasons why employees fear to move from one job to another:
Lack of skill
Some employees are so much used to the routine of their current employer that’s they feel insecure to move to another job. They know deep inside that they do not have the necessary skills and they are only at their present employer at the mercy of the manager or someone influential.
Remedy:
The remedy for this kind of fear is to learn other areas of the business through rotations. Employees may also engage in studying other courses to improve their skills.
Fear of the unknown
This kind of fear is broad. Employees are generally risk averse individuals who would rather earn little money on a stable job than explore other options elsewhere.
They fear to begin a journey with a new team. They fear that they may not be accepted or might not bond with a new team as they did with the old one
Employee fear that the new employer might retrench or collapse and move out of business. They fear that the benefits they have been promised might be short lived.
Remedy
Employees need to be learn the trade off between risk and rewards. They also need to do more research on the company that is going to employ them.
Fear to break existing relationships and start new relationships
The objective of the Human Capital department is to make sure every employees feel at home and see each other as family. Thus helps the team to bond well and collaborate at work
However, there is a downside to such initiatives. The more the employees bond the stronger their relationships that it becomes even harder for one of the team members to leave employment to search for greener pastures elsewhere
Employees take their workmates as family as they spend most time with them. They become afraid of starting a new family elsewhere
Remedy:
There is comfort in knowing that the new employer will also start initiatives that enables you to bond with new team members