Compensation – the first element in deciding on a career change.
In the thousands of years before the 20th century, compensation was probably the only element deciding what work one would do. People did not have the luxury provided our high standard of living to choose work that is not always the most lucrative. Today we have the choice to do work which may pay less in exchange for the satisfaction of the work or lesser time commitments. That having been said, compensation remains the must dominant element for most people in making career choices.
We encourage our clients to examine compensation first because it often shortcuts the entire decision process. If you find that you simply cannot afford to take make the career change, then the decision process is over. As much as you may hate your current job or dislike the imbalance it causes in your life, you will have to work out an economic solution before gong any further. This sometimes involves developing a plan to reduce a client’s economic dependency on their current position. These plans may involve years, but many of our clients find that it is worth it in order to change their lives.
