What Constitutes a Career Change?
The agency’s reasoning makes a great deal of sense. We can define career change in many different ways. For some, it could mean switching occupational fields, while others may equate it with getting a job with a different employer. Still, others might say they’ve made a career change when they’ve advanced to another position within the same field. The BLS, in a press release dated March 31, 2015, released the results of a report that looked at the number of times people changed jobs. This report was limited in that it only considered job changes that occurred between the ages of 18 and 48 and only looked at a small subset of the population—those born between 1957 and 1964, a segment defined as “young baby boomers.” The report showed that those people changed jobs, on average, 11.7 times.
Why You Should Make Better Decisions
Whether that number signifies a change in place of employment or career field, it is a big one. Perhaps you can increase your odds of having career stability by putting more thought into choosing a career or deciding whether to accept a job offer. Better decision making could lead to finding a job or choosing an occupation for which you are well suited thereby increasing the chance that you will stick with it. Of course, even taking great care when choosing a job or career doesn’t mean you won’t want to or need to make a change. There are other reasons you may decide to quit your job or change your career.
