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Making a Bold Move: Time to Move On
Choosing to leave a job is never easy, but sometimes is necessary. Learn how I knew it was time to go and move on from my most recent job.
Since June, I have worked at a nonprofit doing workforce development training. When I was hired, I mentioned that I had a background in accreditation and assessment, but this wasn’t the bulk of my job. At the time, it was a useful skill to mention, since they were preparing for their accreditation visit later in the year. And I really wanted to dust off those skills I had.
Fast forward five months and I am exhausted.
The workforce development training part of the job is thrilling! Helping people develop skills to find jobs. Hearing the successes of people who used the skills in interviews. Supporting people to re-discover their voices. All of it has been amazing to witness.
The hardest parts, however, are the endless administrative tasks that have found themselves on my desk. Acting as a de facto manager, staff regularly stop by my office to ask about a process. Mind you, I am not receiving a manager's salary, but that hasn’t stopped the new check-ins with me.
A couple of weeks ago, it occurred to me that I was performing as a manager — now in the absence of a manager who recently left our department — and that is not the dream I had for this…
