Are you feeling stagnant in your current job? If so, there may be some creative solutions you haven’t thought of. Here’s one way to create a better situation for yourself without having to conduct a job search.
Career growth doesn’t always mean changing positions or companies, even if you feel stagnant in your current job.
It’s likely you have strengths and talents you are not utilizing.
These gifts and talents can be leveraged to renegotiate your current position.
Consider how you can contribute something new to the company you work for now.
Are there other departments that could benefit from your under- or un-utilized gifts and talents?
Is there a project you could do that would benefit your department, another department, or the company as a whole?
Could you create a new position for yourself that would bring more efficiency, value, or other positive aspects to the organization?
These are all good questions to ask yourself before setting out to renegotiate your current position.
Renegotiating Your Current Position
Wanting to change jobs or departments because you don’t get along with a coworker, you don’t like your office, or you don’t think you’re making enough money is not a strong position.
It’s essential to present your ideas to whomever you are proposing this new arrangement in a way that shows how it will benefit them and/or the company.
In a nutshell, what new strategies, strengths, ideas, opportunities, or energy can you bring to your current job or department, a different department, a new project, or a different aspect of your work?
And how will this new perspective improve the organization?
Maybe you’ve been doing your current job for some time and you’re really good at it, but you no longer feel you are learning or growing.
Your supervisor may not be thrilled about you leaving that position.
If this is the case, straddling two departments may be a possibility.
You can suggest continuing to do your current job, but divide your time between that area and another area that would bring you more inspiration.
And keep in mind that the most attractive way to present this is to show how you can fill a gap that isn’t currently being addressed in the company.
I have helped many clients negotiate such arrangements, even in companies they didn’t think would agree to it.
You never know if you don’t ask!
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