I'm afraid to change jobs... Everyone faces the need to change jobs. True, the frequency is different for everyone... Some people work in one place for years. And someone is looking for something new every 6 months. This is not easy for everyone, especially if there is a need to change, in addition to the employer, another field of activity or profession. The longer we work within one company or one position, the psychologically more difficult it is for us to decide to look for a new job. There are several reasons for this: 1) What if it gets worse?? Everything here is already familiar - the team, the range of responsibilities, the route to work... Everyone probably has a fear of change to some extent. In general, a healthy person is one who strives for something new, and a neurotic person strives for something stable and eternal. And this fear of change slows us down. As a result, we continue to go to work that is no longer interesting to us and slowly degrade. Work becomes hard labor, but such a person can reason: “It’s better to endure the known evil than to strive for the unknown.” 2) Self-doubt, which is expressed in the fear of not finding a new job. After all, you will have to compete with a bunch of other specialists, prove your level of professionalism, convince that you are worthy of taking an attractive vacancy. And this is always a test - what if they don’t appreciate me? What if I remain unemployed for a long time? This fear is the brighter the smaller our financial cushion. After all, money, like everything else in our lives, tends to run out. 3) How will they accept me in a new place? - what kind of people will be there? And the boss? Or maybe I won’t be able to cope with new responsibilities? Haven't I done this before? What if I don't succeed? In my opinion, these are the main reasons. However, you can add your own if you have them. If you have such thoughts, the question arises - what to do about it? I would like to express my hypotheses about why these fears arise and possible solutions. So, “What if it gets worse??” As a rule, people with the “THEY -” sociogene endure changes in the environment the hardest, that is, those who get used to a narrow circle. They find it difficult to interact with new people and need time to bond, trust, and feel comfortable. They are afraid to change jobs, afraid to go for interviews, find it difficult to join a new team, etc. These are shy people. If this is about you, what should you do? I know only one way out - to go through my fear. Modesty and shyness are not qualities that contribute to career development. So try it, do it, take small steps, the main thing is don’t slow down! One interview, the second, the tenth. It will get easier each time. And to have incentives to do all this, having a big goal will help. Do you have a strategic goal? What are you aiming for? As ME Litvak writes, “there is only one path to a small goal, but many paths to a big goal.” If you’re really scared of looking for a job, try the “lateral growth” option - devote all your free time (including work time) to developing your skills, doing what interests you. Do something new and difficult. After all, you can’t do the same thing for a long time! “What if I don’t find a job?” - in essence, this is uncertainty in the level of one’s professionalism, or the inability to sell oneself. To begin, take an inventory of who you are today as a specialist - what do you know? what can you do? What are your achievements in previous jobs? What are you good at? what are your advantages? Make these lists, focus on your positives. If you are passionate about your work, if you enjoy your work itself, your profession, this is already a big advantage for you. After all, there are very few passionate people with sparkling eyes! But in today’s time it is not enough to be a professional, you also need to be able to show yourself as a professional, present yourself in!