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Chapter 1: How do I know if I'm in the right career?
From Ramsey Network, this is The Ramsey Show, where we help you get control of your money, get ahead in your career, and get on the path to living well. I'm George Campbell, your host, joined today by Ken Coleman, and we are taking your calls. The number is 888-825-5225. Let's talk about your work, your life, your money.
Many of you at a crossroads when it comes to your career right now, figuring out where to go. I think we want to move. We're remote. We just got laid off. There's a hot job market. What do we do?
Chapter 2: When should I consider taking a promotion?
I'm not doing the things that I want to be doing. And, Ken, you're taking so many calls on your show of people switching, and you're helping them navigate it.
Yeah, it's happening. People saying, hey, I certainly want to jump in on this roller coaster ride where people are leveling up big time. We're seeing right now an average of a 14% increase in salary when people change jobs. And let's point this out. You want to know what a major driver of the inflation is? It's an increase in wages.
So certainly moving to another company can give you a big boost in income. But we want to make sure that we're moving not just for the paycheck, but we're going, okay, I'm moving to get on the right seat.
Chapter 3: What should I do if I feel stuck in my career?
on the right bus. Because if we can do that, and of course the income is there, the increase is there rather, now we're setting ourselves up for just continual growth. And so that's what we focus on the Ken Coleman Show. What were you created to do? All of us have a unique combination of talent, what we do best, passion, work we love. and a sense of mission, results that motivate us.
And so when we can get all three of those unique elements in alignment, good things happen. So that's what we do. We'd love to help some people out today.
Yeah, you can use that income to do the baby steps, which is what we preach here on the show.
Chapter 4: How can I effectively navigate a job change?
So give us a call, 888-825-5225. Rob joins us first in Chattanooga. Rob, welcome to the show.
Hey, guys. Thanks for taking my call.
Absolutely. How can we help?
So this question is mainly for Ken, but George, I love your input. Love my company that I work for. I love my bosses.
Chapter 5: Should I sell my house to pursue a new opportunity?
I've got three bosses up the line that are amazing. But as I've gone further in my career, I've noticed that more of what I'm doing, I'm the bad guy to our clients. When things are good, I don't have to say much, but it's when things are bad that I have to speak up. And
I'm starting to wonder if that's for me because I'm a pretty happy, go-lucky, upbeat guy, and I don't like being the bearer of bad news.
Tell me a little bit more about the role. What do you mean by when things go wrong, I have to be the bad guy to our clients?
We're a consultant engineer, and we work for clients that hire contractors to do work. And so when the contractors aren't doing it correctly, we turn around and tell the clients that, hey, this is what's going wrong here. And the contractor typically has pushback or looks at us or argues with us like we don't know what we're talking about.
Chapter 6: What are the financial implications of moving for work?
And it's typically frustrating.
And it sounds like it's draining to you.
Yeah, yeah, it definitely is.
Yeah. And have you been in that role the entire time you've been with this company or is this something that you kind of evolved into?
Well, I've evolved into it. I've had the same role, but I've been given a lot more responsibility in the last year. And I really noticed this over the last three months on two of the jobs where things are, you know, not going according to plan and we have to bring it up.
Yeah. And it's to the point where you go, I don't think I can keep doing this.
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Chapter 7: How do I balance career growth with family responsibilities?
Is that fair? Yeah.
I can do it. I don't have a problem doing it. It's just... No, that's not true. I'm not a... You do.
You do have a problem doing it, and that's not bad. I'm trying to free you here. It drains you so much that you sit there and you wonder how much longer or... I know you can do it, but that is not a function of technically doing it. It's just how much longer emotionally can you keep doing that type of thing.
Chapter 8: What are the steps to take when feeling overwhelmed in my career?
There's a sense of dread every time you have to go and deal with one of these.
Am I right?
Oh, yeah. You're right.
Okay, then. So... That's eventually going to turn into resentment. I don't know how long, because you're a good guy with a lot of character.
But I'm telling you, if you don't resolve this, and what I mean by resolve is, you've got to talk to your leaders, you've got a great relationship, you said you love your three bosses, you love the company, you've got to go, you know what, this is dragging me down, and here's how it's affecting me, and... And if we don't resolve it, it's going to turn into something negative.
None of us want that. And I think I can add greater value somewhere else. And I think the conversation has to be one that is, you know what, I realize this about myself. When I have to deliver bad news, it drains me. It is not who I am. And so I'm not at my best when I'm doing this type of work for the company. Do you understand what I'm saying so far?
Absolutely.
Now, let me flip this. There are some people, I'll raise my hand just for example purposes, that I have no problem with confrontation. And this is a form of confrontation. And it drains you and it energizes other people. Would you agree with that, Rob? You think of people in your life, you know, that doing what you have to do that drains you, they could do it and it doesn't even make them blink.
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
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