Comments on: Should You Take a Lower-Level Job? http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2009/03/23/should-you-take-a-lower-level-job/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid= I Help You Become a Higher Performer, Get Promoted, and Better Paid Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:37:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: simonstapleton http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2009/03/23/should-you-take-a-lower-level-job/comment-page-1/#comment-991 simonstapleton Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:34:12 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1722#comment-991 @Mark - it's totally understandable why people don't go, isn't it? I also think that this can be damaging in the long run if those people feel trapped in their jobs. Misery often results, as does seriously reduced productivity. The advice I give to folks in this position is to do something quite hard: revitalize their current job, by finding something new within that role to challenge themself, to take another look at their objectives, and in some cases set new ones. It takes a lot of courage to do that, but the alternative is often much more dire! @Mark – it’s totally understandable why people don’t go, isn’t it? I also think that this can be damaging in the long run if those people feel trapped in their jobs. Misery often results, as does seriously reduced productivity. The advice I give to folks in this position is to do something quite hard: revitalize their current job, by finding something new within that role to challenge themself, to take another look at their objectives, and in some cases set new ones. It takes a lot of courage to do that, but the alternative is often much more dire!

]]> By: Mark McClure http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2009/03/23/should-you-take-a-lower-level-job/comment-page-1/#comment-990 Mark McClure Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:42:05 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1722#comment-990 The Tokyo market for Foreign IT Professional is small and somewhat incestuous - so, this may be a biased sample. Anyway, from talking to IT Headhunters here's what I believe's going on: 1- Good people in permie roles are staying put (whether bonus is slashed or pay rise zero.) 2- Those let go are: - going home. - taking English conversation teaching jobs (there's a glut of such teachers here and wages are much, much lower than IT). - trying to land something in Singapore, Hong Kong or Oz (if they can get in). Bottom line - yes, to put food on the table, some IT tech peeps are (having to) take whatever is going. And now with Japan's export-based economy deep in the dumpster, the likelihood of major hiring (perm employees are expensive here compared to putting someone in India, China, Singapore) is not high this year (at least). Finally, the Japanese version of QE is going on again as we speak. They've been at it for years. Good luck Mervyn King ;-) The Tokyo market for Foreign IT Professional is small and somewhat incestuous – so, this may be a biased sample. Anyway, from talking to IT Headhunters here’s what I believe’s going on:

1- Good people in permie roles are staying put (whether bonus is slashed or pay rise zero.)

2- Those let go are:
- going home.
- taking English conversation teaching jobs (there’s a glut of such teachers here and wages are much, much lower than IT).
- trying to land something in Singapore, Hong Kong or Oz (if they can get in).

Bottom line – yes, to put food on the table, some IT tech peeps are (having to) take whatever is going.

And now with Japan’s export-based economy deep in the dumpster, the likelihood of major hiring (perm employees are expensive here compared to putting someone in India, China, Singapore) is not high this year (at least).

Finally, the Japanese version of QE is going on again as we speak. They’ve been at it for years. Good luck Mervyn King ;-)

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