People move around the world for a whole host of reasons. Some will simply want to experience life in different places. Some will move for the sake of love. Some will head overseas to escape problems at home and start a new life. But a reason to move that often causes us to stress over what is the right thing to do is moving for the sake of a career or professional progression.
Of course, what is the right decision will ultimately fall down to you, your wants, your needs, and your personal circumstances. But let’s take a moment to look through this subject in more detail!
Higher Education
Increasing numbers of employers are requesting college degrees from candidates who are applying for positions within their companies. So, it makes sense that you might want to pursue a higher education with your career in mind. A degree can open up all sorts of doors and qualify you for a host of graduate level entry positions with a good salary attached.
However, problems might occur if you realise that there aren’t any high ranking colleges in your local area. If you’re going to spend a fortune on education, you’re going to want to head somewhere that gives you the best quality education and a certificate from a reputable institution that is recognised by high-end employers.
Heading far afield for an education tends to be a pretty good choice to make, as long as you don’t have any major responsibilities or dependents where you currently live. It allows you to test the waters of being somewhere else for the duration of your course, and you could always move back at the end if things aren’t what you hoped they would be. This could prove to be the first building block in a hugely successful career.
Just take a look at Anthony Markofsky. He moved to Miami for a college degree and has experienced success since!
Job Potential
Generally speaking, the majority of us will look for jobs that are within a commutable distance of our current homes when we are searching for work. But every so often, you might see the opportunity of a lifetime spring up somewhere pretty far away. It’s always worth at least considering applying.
Take time to look at the pros and cons of heading to the place where the job is based. If the salary, experience, and reference will prove to be extremely beneficial for your overall career progression, it might be worth going – even if you have to spend some time in a place you’re not all too keen on.
You could always take on the position for a year or two and then ask for a transfer to somewhere you really want to live or you can add the experience to your resume and bag a similar job back home where you started out.
Moving could be a great opportunity for you. Hopefully, the above information has helped you to at least open your mind to the concept!
(Extra) Protect your health while working
To get the most out of life, you’ve got to put in a good dose of hard work, on a regular basis, and you’ve got to be able to maintain that effort consistently, day in, and day out.
Of course, that’s not to say that you don’t need balance in your life. Often, the most driven people in terms of career, are also some of the most unfulfilled in other areas of their life. So it’s important to take stock and understand how to balance your various competing priorities.
One thing that often gets neglected by hard working people when they’re pursuing their financial goals is health and overall wellbeing. But if you’re sick and miserable — is it worth grinding yourself to dust at work? And are you even going to be able to keep up the endurance to work successfully in the long term? Maybe not!
Since health and wellbeing are so important, here are some tips for protecting yours when working a demanding job.
.Know yourself
People sometimes find that their health and wellbeing suffers, because they’re being exploited or pushed to the edge of their capacity, by unscrupulous employers.
For this reason, it’s crucially important that you know yourself. If you feel that you are, in fact, being exploited and aren’t being given your legal rights — such as in the case of truckers who are forced to stay on the road for excessive lengths of time without proper breaks for rest and recovery — you should absolutely seek out industry-specific legal representation. Washington trucking lawyers, for example.
.Nutrition and sleep is key
Sleep isn’t just some nice thing for you to enjoy as a treat, or when you’re feeling a bit lazy. Instead, getting adequate sleep is one of the most fundamentally important things you can do for your overall health and wellbeing.
The neuroscientist Matthew Walker has written an entire book on the subject called “Why We Sleep”. To cut a long story short, sleeping less than 7-8 hours a night can massively boost your risk of diabetes, cancer, and mental decline.
And for all those people who think they need less sleep, genetically? Well, according to Matthew Walker, those genetic exceptions make up less than 1% of the population, in reality.
Nutrition is the other key part of the recovery equation, along with sleep. No matter how busy you are, try to eat home-cooked food instead of doughnuts, and get as much sleep as you can manage.
Learn more on protecting your health while working localy or abroad… ===> Your Health
Follow your passion as long you feel happy in your hearth.
Take care,
Stanley
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