Emotions can play a big part in your career particularly when it comes to thinking about leaving one company for another.

Certainly if you have been with a company for a significant period of time and/or are close with your manager, you might be very emotional when it comes time to resign your position after accepting a job elsewhere.

Emotions can also come into play when considering a new job opportunity that is in front of you. Emotions can cause you to start thinking with your heart rather than your head especially if you are wooed by a potential employer and they make you feel like the most important person in the world.

You might find yourself particularly attracted to certain aspects of a potential new job such as the thought of a nice corner office, expense account or working for a more prestigious company that you are working for now.

Suddenly, you dont start thinking as clearly as you should be and often it doesnt become apparent until its too late and youve already made your decision based on the emotions you were feeling earlier.

The important part of your emotions is ensuring they are kept in check and that they dont override common sense especially when it comes to important career decisions.

Here are some thoughts regarding how to minimize the chances that your emotions take over during critical times of decision-making:

1. Whenever possible try to take time to think about your decision before acting on it.

For example, if you are considering a job offer and have been given several days by the employer to think about whether to accept or decline it, take a day or so to think about it if youre a bit unsure as to whether or not the job is right for you. Dont feel like you have to make your decision right away if you dont have to.

2. Give proper consideration to decisions that will have a long-term effect.

This is especially true when it comes to something that you cant undo ie. resigning a job for another. Always give proper attention to a decision that you cant go back on and ensure that its well-thought out before acting on it.

3. Remember that the grass isnt always greener on the other side.

Emotions can come into play when you are in a job that you dont like and feel like youd do anything to escape it. Leaving one bad job for another bad one can happen if you simply look for another company who will hire you and take a new job thinking/hoping/praying it will be better than what you have now. Dont let emotions lead you from one bad situation to another.

Carl Mueller

My name is Carl Mueller and I'd like to thank you for learning a bit more about me!

I feel that I have numerous relevant experiences during my career that come in useful when helping people with their careers:

I know what it?s like to work internationally, having worked overseas (in New Zealand, from 1994-1998).

I've survived several corporate downsizings while many of my colleagues were being laid off.

I have also experienced being laid off twice myself during corporate downsizings.

I know what it?s like to be self-employed.

I've helped many people find better jobs. I started to work as a professional recruiter in 2000 first as an Information Technology (IT) recruiter and then in general recruitment across many industries including IT, manufacturing and marketing. Since this time, I have helped many people find their dream career and it?s a great feeling.

I experienced one of the slowest hiring periods in recent memory especially during the general hiring slowdown that followed the Y2K frenzy in 1999, the bursting of the dot com bubble in early 2000, and then the employment market bottoming out following September 11, 2001.

These were certainly not great times to be a job searcher in most industries nor was it a particularly good time to be a recruiter.

Following this, I began running the day to day operations of an Internet-based company in early 2003 that focused on developing online software and subscription-based websites for consumers. It was then that I fully realized the power, usefulness and potential of the Internet which really spurred me to set up my own website which you can view in my Personal URL section below this bio.

I?m also a Platinum Ezine Articles Expert as recognized by EzineArticles.com, one of the most visited websites on the Internet. This special designation is earned by having consistently high-quality articles published and viewed on their website. All of my submissions are related to helping you find your dream career and many of my articles get reproduced on other websites by their webmasters.

Good luck with your career and I hope I have been of assistance to you!