Five Ways to Bungle a Job Change (journal article)
By Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
from Harvard Business Review Vol. 88 Issue 1 Jan 2010, pp. 137-140
"The article focuses on career development and job change. The challenges, transaction costs, and risks associated with job moves are discussed. The authors' research with executives is noted. The mistakes in career development that job hunters make are not doing enough research on the job market, leaving a job for one that offers more money, job-hopping instead of career planning, overestimating one's value to an organization, and thinking in a short term perspective. Questions that should be asked throughout the process of a job change are mentioned. The effect of psychological, social, and time pressures on a job move is mentioned."