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Career risk is the probability of a negative outcome in your career due to action or inaction. Negative outcomes may include a loss of income, failure to meet goals or a decline in your quality of life. There is a relationship between risk taking and opportunity such that risk also has rewards. The following are common types of career risk.
Changing jobs, even within the same company, always involves some degree of uncertainty and risk. For example, there is a risk that you simply won't find a new position fulfilling leading to boreout.The risk of inaction. Generally speaking, employees who regularly develop new skills, take on challenging work assignments, push for promotions, evaluate their goals and improve face less risk than employees who cling to a role and try to avoid change.
A risk that is identified, analyzed and treated. For example, changing employers after thoroughly investigating your new role and employer.Uncalculated RiskA risk that is taken without any analysis or mitigation such as suddenly quitting your job without much of a plan.
The risk that an employer will misrepresent a job or their firm. For example, switching employers to find that your new employer is unreliable with salary payments.The risk that you will find the organizational culture surrounding a new job to be unacceptable. For example, attempting to transition from a friendly and supportive culture to an antagonistic environment.
The risk that working conditions in a new job will be unacceptable to you. PerformanceThe risk that your performance will be viewed as low such that you will face consequences such as dismissal.Creative RiskTaking creative risks in your work such as proposing an innovative approach to a process.
Political RiskRisks related to office politics such as a battle that you find overly stressful. In some cases, intensive office politics lead to dismissals.Reputational RiskThe risk of damage to your reputation. For example, a CEO with a good reputation who is fired for poor behavior or results. Risk related to investments in your career such as education can be viewed as investment risks. This can include opportunity costs.
Entrepreneurial RiskGenerally speaking, founding a new company has far more risk than working for an employer. This represents a shift from career risk to business risk. Startups and new small businesses can represent high risk investments of time and capital.Positive RiskThe risk of too much of a good thing. For example, the risk that your employer will view your performance as high and try to push you into a promotion that you don't want. Positive risks can often be dealt with as opportunities such as an employee who successfully negotiates a position crafted for them.Health & SafetyThe risk that your career with damage your health.Risks to your well-being and happiness such as taking on a position with poor work-life balance in exchange for higher remuneration only to find yourself dissatisfied with life.|
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