Having Time Helps Avoid Bad Career Moves | Endeavor Agency

By Cord Harper, CEO and Founder of Endeavor Agency

February 17, 2020

“I have the worst luck in the world when it comes to jobs,” the new client shared. “The past four companies have either been full of horrible people or going through terrible financial times. I keep making bad career moves.”



He shared this with me to explain why he had worked in five different places in the last 7 years. It was causing him big challenges in finding his next job.


“I don’t think it’s bad luck,” I replied. “I think it’s the result of the process you’re using.”


At first this took him aback. “What do you mean by that?” He asked defensively.


“Take a closer look. When you left the first job seven years ago, you were in a rush,” I pointed out. “You said the company had just been purchased and you needed to find something new quickly.”


“OK,” he replied.


“You learned the new job was not the right fit within a few months,” I continued. “That led you to take another job quickly. Do you see the pattern?”


After a few more minutes of visiting the light bulbs went off in his mind. It wasn’t random bad luck. It was the logical outcomes of a broken process. The good news was that we could fix it once he recognized what the problem was.


Finding the right job takes time, expertise and resources especially if you’re targeting upper level positions. Fix the process and avoid bad career moves.

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About Endeavor Agency


Endeavor Agency is a leading executive career coaching company helping individual executives, VPs, senior managers, professionals, and recent college graduates find the jobs they truly want. Our additional resources, expertise, and career change specialists help our clients uncover more and better job opportunities than what they could access on their own.


Endeavor Agency helps rebrand clients to effectively communicate their value throughout the interview process and increase their odds dramatically of winning offers. Additionally, Endeavor Agency helps clients achieve better results in negotiating the terms of their employment agreements.


Endeavor Agency also provides executive coaching, outplacement services, and business consulting services. Endeavor can also help guide executives focused on the private equity and venture capital market segments.

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