Discuss the Factors You Need to Consider If Your Company Intended to Send You Overseas in a Two Year Career Development Assignment.

Discuss the factors you need to consider if your company intended to send you overseas in a two year career development assignment.

The factors that I would have to consider in taking the career development assignment would be my long terms goals, my relationships, and the amount of job security I would have. Putting my life that I'm accustomed to on hold for further career development is a major decision that would affect the rest of my life. Being on a career development assignment for two years in another country would create new opportunities, that otherwise would never have of been available to me. On the contrary to this all the other aspects of my life would be waiting on my return.

The relationships I would have with my family, friends, and significant other would be strained by the long distance between one another. I would rarely see or hear from my family living overseas, as opposed to being close enough now where I can see or talk to them anytime I needed. It would be almost unattainable to keep a close relationship with friends or having a girlfriend living so far away for so long. My long term goals would be interrupted by my leaving and focusing on career development for two years. In the future I would end up with if not a better job at least improved skills. A major factor in my decision to go overseas would be the different possibilities of where I could end up. The job security/promise would be the most crucial factor on me making my decision. An opportunity to develop my career further would be hard to pass up if it guaranteed me a desired position within the company. Without the promise of a job or promotion my verdict would not be as clear cut. When considering taking a job overseas for two years on a career development assignment the factors that are taken in to account the most are my relationships, long term goals, and the promise of job and job security.