Experts Offer Tips For Beating Career Blues

If it's not possible to find a new job or new responsibilities, try volunteering after work at a nonprofit or another organization that interests you. Having something stimulating and fulfilling outside of your job may help ease your unhappiness at work.

Another idea is to become an entrepreneur on the side as long as you don't take time away from your primary job.

"It is incredibly easy today in comparison with a year ago, five years ago, 10 years ago to set up a business, to do so with some kind of an online presence if online is part of the strategy," Lewis said.

Other options are to take professional development courses, new classes or additional training to fine-tune skills.

"People stay very engaged in a job if they have new challenges, new opportunities to grow," Bowen said.

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