Grammar fix
change jobs
switch employment
to leave your current job and start working in a different one, usually with a new company or in a new role.
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
After five years at the same company, she decided it was time to change jobs.
In my opinion, people should change jobs if they feel they are not learning anything new or if they want to develop their career.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: I want to change my job to a better company.
Say: I want to change jobs. / move to a better company.
'Change jobs' (plural, no possessive) is the set phrase for switching employment.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
'Transition to alternative employment' is corporate; 'changing jobs' is plain.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
change jobs
- change
- thinking of
- decide to
- switch