I've had a couple of promotions over the last 9 years, but I've essentially been doing the same type of work. I've always had exemplary reviews and I know that I have really solid references. I never expected to stay in the same place for this long, but because of family, personal, other issues, here we are 9 years later. I'm now getting serious about making one more move before our kids get much older because we live in a pretty rural place and I want a lot of other options in various aspects of life.
A lot of people say that you sabotage yourself when you stay put for too long in your career, but I'm not sure that it's always a horrible thing to show that you are committed and capable of handling a stressful position of a long period of time. What are everyone's thoughts on this?
Also, besides some of the obvious, are there other suggestions people have about starting a job search after not doing one for a long time? I'm thinking there are ways that I'm going to need to position myself after being in one spot for a long time. Thanks in advance!