Four Key Career Levers

As you search for work that promotes balance, you might review your most important priorities and use four key levers—travel, vacation time, commuting time, and responsibility within job—to determine whether a new job prospect will help or hinder your efforts for greater balance.

You might consider each of these four factors when selecting a job or thinking about a promotion. These will either help or hurt your ability to balance a career and family. Decide how much of each you can have and still balance your life. When you’ve made the decision, find a job and a place to live that correspond with what you’ve decided.