Should I take this job, even though it is not in my field
As a career blogger, I get a lot of question here from job seekers and I try to answer them all personally and sometimes will answer them here so everyone can benefit.
Yes, I do have some thoughts. My first thought is, who the hell are these so called career experts. Chances are they are clueless and giving you information and advice from the 1970’s not YKX. Take the job, again, my advice is TAKE THE JOB. Seriously, screw the career consultants. Are they going to pay your mortagage for you? The reality is everyone knows that we are experiencing hard economic times and when the job market turns around, employers will fully understand why you took a job to hold you over.
I currently work as a corporate recruiter for a pharmaceutical company and the majority of candidate and new hires are people that have been laid off recently and many have done other things in the meantime to bring in some money. When I first started recruiting over 10 years ago, there was a stigma attached to being out of work or taking a job because you needed the money. Times have changed…The problem is, someone forgot to tell the so called career experts.
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