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After 2 years of looking, in November 2017, I got my first job. The only drawback for me is that the job is not in line with my career goals (I want to be a geriatric social worker and the job is a full-time front desk receptionist at a tennis club).
Yesterday, a college career advisor e-mailed me a job opportunity that coincides with my career goals (program assistant for a non-profit that focuses on community care for the elderly) and I really want to pursue it. But with only 4 months at this job, I don't want to ruin the relationship with my employer(s) who I will rely on in the future for references.
What should I do?? Has anyone been in this situation before? please advise.
Go for it! My first job out of school was at a call center. Everyone there knew what I wanted to do and where I was headed and that the job was just for the money (I am now an LMSW). Apply for the job first and see how it goes. There's no guarantee that you'll get the job, social work is a funny industry that can either take baby social workers and train them or seasoned experienced social workers that need little to no training. Hopefully, with the career counselor providing you the referral there is a chance that they will take on a baby social worker and train them. When/if you get the job you be honest with them and explain that it's really what you want to do and you'll provide them with your two weeks notice/assist in all the ways needed to make a smooth transition. That's exactly what I did when I got my first non-profit job and I still am connected to a few of the people I worked with at the call center ten years later. Good luck!
Applying doesn't necessarily mean you will get the job. However, your current employer is probably used to high turnover and won't hold it against you - no one really stays long at the front desk if they have other opportunities.
Front desk receptionists are a dime a dozen and these types of jobs aren't considered a dream job, which your current employer knows. Apply, go to the interview, and see what happens. You need to take into consideration your career, because your employers definitely won't.
You don't even have the job offer yet. Definitely go and interview, see what happens, and then decide.
Exactly.
It's good the OP got a job lead, but until you get a firm job offer letter in hand, there's no point in shutting yourself off at the current job mentally expecting to get this other job. Doing so only sets one up for disappointment.
Go for it! Once you are working in your field, a brief stint as a receptionist in a totally unrelated field isn't what you'll be giving out as a reference.
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