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After 6 Months, Ready to Take A New Master's Elsewhere
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Edited questions from Career Tracks, Mary Ellen Slayter's online discussion about workplace issues.
Alexandria: I will be graduating with my master's this fall and would like to begin pursuing more advanced opportunities. The problem is that I have been with my job for only a few months. The work is in my career field, but it is not what I want to be doing. I originally took the job because of all the managerial potential, but my manager knocks all my ideas into the dirt and it's obvious we don't click. Do you think leaving after only six months could harm my job search or do you think my explanation of seeking work more applicable to my degree level make sense?
You've only been there six months! Are your expectations realistic?
But you can start looking around now, and see what turns up. It may take you six months to find something.
D.C.: A close friend decided to have a baby as a single mother at 30. She had enough savings to stay home six months. Now she's back at work as a security-cleared IT analyst contractor, and is bitterly unhappy. I'm trying to talk her out of being a stay-at-home mother with no income or a home child-care provider. How would you recommend she search for part-time work in her field (three days a week? two days a week?) or jobs that would allow her to work from home two or three days a week?
No question she's marketable -- she has already received an offer from someone else at $25,000 more than her $100,000 salary -- but because it is full-time, on-site, she's not interested.
She just has to make that a condition of her employment. Really, with her skills, it shouldn't be hard to find something. She has way more leverage than many working mothers with young children and should be able to negotiate something pretty sweet.
But ultimately, this isn't really your choice -- or your business. And it's obvious that making lots of money isn't her priority right now.
