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Questions about collecting unemployment |
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09/17/2004 |
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I appreciate your insights. And if it sounded like I made light of the experience of unemployment, I apologize.
I don't like auditing and I don't care to learn any more of it. I'm comfortable working here for the moment, because my responsibilities are the same as last year, and I don't have to learn much new accounting crap. But I'm definitely not sticking around to become a Senior Auditor. So I've got all of this year to save money and hopefully figure out what field to move on to, or if I still don't figure it out I'll take another accounting/finance job to stay afloat while I keep searching for the right career (or maybe I'll like that enough to stay).
Perhaps I'm being naive, but I don't think getting some sort of decent-paying fulltime work will be too much of a problem when I leave at the end of the year. Everyone I know of who left Big 4 public accounting after 2 or more years has done well in quickly getting another accounting or finance job, usually something more lucrative and less work.
Job availability was precisely why I majored in accounting and even got a master's degree in it. Perhaps it was a mistake since I currently feel like I hate it, but I can still benefit from the job security while I both build up a nest egg and try to figure out what new career to go into.
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Corey,
You know what keeps me in my job every day (yes, I am interviewing and doing active search every day, I also already trained my replacement), I got burned before. I was fortunate, that I had a very desired combination of skills and got hired 6 months after a job loss (owner ran the company to the ground by stealing). Now that was during the eceonomy boom!
Look, if you hate your job, it is ONLY your fault. I made a poor choice too when I thought I will stay in the entertainment industry for the rest of my life. I got burned out, I am moving on.
Just remember, whenever you change careers, you will always take a pay cut and it will be painful!
Have you thought about spending several hundred $ and seeing a career counselor. There are people who do this for a living - helping people change careers.
Also, what stops you from taking the promotion and the money and still looking for a job? Networking and doing a search for new opportunities while you are employed is normal. COmpanies do not commit to you, neither should you.
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