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Advice needed for moving on, please... |
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When Can I leave? |
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08/17/2005 |
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I've given my career a chance (PR). I don't like it at all. After much research and soul-searching, I'm certain that I want to go to law school, but I want to enter a legal assistant program at a NYC firm first.
My problem? I've only been at my current job 6 months. Normally, I'd hang in there for another 6 or so - I don't want to look like a complete flake/freakshow. But my supervisor just announced a pregnancy that would put her on maternity leave right when it would be "okay" for me to look/leave. I don't want to leave my employers in the lurch. But I don't want to be stuck for 18 mos. - 2 years, either. I perform, but I'm already miserable.
What do I do? Can I approach some firms now? How do I make myself not look like a flake, but someone who is serious, hard-working, skilled, and has researched, analyzed, and pondered the subject to a pulp? (I am that person.)
Do I have to stay put until "whenever" or what? How can I work around leaving a job so soon? How do I get my foot in the door to explain myself? Getting the interview is the hardest part - to me anyway...
Please help? Anyone have advice?
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