The safe-but-good job or the risky-but-possibly more rewarding job?
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Graduating college and taking an unpaid job sounds like a very non-smart decision.. I'll never understand how people can get by not working.. I hate relying on anyone but myself, esp foe money.
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It depends though. If you want to be an art gallery manager the internship is probably the way to go.
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Riskier?
Graduating college and taking an unpaid job sounds like a very non-smart decision.. I'll never understand how people can get by not working.. I hate relying on anyone but myself, esp foe money.
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Who said anything about not working? Most people, myself included, when we did unpaid internships worked other job(s) as well.
I got out of a career path I knew will slowly corner me into uselessness by getting a trainee slot (we get paid allowance enough to get to work) in a well-known firm. Just a few of days being in this training (after passing all those tests) another smaller company got interested in me and hired me after i put the training in my resume. This company only hires from top schools but I'm just the university dropout community college type
Thanks for the responses I'm still pretty split, but it's good to hear other opinions. If I did #2 then I would definitely get another job. Financially I'm not in a horrible position so I could manage for a while, especially since I would be staying with family in the new city. But I have no idea where this position might go/if it would lead to anything.
Ended up taking #1, since the #2 position fell through. The only problem is, the minute I accepted the position, I began to regret it - my passion just lies elsewhere. But I suppose I have to work with what I have and not look back, as one poster said.
Ended up taking #1, since the #2 position fell through. The only problem is, the minute I accepted the position, I began to regret it - my passion just lies elsewhere. But I suppose I have to work with what I have and not look back, as one poster said.
You just graduated from college. It's not the end of your career journey but the beginning.
You need to get on the path of earning a salary and advancing if you ever want to be in a position to retire. Anything else is delaying that and putting you further behind. It's much harder to recover later.
Ended up taking #1, since the #2 position fell through. The only problem is, the minute I accepted the position, I began to regret it - my passion just lies elsewhere. But I suppose I have to work with what I have and not look back, as one poster said.
Most people's passion lies elsewhere but we have bills to pay. You've got your entire life ahead of you. You graduated and have a job; you are already doing better than a lot of folks.
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