I’ve been wondering lately, and hopefully you can help me answer my question.
When is it the ‘right time’ to resign from a job?
See, being 21, I’m in this phase where there are SO many things I want to try. I’ve spoken about how I think it would be a cool experience to be a flight attendant. I’ve browsed ads for jobs more related to the field I’d like to be in. Though currently employed, I’ve gone for interviews, submitted applications. Not really knowing WHAT I’d do if a job was offered to me.
The thing is…my job was not something I even wanted. I took it for convenience, for income, for professional experience. It’s intended to be no more than a stepping stone. But over the past 6 months that I’ve been there…the relationships I’ve developed with my manager and my colleagues have been fantastic. It’s been made no secret to me that I have a ton of potential there. Opportunities are being given to me, I’m involved in special projects, and now, my boss’s bosses know me by name. Not such a bad thing in such a big company.
Yet, in spite of all systems looking like ‘go’ here…I wonder if I should leave now, if offered one of the other positions I applied for, or if I should wait it out. Would I be selling myself short if I turned my back on my current job in spite of all the positive signals I’m getting? Or would I be a fool to let other opportunities pass me by - opportunities in fields closer to mine, in jobs I’ve always wanted to exprience - on the off-chance that I will move quickly out of my current position to bigger and better things within the company?
My gut instinct whenever I consider this question is to stay put. Nothing has happened to make me feel like I have to leave, and overall, I’m pretty satisfied with my positioning and relationships with key people in spite of the job itself not being ideal. But I feel like if I do that and eventually move up…to make a career shift a little later would sort of be like a ‘fall from grace’…where I’d have to start all over and work from the bottom up. I guess I’m scared the longer I stay…the more difficult it will be to leave later.
So. In a nutshell, that is my dilemma. Any words of wisdom, wise internets?
(On a lighter note! I’m going to Niagara Falls for a daytrip this weekend! WOOOO! This week is d-r-a-g-g-i-n-g on…but that is my light at the end of this dark tunnel!)
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