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How (and should) you leave a perm job after two months for a preferred role?

I was unemployed and interviewing for 2 jobs. I ended up taking the one which moved quickly and was offered to me. My first preference however was the other role but the recruitment process was dragging and I could not risk (nor afford) to be out of a job. I have now been in my current role for 2 months but recently received an offer for the preferred role. Should I have stopped interviewing once I had accepted the current job? Can I leave the role I am in? If so, what is the best way to do it?

Asked by Gracies

Posted in Layoffs and Asset Management

09 May 2008

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  • In the current market environment it is perfectly acceptable of you to have accepted the other position. However, given that you've now received your preferred role be very careful in evaluating between the two. You will burn the contacts in your current position and/or firm and this may hurt you down the line. The other position would have to be at a better firm, pay more, and offer greater career development for me to leave after such a short time. If you do choose to leave, try to give your employer as much time as they need to find a replacement. On the other hand, you could lie and tell them your wife/spouse found a job on the other side of the country and you will be moving. Many ways to go about it, choose the one that will burn the least bridges and help your career out the most.

    daredevil251 13 May 2008

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  • Your age,marital status,professional qualifications are major factors determining the level of risk you should be willing to take with your career.Also as daredevil puts it career development is sometimes more important than the pay (in the long run). it also depends on the role you are playing at the moment vis-a-vis your preferred role. DO you have greater responsibilty and accountabilitiesin your current position that bring out your strengths? Are you in a position to influence certain decisions,no matter how minor and are you given the leeway to be innovative? Consider these as they help build your career profile.Your may have found the perfect environment to nurture your leadership skils,creative thinking as well as problem solving skils and let it go for a role that is more or less mechanical. Your position is quite tricky and if you eventually have to move,you have to do so in a professional manner.

    boniface mig 16 May 2008

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  • This is my current situation, and I am going crazy with it.

    MM 27 May 2008

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  • Firstly going for interview. No harm..Just go to find out more about the outside working world. Secondly, try not to burn bridges. Nonetheless gauge your career prospect in your current firm. If its not value adding (i dun mean pay rise), dun waste time. I've done that 2 times continuously. Altho not good for my CV, but short term pain, better than long term pain. Dun waste time and do those that adds value, better experiences, etc..

    finster 06 Jun 2008

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