Job search: one step forward, two steps back?
I graduated from college a year ago but because jobs were scarce in my field, I took a job at Starbucks for the awesome health insurance. I’ve been job searching for the last year while working, but nothing has turned up. My job pays bills and has great benefits, but this is definitely not what I want to do with my life. Yesterday I got offered a job as a receptionist/admin at a real estate agency. Some of my skills and interests match the position, but now I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to leave my current minimum wage job for a position I could’ve gotten out of high school…did I really go to college for 4 years, graduate with honors, just to work as an admin? On the other hand, I’m interested in getting into the business world and working somewhere that I can move up in the company. Plus I’d like to have a more stable, age-appropriate job than a barista. What do you think? Is it a good idea to take this opportunity, given that it won’t make use of my degree, but will provide me with business-world experience?