Have you been offered the dream job? NO? Did you possibly get offered something else that could lead you INTO that dream job?
More & more of us get discouraged when we are searching and searching for the PERFECT DREAM JOB and cannot locate it. The trouble question I have for you today is this: Are you willing to take something else? Compromise in your career may actually be the very best thing you can do. You see, my favourite quote of all times is "Sometimes you have to take a step back to take a LEAP forward".
Taking that part time position, to get your foot in the door is a fabulous way of a transition. It allows the new employer to see that your willing to take a chance and show them exactly what your made out of. It will also provide you with some time to breath and perhaps take a break. You know, working 40+ hrs a week is AWESOME but sometimes, that part time position may provide you with MUCH MORE than you ever bargained for. TIME!! You can now do those projects around your home you have been complaining you haven't had the TIME to complete, you can take that drive down the coast that you have ALWAYS wanted to take. You can sign up for that class you were interested in.
Sometimes taking a lower position can certainly seem like a huge step backwards but I have learnt to ALWAYS look at it as a position leap FORWARD. You can always learn something being down there. You can LEAD OTHERS......the possibilities are endless.
Offering yourself the opportunity to look at this as a great thing. Just because you applied for that high profile, senior management AWESOME JOB doesn't mean that the part time starter position that was offered isn't going to give you something as exciting and as challenging. WHO KNOWS, that position you just accepted may just possibly be EXACTLY WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED.
So, whilst on that career path, perhaps apply and interview for that position that is just a step backward from what you once had, you never know what kind of magic it might just provide for you.
