Mmmm, i'm a greedy ****er!

LundiMardi

heh..

Anyhoo, i've been working in a Job for almost 4 months, my official title is customer service rep but really i'm working in a managerial position, as in, everyone refers to me as a manager within this CSC and if i were to update my CV it would say manager, not CSR, even my manager would refer to me as a manager... now i'm on fairly crappy wages, not bad if you're a school leaver but i'm not a school leaver, i'm 22. I took a large enough pay cut to work here because i wasn't happy in my previous job and had to get out fast. But with what i earn now i only really earn enough to pay off bills and loans etc, and then thats it...just.

I'm just wondering, i'm told if i stay in my current position for at least a year, then i'll be in a good position with regards to applying to other jobs.

But i think i just want to earn a little bit more money, there are NO bonuses at all in the current job, so all in all i took about a 7k pay cut.

I'm just curious as to whether i should stick it out for another 6 months or so, so the CV looks a little better, or if i should just look for a better paying job NOW!;)

The type of job doesn't bother me, although i wouldn't mind getting out from behind a desk, a driving job would be nice, not a taxi driver or anything, maybe a courier.. i dunno..

Anyway, that's me done, merry xmas.

*edit* oh yeah, the main reason i wanted to post this is i want to move out in march and be a little more independent, but i want to clear as much as my debts as possible in the mean time, but can't really do that on my current wage. boo hiss boo..heh heh

blahblah06

It really depends on what you earn. 25 grand upwards is good but then again it depends on your debt

LundiMardi

i'd be looking for a job that pays at least 25+... ideally.

blahblah06

wow well ummm there is plenty out there. was in the same boat as you and im chuffed now. get out when u can

LundiMardi

ah yeah i know there's loads of stuff out there, i'm not looking to earn 50+..heh heh... I just think i should maybe get a long term job down on my CV? The first decent job on my CV is Eircom, worked there for 6 months but was only a temp, not bad to have Eircom on the oul CV, then i moved to eBay for a year, a company which is great to have on a CV, plus the departments i worked in within eBay look good, and now i work in a rather large Irish company in a highly important role.

So all in all my CV is ok.. i just don't know whether to move on or stick it out

cgf

Eircom, work, CV, decent.

Never thought I'd see those 4 words used in the same sentence

Seriously, if you can stick it, stay at least a year. Six months or less doesn't look too sharp unless you are in the contract business.

Kinetic^

Your CV has great companies on it,yes, but it will seem to a new employer that you can't really settle into a job, stay where you are for about 6 months and then go for a move.

Whistle Blower

I am in a similar postion to you I am on slightly better than average money.

My contract says CSR but I am anything but I am a Manager, Network Administrator, Project Manager all in one.

But I took this role as at the time jobs were scarce.

I have 6 years of IT Helpdesk experience but what the problem I am having is nepotisim, another person whom I work with has a degree unlike I but has zero IT knowledge nor managerial as I do and have been unofficially being doing for the last 6 months.

That person is now ear marked for the job because daddy is so and so..

I am considering bringing this to the union as in rights the job is mine, I have done the unpaid role have the expeirence etc

I am certain of one thing that person will not give me orders as I will make their life hell.:mad:

LundiMardi

Keyser Soze 69 wrote:

Your CV has great companies on it,yes, but it will seem to a new employer that you can't really settle into a job, stay where you are for about 6 months and then go for a move.

yeah that's what i thought... Still, i do need more money though, so i reckon i'll just browse available positions every now and again, if something comes up that i can't resist then there's no harm in going for it, if my cv works against me then i still have the job i have now, if not then i'll have a new better paying job:)

[Jackass]

yeah im in a very simular position (except im not very important in my office! ) im in a poorly enough paid job myself and took a paycut for it too, im there only 2 months but am deffenatly gonna stick it out for at least a year as it's a very reputable company, looks good on CV and ive moved around a fair bit too so i need a settled, medium term job on my CV...

As for moving out, im doing that too, hopefully next month, so im gonna try and save as much as i can till then as i'll be seriously on the bread line!

So my advice: Stick out the job for a while, try to save a little, move out and just slum it for a while like a student! You need a bit of independance, a good, longish term job on the cv (in context) and keep the long term goal in mind It'll stand you in good stead in the future

TempestSabre

People like to see you spend a resonable amount of time in a job before jumping ship. Otherwise, they'll train you in you'll be off again. Doesn't look good on a CV. That said no point staying if you know you can walk into another job on better money.

evilhomer

I agree with you there TempestSabre, but some companys will if you explain your situation to them be very understanding of a person leaving a job after only a few months.

I work with a guy who has had 4 jobs in the last 2 years in IT and he said most companies are very understanding.

TempestSabre

Easy enough to test. Do some interviews. If you get another job what does it matter. As you gain more experience you only leave the good stuff on the CV anyway.

Our man in Havana

TempestSabre wrote:

Easy enough to test. Do some interviews. If you get another job what does it matter. As you gain more experience you only leave the good stuff on the CV anyway.

To which will be the guaranteed question, What about all this unaccounted for time on your cv?

TempestSabre

Bond-007 wrote:

To which will be the guaranteed question, What about all this unaccounted for time on your cv?

Do you know, I've never been asked that. I suppose because as contractor they're more interested in what you can do, what you've done that demonstrates this. And not interested in HR BS. Who has time for that?

I'm a fan of the short CV, and it works better IMO. Brevity and clarity. Anything not immediately relevent gets ditched.