Part time job vs "grown up job"

Ferris_Bueller

I'm wondering what to do in this situation if anyone would care to lend some advice. I graduated from college in May, but have been working in my part time job in a family entertainment centre for the past 18 months or so where I am a supervisor. Since graduating I have been keeping an eye out on jobs related to my degree but not an awful lot has come up, and I have had one or two unsuccessful interviews - not in a massive rush but applying for anything that I thought might suit me.

This week I applied for an office/admin job in Dublin, which is not necessarily related to my degree, and the interview today went quite well. However on my way home from the interview I began to wonder if I was offered this job, would it be wise to take it or would I be better off staying where I am?

I'm currently working maybe 25-30 hours a week, and the job is as close to my home as I will ever work for the rest of my life, I am earning about €250 a week which isn't a lot but I still live at home and don't have any bills to pay, so it suits my lifestyle. Another huge perk to the job for me, is that I can basically get any time off that I ask for, if I ever wanted a weekend off or a weeks holiday it is absolutely no problem, which is great for me because at this age socializing is very important to me.

The job which I had an interview for is an office based job in the city centre, which would involve a ~90 minute commute each way and also €250 a month on travel. The pay is roughly the same as what I am on now (per hour) but I would be working 40 hours a week so would be making more money, however when you factor travel and food etc. into this, I'd say I would only be making €50-€80 a week more, despite all the extra hours and travel.

My current job is definitely a lot more convenient and has more perks, but the fact that the office based job seems like a "real job" is making me wonder whether I should take it, if only for looking good when looking for a job in future. Would this job look a lot better on a CV though than my current position? That's basically why I would be taking it, if offered it.

As I said I'm just out of college and all of this is quite new to me, part of me just wants to get the monkey off my back and get a "grown up job" rather than working part time in something handy, although in 3 months time I might realize what I had was very handy and that this new job is a lot more out of my way with no real benefits. Is there even a such thing as a grown up job or is it just the way I'm viewing things when I'm fresh out of college?

What do you guys think? Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

Ronin247

With 15 hours a week travel and an extra 10 to 15 hours work, for an extra 50 to 80 euro it looks like an easy choice. Stay with the handy job until something you actually want comes along, you may have enough sh1tty jobs in your working life so enjoy the handy ones when they do come your way.

Mrs OBumble

Take the grown up job. It will look far better on your CV when something you really want comes up. And it's likely to give you new skills which will help you get something else on better money.

InReality

Its a tricky decision. I think it sounds like you are happy where you are now. But would you be happy if you were still there next year ?
Its always hard to know how many job offers anyone would get. What is your degree in ?

WoollyRedHat

Ask for a higher salary for the office job, stating you have a degree and also highlighting your supervisory experience, see what happens.

Ferris_Bueller

Cheers for the advice lads. I think I'd choose to stick with my current job if I get offered this new position, as InReality said, I am happy at the moment and realistically that's all that matters for now. They stated in the interview that the salary was non-negotiable so I couldn't ask for a higher salary unfortunately.

TimeToShine

If you are happy to live at home and you aren't stressing your parents financially then you should stay. I still think you should kick back a few bob to them every week, maybe 50 euro or so, to help with bills.