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Is all experience good experience

  • 11-03-2015 9:58pm
    #1
    shellycub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 126 ✭✭


    Hi,

    just looking for some opinions. My friend is looking for work as a designer. He has been offered a job but is concerned that the role does not include much actual design work. He only found this out during the interview. He is worried that he will be stuck in this job and won't be gaining any valuable experience but is also thinking he can't really afford to turn down a job offer.

    What do you think? Is all experience valuable regardless or should he wait for more suitable work?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    If you can avoid going off track do. If you have no choice then not much you can do about that either. The trick is to get back on track as fast as possible. The longer you are doing something else it might weaken the CV. As designer you can do work in your own time to stay current, and keep building the portfolio.


  • #3
    Mr. Loverman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    shellycub wrote: »
    Is all experience valuable

    No, many people waste time in pointless jobs.

    It may look ok on his CV though.
    shellycub wrote: »
    regardless or should he wait for more suitable work?

    You imply he can't afford to turn down a job offer so...


  • #4
    AngryHippie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭AngryHippie


    All experience is valuable.

    Some of it will be good, easy lessons learned fast and a result to be proud of.

    Some of it will be bad, hard lessons learned the slow and painful way, and an end result you will always cringe when it gets mentioned.

    But "no experience " as in, a big blank gap in a cv, resume or employment history is probably worse on the whole. At least you can discuss what you have taken from a negative experience or bad situation. If you've done SFA, you've got SFA to bring to the next challenge.

    Take it, give it a crack.


  • #5
    SepTomBer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭SepTomBer


    Take the job and wait for the perfect timing to get the job that he wants


  • #6
    threebagsfull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 100 ✭✭threebagsfull


    I've taken jobs not really on track and it does affect your chances of getting the job you want in the future. It depends though, if they only worked that job for a while it might be ok, but 2 years down the line, the relevant experience they received from previous jobs might be deemed to be outdated.


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