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Would this look bad to you on a resume?
Just looking for opinions. Last spring I graduated with my MS in a relevant area to my BS. The MS involved core work in the field and then a specialization area. Late last summer, I took a new job in the concentration, but as time goes by I am realizing...I'm just not into it. It's hard to admit or describe why because I really enjoyed the classwork, but I guess sometimes the real life application just doesn't match up.
I'll be going out on leave this fall, and am planning to re-evaluate when I get back as to whether to keep sticking it out in this new job or move on, and whether the new job would be in my current career track or moving back to my old one. I'm trying to give it a legitimate chance.
If you were an employer and saw someone left the field but wanted to come back, how would you interpret this? As a person who doesn't know what they want, or someone who realized it just wasn't for them? I had been at my previous job for four years, and would only have been away for a year and a half by that time. I had a lot of training at my last job that would qualify me for something more advanced in the field, and the core work of my grad degree is still relevant.
I'm thinking of listing only the degree itself and not the concentration on my resume. Would that be weird/wrong?
Re: Would this look bad to you on a resume?
A lot of job hops, or a lot of leaving your path and coming back, says "I don't know what I want".
But ONE move? I don't see it as a big deal. If anything, I think it shows a certain degree of motivation and willingness to take chances - which can be a very good thing to an employer!
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No, I don't think so.
And, I agree with everything the PP said.
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