I think your fors and againsts pair up quite neatly as follows:
- It's full time (i.e. 5 days a week) so I wouldn't be able to keep doing my Friday mornings at Oxfam, & I enjoy those. + It's only for a month
Accordingly, you'll only miss 4 or 5 Oxfam Fridays and Oxfam are very likely to happily take you back on afterwards.
- It's unlikely to do much for my CV. + It's in the Development Office, and fundraising is one of the directions I'd possibly be interested to go in, because it's a good way to get to work for charities.
If you do want to consider going down the charity work route, the fundraising is likely to be a handy thing to have on your CV.
- It's only £6.06/hr (as opposed to the £10/hr I'm getting at PQ). + It's NOT PROQUEST
I know you're not working 5 days per week for PQ - from possibly dubious memory, it may be more like 2 or 3 or 4. You'll need to work 5 days at the UDO to make what you would earn in 3 at PQ, but it won't make you as miserable.
- It sounds quite dull. + It's for the University, & I'd rather work for them than for commercial companies.
OK, these two aren't quite so well-matched, but they're what's left.
Is there any way that you can jig it so that you try one or two days of UDO work on days you wouldn't be working at PQ if you decide to stick with them and then make a more informed decision?
- Will the temp agency stop offering me things if I turn stuff down? (I've already turned down one job because it was a "start tomorrow" thing & I'd already said I'd work for PQ the next day.)
Apparently not, though I'm not an expert.
- What happens if I get offered a Real Job(tm) while I'm doing it?
They're a temp agency; they're used to people pulling out of their placements at no notice.
- [General formless stress about my CV ending up looking like I have no sense of direction whatsoever, which while true is probably not a good thing to show]
It's up to you what you put on your CV. Perhaps this won't stay on your CV for more than a year; perhaps you'll go down a route where this is the foundation of what you do and what makes you happy for the rest of your life. Either is good. I can understand being worried about having lots of different things on your CV, but surely "successfully completed short contract" is a good sort of thing to be able to say when people ask why you didn't stay in one particular one for longer.
Caveat: my track record shows I know jack shit about getting jobs.
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Date: 2003-12-17 05:39 pm (UTC)- It's full time (i.e. 5 days a week) so I wouldn't be able to keep doing my Friday mornings at Oxfam, & I enjoy those.
+ It's only for a month
Accordingly, you'll only miss 4 or 5 Oxfam Fridays and Oxfam are very likely to happily take you back on afterwards.
- It's unlikely to do much for my CV.
+ It's in the Development Office, and fundraising is one of the directions I'd possibly be interested to go in, because it's a good way to get to work for charities.
If you do want to consider going down the charity work route, the fundraising is likely to be a handy thing to have on your CV.
- It's only £6.06/hr (as opposed to the £10/hr I'm getting at PQ).
+ It's NOT PROQUEST
I know you're not working 5 days per week for PQ - from possibly dubious memory, it may be more like 2 or 3 or 4. You'll need to work 5 days at the UDO to make what you would earn in 3 at PQ, but it won't make you as miserable.
- It sounds quite dull.
+ It's for the University, & I'd rather work for them than for commercial companies.
OK, these two aren't quite so well-matched, but they're what's left.
Is there any way that you can jig it so that you try one or two days of UDO work on days you wouldn't be working at PQ if you decide to stick with them and then make a more informed decision?
- Will the temp agency stop offering me things if I turn stuff down? (I've already turned down one job because it was a "start tomorrow" thing & I'd already said I'd work for PQ the next day.)
Apparently not, though I'm not an expert.
- What happens if I get offered a Real Job(tm) while I'm doing it?
They're a temp agency; they're used to people pulling out of their placements at no notice.
- [General formless stress about my CV ending up looking like I have no sense of direction whatsoever, which while true is probably not a good thing to show]
It's up to you what you put on your CV. Perhaps this won't stay on your CV for more than a year; perhaps you'll go down a route where this is the foundation of what you do and what makes you happy for the rest of your life. Either is good. I can understand being worried about having lots of different things on your CV, but surely "successfully completed short contract" is a good sort of thing to be able to say when people ask why you didn't stay in one particular one for longer.
Caveat: my track record shows I know jack shit about getting jobs.