Clinical job or try something new?

[applepie1654]

I graduated almost a year ago and was planning on applying to med school this cycle. However, due to unforeseen circumstances I had to put retakinf my MCAT and applying to med school on the back burner to move away from my college town and help my family out with a family emergency (in short, my mom got cancer and I'm helping her w her treatment). Now that I'm home, I've been looking for various jobs to work while I'm helping her thru treatment. I have applied for both clinical/research jobs and retail and unfortunately have not been able to land anything clinical due to my limited weekday availability as I help my mom thru treatment. I am in the process of interviewing for a retail job of a brand I really like and would love to potentially grow in that area. However, I'm stuck because I don't know if med schools would appreciate me going from working in healthcare for three years (~3000 hours in various specialties). My thought process is that I could work at said retail job and potentially (??) grow in that area and have something unique to put on my applications while getting more clinical experience through volunteering/shadowing in my free time when my mom gets better but I'm not sure what med schools will think of the random switch. Any thoughts? I would consider getting a full time job once my mom gets better but I really need the money now and my current opportunity is something I’m not sure I’d want to quit in just a few months if there is potential for growth

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