EDIT: title should read "job HOPPING during gap year"
I am currently applying to medical school and will have a gap year. My situation is this:
I just graduated with my B.S. and started at my new job. let's call it job 1, which I overall enjoy (good pay, nice work environment, year end bonus, but long hours and bad location -- across the country from home). this job is related to healthcare
However, I just received another offer (let's call it job 2) and am in the 3rd round interviews for job 3. both job 2 and job 3 are in finance/business.
job 2 and job 3 are both very close to home. ideally, i would like to spend my gap year close to my family. i had taken my current job without giving this too much consideration, which was a mistake in hindsight. overall, i would prefer job 3 (no offer yet) over job 1 (current) over job 2 (offer on table).
right now I am thinking about quitting my current job and taking job 2, while moving through the interview process for job 3. if i get job 3, then great. if not, i can still be close to my family (but sort of down-grading in terms of work)
the obvious downside to doing this is that if i dont get job 3, i'll be stuck at job 2. the upside is that i'll be closer to my family, and working at job 2 will make travelling to interviews at job 3 much easier. again, job 3 is the most ideal job -- probably the best i can ever hope to get with my current credentials.
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bottom line/TL;DR: will it look bad for medical school applications if i hopped from job to job (i.e. quitting within weeks of starting) during my gap year? I do plan to stay at least a year (Aug 2011 - Aug 2012) at my final work place.
P.S. please don't accuse me of being unethical and deceiving my current employer. i did not take my current job with the intention of leaving -- i've only came this personal decision after having accepted my offer. in any case, i owe nothing to my employer and am a very hard working employee. if they found my performance unsatisfactory, i'm sure they will not hesitate to terminate me.
I am currently applying to medical school and will have a gap year. My situation is this:
I just graduated with my B.S. and started at my new job. let's call it job 1, which I overall enjoy (good pay, nice work environment, year end bonus, but long hours and bad location -- across the country from home). this job is related to healthcare
However, I just received another offer (let's call it job 2) and am in the 3rd round interviews for job 3. both job 2 and job 3 are in finance/business.
job 2 and job 3 are both very close to home. ideally, i would like to spend my gap year close to my family. i had taken my current job without giving this too much consideration, which was a mistake in hindsight. overall, i would prefer job 3 (no offer yet) over job 1 (current) over job 2 (offer on table).
right now I am thinking about quitting my current job and taking job 2, while moving through the interview process for job 3. if i get job 3, then great. if not, i can still be close to my family (but sort of down-grading in terms of work)
the obvious downside to doing this is that if i dont get job 3, i'll be stuck at job 2. the upside is that i'll be closer to my family, and working at job 2 will make travelling to interviews at job 3 much easier. again, job 3 is the most ideal job -- probably the best i can ever hope to get with my current credentials.
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bottom line/TL;DR: will it look bad for medical school applications if i hopped from job to job (i.e. quitting within weeks of starting) during my gap year? I do plan to stay at least a year (Aug 2011 - Aug 2012) at my final work place.
P.S. please don't accuse me of being unethical and deceiving my current employer. i did not take my current job with the intention of leaving -- i've only came this personal decision after having accepted my offer. in any case, i owe nothing to my employer and am a very hard working employee. if they found my performance unsatisfactory, i'm sure they will not hesitate to terminate me.
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