Q. I'm just getting started in a one-year internship, but I feel like I should be actively pursuing a job, given the crummy state of the market. There's actually a job opening at a bigger paper (second largest in my state) where I interned last summer, and I think I have a good shot at getting it.
But I committed to this gig for a year, and I'm only one month into it. Is it fair to apply and potentially leave a few months into it? Is it fair to me to not consider this and other great opportunities?
I appreciate the help.
Happy FeetA. Sit tight.
As you guess, you won't be doing your reputation any favors if you ditch your promise and go looking for something better. Editors might start to see you as a job hopper. Why wouldn't they?
Hunker down, learn as much as you can in this new job and don't start looking until you have a few months to go. It doesn't sound as though the people who have hired you are doing anything bad to you, so don't do anything bad to them.
Yes, the job market stinks. But breaking your word won't fix it.
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