Twice a week we publish the problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Guardian Money supplement so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy's own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?
I am really frustrated with the direction my career has taken. I am 29, and after a completing a degree in French and Italian I fell into charity fundraising, which I've been doing for more than six years now. I had a brief period of working at a law centre where I assisted on immigration and asylum cases, which I loved, but since then I have fallen back into fundraising.
I now work for a human rights charity. When I was younger, I felt strongly that I wanted to devote my energies to a "good cause", but I suppose I imagined that doing so would be far more fulfilling than it has turned out to be. All offices seem, in the end, to be full of the same politics and difficulties.
I am worried my CV will prevent me from winning new opportunities, but I know I have lots of transferable skills. For example, I love writing and I can do it well, but I am not sure I want that to be my job – I think I am scared it would take the joy out of it.
I am desperate to find the path that's right for me – I just don't know how to go about it.
Do you need advice on a work issue? For Jeremy's and readers' help, send a brief email to dear.jeremy@theguardian.com. Please note that he is unable to answer questions of a legal nature or reply personally.
