Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian 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 recently applied for a relatively low-level job. I’m an established, experienced professional, but this role was in a slightly different area of finance than the one in which I made my career. This is why I was willing to accept a slightly lower grade and learn the ropes.
However, the company I applied to, said I was too experienced for the role I was asking for and offered me a more senior managerial position overseeing the people in the role I had originally applied for … but I’m most definitely not the best candidate for the managerial position.
But I know that it would undoubtedly be an invaluable experience that may not come around again.
Would it be right and sensible for me to take the job without knowing whether I can actually do it. Or would it be more prudent to turn it down and wait until I’m a bit more experienced in that area?
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 to reply personally.
