Wall Street Oasis - Investment Banking & Finance Community: Does it ever make sense to walk away from a job?

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Does it ever make sense to walk away from a job? May 30th 2013, 22:43 Here's my situation. I am giving serious thought to quitting my current job, even though I do not have another one lined up yet. I've been working at a local wealth management firm in the Pacific Northwest, as an investment analyst (basically picking mutual funds and putting portfolios together). I was originally hired as a retail financial advisor, but that's never what I wanted to do. Originally, I've wanted to get into equity research. The short story was that I wasn't able to get a job out of school for that, so I needed to pick up something just to pay the bills, and I figure that I'd look for work while I'm working in my current job. A big part of me not getting a job out of school, or even for a while afterwards, was completely on me. I didn't really understand the value of networking, and I completely overestimated my interview skills. I graduated back in 2009. Over the past few years, I have been getting interviews and final rounds, but no closes, and also not in equity research roles--they were at other wealth management firms, and also in my small city, but it would be a bit step up in terms of pay, and maybe it would be something to do until grad school (a way to transition maybe). There are a number of reasons why I am giving thought to leaving, but it comes down to three main ones: read more Media files: preview (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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