Taking a break from working

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    gobigblue
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    Quick professional question. I recently finished my CPA and am awaiting my license. I am in a private industry position and will be leaving for something better now that I have my license (no pay raise even with my CPA license). Is it smart to take a “break” for a month from working then looking again with a new certification? Thanks.

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    Accountant183748
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    I would just job search while at your current job – you never know how long it will take to find something else

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    No. When you take a break, people don't know whether you did so voluntarily or were let go. Someone looking for a job whose last job ended a month ago looks like someone who got fired.

    If you want a vacation, then take a vacation with time off that's accrued at your job, and maybe make it an extended vacation. If you only have – say – 1 weeks a year of paid vacation, then maybe go to your boss and say that after the stress of finishing the CPA exams, you really need a 2 or 3 week break, so you'd like to take your 1 week paid plus 2 weeks unpaid. Don't know that it will work, but it's worth a try. Then, you can get your almost-a-month off, come back to work, find a new job, and never have a month gap.

    A job gap isn't the end of the world, but it's a problem, and there's no reason to create a problem. More importantly, when you quit your current job, you don't know how long it will take to get your new job. You could end up for several months out of work, and that makes the job gap worse resume-wise as well as worse for your checking account. If your “go big blue” is U of Michigan and you're in the Ann Arbor, MI, then my dad is in full agreement with your name, but you're also in an area with a not-great job market, so I really would advise against quitting a job with the expectation of something else working itself out if the “something else” isn't lined up yet.

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