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[quote=Anonymous]I was laid off from my consulting role in September, where I was making low six figures (boutique consultancy).  I have an MBA and ten years of professional experience, including founding and operating a non-profit.  I’ve reached out to my network about jobs but things are rough and there’s just not a lot of movement.  I am barely receiving requests for interviews.

I was contacted for a coordinator role that will pay between $40-50k, working directly for a university. Is this career suicide? The benefits are good but I’m worried about the long-term impact on my career trajectory, which I’m concerned with the optics of recently anyway (I was at my consulting role for six months; at my previous role for just over a year - the stress and politics were too much for me). In an ideal world, I’ll stay at my next job/company for 5+ years. I’m tired of being the FNG.

Advice? Anyone taken a step - or several - down and been able to ramp up relatively quickly through promotions etc?  Is it better just to have a job, any job? (Financially my family doesn’t “need” my salary but I want to and like to work, and obviously more money is better than not.). TIA.[/quote]

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