I used to be a mental health counselor, took 4 years off to be a stay at home mom. Re-entering the workforce but didn’t want to go back to counseling people. Just finished a phlebotomy program and love it.
I’m impatient to start working and phlebotomy jobs are scarce where I live at the moment (though there were more job listings when I signed up for phlebotomy school). I have been applying to phlebotomy jobs and mental health jobs. I’ve had some interviews and a possible job offer at mental health organization. I do have an interview for a phlebotomy position scheduled in a few days, but it is not a place I want to work at.
Is it silly to settle for an entry level mental health job until I can find a phlebotomy job? How long should I stay at the mental health facility? I don’t want to burn any bridges and just morally I’d feel bad leaving too soon. No phlebotomy jobs at the mental health organization that I know of that I could eventually internally transfer to.