I’m a new call looking for the first legal job. I was offered to work in a small firm with decent salary, but I am not sure if this is a right step. I wanted to work in a larger more reputable company, but I was not offered anything else yet. I am okay to look for a few months, but at the same time I don’t want to have a big gap between articling and first job. Is it better to accept what is offered now, although not in my area of interest, or keep looking?

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I would say do what feels right to you, I regret accepting my first job somewhat because I did so out of the sense that I couldn't be graduating without a job already lined up, honestly I probably would have made a better choice if I had been willing to wait a little bit it's not the worst thing in the world to have a tiny gap between graduation and employment if you can afford it otherwise

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About 2 years, to be clear my situation wasn't universal and there were benefits to accepting the job, I stayed as long as I did because the job market stalled due to covid but right now I would say you are very justified in holding out for something reasonable that you want.

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