Leaving A Stable Position
Currently I'm a classified professional at CA Comm College. I do some advising and admissions work. My job pays well and my boss for the most part is chill and flexible. However, currently there is little to no opportunity to move up. Only option is to be faculty counselor but I don't have adjunct experience which sometimes feels required in order to get one of the full time roles.
I've seen Assistant Director or Director roles at the CSU's and UC's that catch my attention. However, many of those roles would require me to take significant pay bump. The trade off, I feel, would be that I'm taking on some more responsibility, building my resume and do work that I'm more interested in. I have a family and my paycheck is the main source of income which makes it hard to justify making the move. I'm feeling stuck in my role and fear that I'm losing out on experience to move up. I wanted to post on here to see if anyone has any input or advice. TIA!