<p>Here's my situation (I'll try to be brief): From freshman to senior year during undergrad, I consistently held positions at great companies relevant to the career path I had intended on taking. I was a financial aid peer counselor for the first 3 years of college, worked as an event coordinator for an advertising agency during my junior year, and at a major record label my senior year. </p>
<p>After graduating, it took me a few months to find a position- I graduated right when the job market TANKED and ended up living paycheck to paycheck by working at a grocery store for a few months. I was finally offered an assistant position at the corporate office of Fortune 500 home building company. I had no interest in home building, but it was a general position that offered good corporate experience and I needed to pay bills. The housing market has been in the tubes and the staff at the headquarters has been cut in half since I've been there. I've been at this position for 3 years and even though they are piling on my responsibilities and I work in 6 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, they refuse to change my title because of payroll reasons. I've had excellent performance reviews and I'm an asset to the company, but my lack of title change doesn't help my resume and makes it look like I haven't had any progress, even though I am given more and more responsibilities there.</p>
<p>I feel like I'm wasting my time there and that maybe an MBA would help give me a leg up and inject some life into my "career". What level of experience do MBA schools generally look for? Also, would it be frowned upon that the industry I'm currently working in (real estate/land acquisition) is not the industry I'm interested in- even if I am learning a lot of general, transferable skills?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any input. This forum is a godsend.</p>