How to leave a bad job

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Dear Mr. Walberg:I entered a new career field after considerable research. I went to work for the company I thought would be the best place to learn about the new field. The problem is that after one month, I am very uncomfortable with my employer. I love the new field, but feel very stressed. I feel that much of the stress is related to the employer, not the industry. I have an opportunity with another employer in the same field, but wonder if I should make a change so quickly. What are your views?-- B.LDear B.L.:When I first decided, after considerable research, to enter the employment industry, I really wanted to go with "Company A." I interviewed with "A," and liked the manager and his superior at their corporate headquarters in New York. But there wasn't an opening at the time. Meanwhile, the more I researched, the more the evidence pointed to "Company B" as the best place to learn the most in the least period of time. As things turned out, "B" had an opening.I took the opportunity at "B," but made it a point to stay in touch with "A." It wasn't two weeks before I realized that things were not right at "B." I felt like I was back in boot camp. The stress level peaked at the opening bell each morning, and stayed that way all day long. It was terrible, at least for me, but I was learning the industry on a fast-track level.Here's what I did:I gave myself six months with "B," determined to learn as much as possible and deal with the stress.I stayed in touch with "A" on a regular basis, even to the point of sending the manager a card when he had back surgery.What happened?At almost exactly six months, a position came available at "A." I resigned from "B" and took the positive things I learned from "B" to "A", and tried to learn from the negatives at "B" to strengthen my experience at "A."Perhaps the same could work for you.(Marvin Walberg is a job-search coach. Contact him at mwalberg(at)bellsouth.net, marvinwalberg.blogspot.com, or PO Box 43056, Birmingham, AL 35243.)