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Are male receptionists unusual and weird?

The thing is, I was a communications major in college looking to work in broadcasting. While I have some experience, it isn't at the pro level. I realize how difficult getting is can be. For over a year now I have been temping and I noticed there's a full time opportunity for an administrative assistant for a media company. Now I'm not trying to be narrow minded but I told a recruiter I wanted to do that and he bluntly said "Interesting move". All my life I felt like the outsider at times, I have a solid resume, but with the way things are, I would like to step up my job search. I'm not a salesperson, but would like to work within a company coercing with management, do males ever do that? This type of position, I researched, does in fact open doors for what I would like to do for the future. I want something I can work at least 5 years of so before getting into my career. Why the right now? Because all that contact me and tell me how great my resume looks are temp agencies. The recruiter flat out told me that was a woman's profession, but since they're female cops, it shouldn't be a big deal. I was like in my mind, "Uh, ok".....Is that because he's trying to work with me and doesn't want me going anywhere else?

Public Comments

1. Take the position as the administrative assistant. If you do not like it - you can always do something else. I think a male receptionist/administrative assistant presents a more professional appeal.
2. IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, BY ALL MEANS GO FOR IT!!
3. dude, dump that temp agency and go to another one ... i temp'd as a receptionist for a year, and one of the companies actually made me a generous offer, which i of course accepted ... i'm now a sr. manager with this company. the receptionist role is perfect ... you learn the ins and outs, your know who does what, you know who visits the office ... you have the chance to knock their socks off ... go for it!