How to get what you want at work

Dear Annie: I am in kind of an awkward situation. I was out of work for about eight months, after having been laid off by a large commercial bank. I was a loan officer at the time, but was in the process of moving over to IT (customer technical support), which is where I’d really like to be.

Now, thanks to some great networking contacts (I was hired by a friend of a friend’s former boss), I’ve accepted a loan-officer position at a different bank. I still want to be in IT, and I took this job just to get a foot in the door. But I don’t want to look ungrateful, or seem to have misrepresented my career goals, by angling to make a move — especially since I really like my current boss, who helped me get a better benefits package than the company had planned to offer. How long should I wait before springing the news that I really want to work in a different department? — Already Antsy

Full Story: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/01/24/how-to-get-what-you-want-at-work/