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HOLY.FUCKING.SHIT
Just got an invitation for an interview for the three to six-year university position for which I made my Ph.D. proposal thingie in the last few weeks.
WHAT DO I DO NOW????
(Also, wtf am I doing right, now, that I apparently did wrong the 1.5 years before?)
*boggles*
*frets*
ARRRGH!
WHAT DO I DO NOW????
(Also, wtf am I doing right, now, that I apparently did wrong the 1.5 years before?)
*boggles*
*frets*
ARRRGH!
Yeah.
Because now I need to decide if I want to risk the job I *got* for the job I *might* yet get.
Re: Yeah.
Plus, your current employers don't have to know about the interview, do they?
These things always come annoyingly in clusters. I was interviewed for two jobs at the same uni once, and was immediately offered the lower-paying (and generally less desirable) one first. I decided to be completely honest and asked them to wait a day or two until I heard the outcome of the other interview, and they kindly agreed. My request was cheeky, for sure; but I explained (honestly) that because hubs was going to school, the difference in salary was something I couldn't afford to ignore. Luckily I was duly offered the higher-paying job, but I've always been grateful to the people in the first department for being so decent about it, and being willing to wait a couple of days before I gave them my response.
Not that this is analogous really, but just to say... I do really appreciate your dilemma!
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Is there any possibility of simply being honest with your current employer, and saying that you have the opportunity to interview for the job of your dreams, and that it's too much to pass up? (But that if it's not offered to you, you're happy to sign your current contract?)
Maybe this is highly unrealistic, but then again it depends on the people you work for. (I work for the civil service now, where it's *understood* that people will job-hop, so no one takes it personally. I've even known supervisors who actually keep an eye open for better opportunities for the people under them!)
Re: Yeah.