HOLY.FUCKING.SHIT

[hmpf]

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!

Comments

[chamekke.livejournal.com]

Um... woot?

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Dude, GO TO THE INTERVIEW. If you get the job, awesome, you have choices, you can choose whether or not to accept it, and you may be able to conditionally accept it - most job offers come on the understanding you may need to work a leave period with an existing job if you have already signed a contract with the comic museum job.

If you don't get the job, you lose nothing and you don't have to wonder.

[space-oddity-75.livejournal.com]

An interview for a fantastic Uni job? Without the shadow of a doubt I'd say... GO FOR IT!!!

If you're unsure about the new job at the comics museum, before you sign the contract with them maybe you should just tell them that you're still waiting to hear back from some other interviews you took some time ago and therefore you would like to know the implications if you were to sign a contract now and then be called by one of the others in the near future. Maybe the museum guys won't have any objections if you decide to back out after a few weeks, provided you are honest with them in the first place.

Just my two cents here. ;)


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P.S. - on a totally unrelated note, it looks like I'll be coming to Frankfurt either on the 11th-12th February or the weekend after that. If you're around on one of those days, can we meet up somewhere in town and hang out for a while (in a totally relaxed and unstressful way)? I'd LOOOOVE to see you in person and I'm *finally* coming over to Frankfurt after years and years of absence. What do you say?

[stabbim.livejournal.com]

Kann mich den Vorrednern nur anschließen. Falls es eine Kollision gibt, dann sei ehrlich. Wenn sie nett sind, haben sie Verständnis. Anonsten erstmal abwarten und Ball flach halten. ;)

Ich kann mich irren, aber in der Probezeit aufzuhören ist soweit ich gehört habe kein Problem. Informieren solltest du dich trotzdem, klar.

Viel Erfolg, freu Dich über die Chance, dann ist die Angst vor dem vorstellungstermin nicht so groß. :)

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[torn-eledhwen.livejournal.com]

1) Go to the interview.

2) Your new job should have a probation period - here in the UK at least you can get out of a new job with only a week's notice, as a general rule, until you've been there three months (your new employer can also fire you with a week's notice in that time). I'd be surprised if they tied you down to a month's notice or whatever straight away. Although I know nothing about German employment law. Anyway, it's easier to hire someone new again when you've just completed an interview process - chances are they'd be able to get in touch with one of the people who just wasn't as good as you and get them instead, should you get the university job.

3) Celebrate. Be happy, not doubtful. This is good! :)

[diotimah.livejournal.com]

Wow!!! Actually I was quite sure that would happen after you had got the job at the museum! (somehow, it's always like that). And of course, go for it! There'll be ways to get out of the other contract if you get it, I'm sure.:)