Leaving at noon
I've got two job interviews today.
The first is at 1, not too far from my current place of employ. This one came through a headhunter I've been talking to off and on since January. I'm not particularly enthused about it.
The second is at 6, up 270 a bit (I'll be going with rush hour traffic, which will make getting there a bitch and a half). It's at the same place I blogged about before... It's true they took down the two jobs I was qualified for, but I went ahead and applied for "the big one" I had no chance of getting (sort of like how I applied to Harvard way back when). Well, they contacted me and suggested a different position which hadn't been posted yet. I responded positively to the idea. A few days later they contacted me again and said they might have something that's an even better fit, and that's the job I'll be interviewing for today. It's a new position (they apparently don't even have a title for it yet) and the HR person I've been e-mailing was sort of vauge about the responsibilities. But I'll be meeting with both the controller and CFO (not sure how big their finance/accounting staff is at this point).
While I'm very excited about the second interview, I still feel like shit, like I'm betraying my current employer (or rather, the group I work with). They've been nothing but nice to me, and seem to respect me, and if I do get a new job I'll probably be leaving just as things start to ramp up for the next budget pass. I don't like leaving people in the clutch like that.
That said, I know I have to do something to move forward, otherwise I could be stuck here for who knows how long. People here tend not to leave, so the ability to advance, especially in my department, is somewhat limited. And anyway, it feels like I've done all I can - everything after this is going to be pure repetition. New challenges will be nice, and the possibility of working with "my people" fills me with delight. (I'd be lying if I said more money wouldn't hurt, either - we get paid a pittance in the non-profit world.)
So yeah, I'm ready for the later interview. I know that stuff cold. I hope they'll be impressed.
My only source of worry is the references section of the app they asked me to fill out. I've left it blank. I've always hated asking people for references (that is, asking for a favor we both know I'll probably never be in a position to return), but in this case it's even stickier - I've lost track of most of the people I've worked with in the past, due to turnover (which tends to be especially high in public accounting). They asked for "personal references" but I don't think that means my friends... So I'm going to give them a selection of evaluations I've received from my current and past jobs, and hopefully they'll accept those and that my lack of "formal" references won't kill me from consideration.
Oh, and I'm still sick - I'm really worried that I'm going to have some kind of coughing fit in the middle of one of the interviews...
The first is at 1, not too far from my current place of employ. This one came through a headhunter I've been talking to off and on since January. I'm not particularly enthused about it.
The second is at 6, up 270 a bit (I'll be going with rush hour traffic, which will make getting there a bitch and a half). It's at the same place I blogged about before... It's true they took down the two jobs I was qualified for, but I went ahead and applied for "the big one" I had no chance of getting (sort of like how I applied to Harvard way back when). Well, they contacted me and suggested a different position which hadn't been posted yet. I responded positively to the idea. A few days later they contacted me again and said they might have something that's an even better fit, and that's the job I'll be interviewing for today. It's a new position (they apparently don't even have a title for it yet) and the HR person I've been e-mailing was sort of vauge about the responsibilities. But I'll be meeting with both the controller and CFO (not sure how big their finance/accounting staff is at this point).
While I'm very excited about the second interview, I still feel like shit, like I'm betraying my current employer (or rather, the group I work with). They've been nothing but nice to me, and seem to respect me, and if I do get a new job I'll probably be leaving just as things start to ramp up for the next budget pass. I don't like leaving people in the clutch like that.
That said, I know I have to do something to move forward, otherwise I could be stuck here for who knows how long. People here tend not to leave, so the ability to advance, especially in my department, is somewhat limited. And anyway, it feels like I've done all I can - everything after this is going to be pure repetition. New challenges will be nice, and the possibility of working with "my people" fills me with delight. (I'd be lying if I said more money wouldn't hurt, either - we get paid a pittance in the non-profit world.)
So yeah, I'm ready for the later interview. I know that stuff cold. I hope they'll be impressed.
My only source of worry is the references section of the app they asked me to fill out. I've left it blank. I've always hated asking people for references (that is, asking for a favor we both know I'll probably never be in a position to return), but in this case it's even stickier - I've lost track of most of the people I've worked with in the past, due to turnover (which tends to be especially high in public accounting). They asked for "personal references" but I don't think that means my friends... So I'm going to give them a selection of evaluations I've received from my current and past jobs, and hopefully they'll accept those and that my lack of "formal" references won't kill me from consideration.
Oh, and I'm still sick - I'm really worried that I'm going to have some kind of coughing fit in the middle of one of the interviews...
posted by the breakfast ninja at 11:03 AM
1 Comments:
Good luck. You have to do what you have to do for yourself. Remember we work to live not live to work. :-)
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