Counting My Chickens

Suddenly, I'm popular. I just got a phone call from a job wanting to interview me, and I have another interview next Wednesday. I also interviewed for a job about two weeks ago; when I emailed them yesterday they said they were still interviewing a few more people and would let me know.

Job #1 is a word processing job at an accounting firm. The interview went well and it seems like a nice place to work. The pay is really good too. However, I don't have the specialized skills in Word that they want, and although I could learn, if they find someone with more experience they'll probably hire that person instead. It's also not my ideal career path, but I think I would enjoy it.

Job #2 is my interview next week. It's a position in the registrar's office at one of the private universities here in Seattle. I would be counseling students and faculty on graduation requirements and such. The pluses are that it would be a good career path and I think that I would enjoy it. But it's here in the city and the pay is not quite high enough to make it really worth it. If they offered it to me, I probably would take it and live a little further outside of town.

Job #3 is my interview on Friday. It's an entry-level position at the library of a college on the Eastside. It would also be a fun experience and a good start on a potentially worthwhile career. However, the pay is pretty low since it's a "starter position". But I could work there for a while to gain more library experience and then transfer somewhere else with better pay.

I think I'm pretty qualified for any of these positions so I just hope interviews go well. The hardest thing will be having to pick if I get offered more than one. More realistically, I'm worried about getting an offer from one before I hear from the others. I don't know how to handle this job search thing very well.

Comments

Lindsay said…
We're in the middle of our own job-searching process. Such a rollercoaster. Good luck with the interviews and with snatching those offers!
6/13/2007 12:09 PM
B.G. Christensen said…
I think you should take all three (because of course all three will be offered to you). A full-time job only takes up eight hours a day, and there are twenty-four to use, so fitting three in shouldn't be a problem. You could even get another full-time job on the weekends!
6/13/2007 2:04 PM
Desmama said…
I certainly wouldn't be surprised if you were offered all of them. I think you'd be great!
6/13/2007 3:11 PM
The Weed said…
Awesome! 'Bout time somebody recognized what they had in front of them.
6/14/2007 1:19 PM
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