when it rains it pours
and no truer words have ever been uttered.
I have been hoping and praying for quite some time now that I would find a way out of my current job. And after sending out what seems like a million resumes...okay like seven, but it seems like a lot more.
I was offered a position in Student Affairs with my current gig and am totally excited about it, but there are some drawbacks. Like, it would be a lateral move until the new budget comes out because the job is not in the current budget at all. It was added to the Office of Student Affairs and I was approached about it, interviewed for it and was offered the job. I think it would be far more exciting if it came with an immediate raise, but it doesn't. Although it is quite promising that in July, not only would there be a raise involved, but it would bump my grade level up one, possibly two grades. I think I can handle the move initially, but I am scared. What if the raise and everything is not absolute. They have assured me that it is, but you know how things like that can eventually play out. HMMM...
I just got home from another interview. This one is for a position with the Smith School of Business at Maryland. Assistant to the Dean. Okay, okay, I know that I tried like hell to get out of the whole administrative assistant side of academia and into a bigger role as an actual administrator. I think that if I get offered this position it may position me better for a bigger move. I am not sure though. It would clearly limit my student interaction and increase my faculty interaction, which I am comfortable with since my days at Carnegie Mellon. It is business dress all day, every day..no casual Fridays even. Not liking that much, but could probably deal.
I think money is going to talk in the end, but I can't imagine it could be any other way!
I have been hoping and praying for quite some time now that I would find a way out of my current job. And after sending out what seems like a million resumes...okay like seven, but it seems like a lot more.
I was offered a position in Student Affairs with my current gig and am totally excited about it, but there are some drawbacks. Like, it would be a lateral move until the new budget comes out because the job is not in the current budget at all. It was added to the Office of Student Affairs and I was approached about it, interviewed for it and was offered the job. I think it would be far more exciting if it came with an immediate raise, but it doesn't. Although it is quite promising that in July, not only would there be a raise involved, but it would bump my grade level up one, possibly two grades. I think I can handle the move initially, but I am scared. What if the raise and everything is not absolute. They have assured me that it is, but you know how things like that can eventually play out. HMMM...
I just got home from another interview. This one is for a position with the Smith School of Business at Maryland. Assistant to the Dean. Okay, okay, I know that I tried like hell to get out of the whole administrative assistant side of academia and into a bigger role as an actual administrator. I think that if I get offered this position it may position me better for a bigger move. I am not sure though. It would clearly limit my student interaction and increase my faculty interaction, which I am comfortable with since my days at Carnegie Mellon. It is business dress all day, every day..no casual Fridays even. Not liking that much, but could probably deal.
I think money is going to talk in the end, but I can't imagine it could be any other way!