Its raining cats & dogs outside, a good day to get into a blog and organize whats on my mind.
I recently posted my concern for a job offer paying below my worth. Well-the plot thickens.
I decided to have a discussion at the end of the week and explain my value and ask for more money. I decided to walk away if I don't get $13.00 hr.
Then yesterday morning I got a phone call. The call is from a local university about a job I reaaallllyyy want and would be perfect for. I had applied for the job weeks ago, but university bureaucracy- everything takes forever.
The university is starting up a masters in business program in the fall and will need an enrollment counselor to talk with students, sell the program and handle the paperwork. The woman asked me my pay rate and I boldly told her I need $15 per hour and she said that was no problem. We talked further and she said she will be in town conducting interviews in June, and hopes to have the position filled in early July.
I REALLY want this job. It's right in line with previous work I have done, continuing education is an industry I like, and I would be getting in at the ground floor of a huge University program. And it pays well! And BB plans to start finishing his college degree in the fall and I wonder if I might get a discount for him...or maybe a free education for him.
So now the question is what to do. I start the office job tomorrow. The university will not be interviewing for 2 weeks, or fill the position for 6 weeks.
Do I continue with my plan to raise my pay at the office even though I am hoping I will be providing my 2 weeks notice in 4 weeks? Do I work at the office for $10 hr for the next few weeks, then negotiate a higher pay in 4 weeks if I do not receive the University position?
I do want to work for the next few weeks while waiting on the University thing to pan out. But I also know I might not get the University job no matter how much I think I am perfect for it. I don't want to screw over this new/current employer, but do want to take the University job if it is offered. What should I do?
A few more job complications
May 15th, 2009 at 04:29 pm
May 15th, 2009 at 05:06 pm 1242403580
Renegotiate at the time when you begin the full time position, after showing them that week that you can do the job. Look out for yourself as now one else is. And i would not feel bad leaving that other job. You walked in and he saw the potential you bring and offered you a job he had not even advertised for. It is not like you took the job from someone elses hands.
May 15th, 2009 at 05:11 pm 1242403901
Good luck on the University job!
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May 15th, 2009 at 09:09 pm 1242418162
Good luck with whatever decision you make.
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