Craziness
So the presentation went swimmingly. The 15 role-playing staff members behaved and were warm and welcoming. All the interviews went well and at the end of the 2.5 hours they unofficially offered me the job. We had some salary negotiations and I got the salary upped by $5K, but it would still be less than I was making at my last job. Since I'm switching fields and higher ed in general isn't so lucrative, I'm OK with it (although now I wish I'd asked for even more).
I'm totally torn over what to do. The permanent job is at a huge, urban, and innovative school, but the foster job is situated somewhere truly elite. There's no guarantee that the foster job would lead to a full-time position elsewhere in the university, and the foster job itself promises to be crazy and probably not something I would want to do long-term. But there's something lovely about it, and I've gotten to know the people a bit, and it's so hard to weigh two unknowns.
Thoughts?
Posted by Dori at 8:20 AM
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I would probably go with the full time job, and perhaps ask for more $$. Let them know that you have 2 offers on the table and really like what you see but money is more of an issue that you realized when you met live. I am a big believer in a bird in the hand.
go for the full time gig but tell them you need more in salary to turn down the other gig (they don't need to know it is temporary). if they say no you still have the foster job and many more months to keep looking, if it really comes to that. either way, congrats on having options!!
Sofia and Mel both had good thoughts. I think you must ultimately go with your gut feeling, but asking for more money sounds reasonable.
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