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Got A Job, but Now More Interviews Coming?
I didn't know where else to turn with this dilemma. The few family members I've spoken about it with say that's just how it goes, once you get a job the other offers start coming. I took the current one because it came first, was good pay, and I have bills to pay. Note I just started it on June 17.
A little background: I have a Masters and Bachelors in elementary education; received the Bachelors in 2008 and since then have not been able to get a teaching position. It's five years later and my student loans are now going in repayment and since I've not taught yet one of the big ones has not been forgiven (if I teach five years in the state one is forgiven fully.)
Anyhow, June 19 I get TWO calls on lunch to interview for two other positions I'd applied for, one at a college for a nice staff position that's guaranteed three years maybe more if their grant holds and one as an activities coordinator at a local nursing home less than ten miles from my house. I interview for it Monday after work and did a prelim phone interview with the college Friday after work. It went well and they asked about coming to campus next week for an in person one and I explained my situation with this work training and they're going to try to work around the schedule. I hated to be like that but I had to have a job so I can pay on bills.
Got home yesterday and checked the mail...biggest shock of my life to pull a letter out from a nearby county's school district that tells me my teaching app has been sent to a schools site base to be called for an interview.
My problems are that I cannot miss training during the day this coming week or the next to go to day interviews but either of these three other positions would be better than what I have now. Now I'm having to travel a greater distance and while the job would be nice if it were straightforward, they have this quality team in place to make it hell--one example being if you stutter over two words in a call its automatically a bad call. Three bad calls and you're reprimanded and wrote up. I hate situations where the environment is hostile as to thinking the only way to run a successful business is through control, threatening, and consequences.
Any advice? I'm stressed out. I have a lot of medical bills to pay and I've been blessed with these chances and either of the three new jobs would be wonderful. But you can also see my further stress caused by the fact that I've finally got a chance with a an elementary school that would make it a little more dream like. I'll stop rambling now. Thanks for your time.
Re: Got A Job, but Now More Interviews Coming?
R-E-L-A-X. Hiring employers understand that you have a job already. Most are willing to schedule interviews in evening hours. Just ask.
Don't feel guilty about leaving a job you just started if it's not the right fit. They wouldn't feel guilty if their budgets were significantly downsized and you, the new hire, had to go.
Take the job your passions tell you is the best, with the best benefits, with the best commute.
Good luck, and congrats on being so wanted!