Humbling
Today I applied for a job. It has a salary range. The highest end of the range is over $20k lower than my last job (GQ) paid, and he paid $3k less than Turkey did.
I'm not going to lie. It really hurts. It's a job in a law firm, so I spent at least an hour in bed last night whispering my answer to the interview question "why do you want a job that pays so significantly less than what you were earning before?"
It's hard to come up with a good answer.
1. Well look when I was working - clearly I can't be picky. (Attracts attention to gap in resume)
2. I want something lower pressure. (Being a legal secretary is not high pressure)
3. I wanted to try something new within the legal industry. (Attracts attention to my lack of experience)
4. I thought it would be fun to expand my experience. (Will they be offended that I want to use their job for fun?)
5. Ugh, because I am desperate and just need a fucking job for my mental health already! (Overshare)
So yeah. I need to prepare for an interview for a job that I both need and don't want. Oh, and the person who brought this position to my attention warned me they've had trouble keeping people in the seat because there's zero room for advancement.
But it pays significantly more than nothing. It even pays more than double what unemployment pays (which is no good for my mental health, plus provides no health insurance, plus runs out). So I will continue working to come up with an answer to why I want this job to be prepared for an interview (we're thinking positively!) and will make sure my attitude is right before walking in the office door.
I'm not going to lie. It really hurts. It's a job in a law firm, so I spent at least an hour in bed last night whispering my answer to the interview question "why do you want a job that pays so significantly less than what you were earning before?"
It's hard to come up with a good answer.
1. Well look when I was working - clearly I can't be picky. (Attracts attention to gap in resume)
2. I want something lower pressure. (Being a legal secretary is not high pressure)
3. I wanted to try something new within the legal industry. (Attracts attention to my lack of experience)
4. I thought it would be fun to expand my experience. (Will they be offended that I want to use their job for fun?)
5. Ugh, because I am desperate and just need a fucking job for my mental health already! (Overshare)
So yeah. I need to prepare for an interview for a job that I both need and don't want. Oh, and the person who brought this position to my attention warned me they've had trouble keeping people in the seat because there's zero room for advancement.
But it pays significantly more than nothing. It even pays more than double what unemployment pays (which is no good for my mental health, plus provides no health insurance, plus runs out). So I will continue working to come up with an answer to why I want this job to be prepared for an interview (we're thinking positively!) and will make sure my attitude is right before walking in the office door.
Labels: Cash Flow, Potential Depth, Pounding the pavement, Work
posted by Green at 1/09/2015 09:39:00 PM
6 Comments:
Need cash to pay drug dealer debt?
Be honest & say- I'm a hard worker, reliable, & want to work I stead of being unemployed. You were laid off for not fault if your own & they would be lucky to have you.
Good luck on getting the job.
What Anonymous said. We just hired someone in my office. My boss HATED the interview process, so candor was much appreciated.
Good luck, Green. Sending good thoughts your way.
I'm so happy you are writing again! I hope you get this job, or an even better one!
You can say that while you enjoy volunteering, you prefer working as what you've trained for, higher satisfaction, better output, yada yada. Also - and this you keep to yourself, the success rate of finding a job is higher if you're applying from a current position. Just get the job, and start applying to other ones immediately. You will owe them nothing if you get hired someplace better.
I assume you would have told us by now if you got the job...
Any more prospects on the horizon?
Wish I could hire you myself. I bet you do great work.
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