To Work Or Not to Work?

[ziasudra]

Got a phone message yesterday. Called back today.

- Hello, Ziasudra? This is L calling from [company name]. I came across your résumé and have a temp job position for you.
- *inwardly jumping* What are the details about this job?
- It'll be for about a month, most likely only for December.
- What kind of hours will this require?
- Regular, 9 to 5. Are you interested?
- Er... yes, I'd like to know more details about this.
- Great! I'll set you up for an interview with the supervisor.

Fast forward to the end of the conversation. In short, I landed myself an interview tomorrow at 10 a.m., with the "supervisor," who, incidentally, is the editor-in-chief of the publication that I will potentially be working for.

Now, here's the hard part. Assuming everything goes well, I'll pretty much have the job. But should I take it? I made a list of pros and cons. What do you think?


Pros:
- MONEY. I worked for the same company before (the same one for my copyediting job last spring). They pay good.
- Meaty filling for my résumé. Reputable company, good position, what's not to like?
- The publication is some sort of a trade magazine on tech stuff and gadgets, which is something I'm interested in.

Cons:
- I'll have to stay in NYC for the entire December (i.e., no Christmas vacation).
- I'll have to cut out of my kiddies job one week short (which will be okay, because a simple "finals week" excuse will do, and believe me, that's more truth than a mere excuse!).
- I'll go from having a lot of time to work on my three term papers to having virtually no time (progress: draft finished for paper #1, working on paper #2, just conducted an interview with a source for paper #3).
- A 9 to 5 schedule, heh, that would require a complete readjustment from waking up at 10 everyday.

I guess I'll find out tomorrow whether I'll be potentially hired. But in the mean time, what kind of vibes are you getting? Should I go for it? Not go for it? Any thoughts/comments/suggestions?

Comments

[nenyaentwhistle.livejournal.com]

:) so get the experience, get on their good side and maybe they'll hire you. working for review tech gaggies would be awesome :). i'm actually not taking the practical journalism class, but... it'll be okay i think. i'm a fast learner and well, if i go to grad school it'd be for creative writing and i need to build a portfolio (besides the fact i didn't get into the class b/c it was full). so i'm positive that this is a sign.

as for summer internship, i find out end of jan/early feb. i'll definitely let you know! btw, austin was out, so newsday and Houston are last option, or else i'll probably end up working some mediocre job all summer which sounds like a big bummer. unfortunately i do need to come back to the us (or else i'd stay in UK) to apply to medschool.

[ziasudra.livejournal.com]

I hope you'll end up with something you like to do for the summer! Maybe you can look into something in the UK that only requires you to stay for the early part of summer? This way, you'll get to stay there longer, have some sort of experience to put under the "summer 2006" category of your résumé, and come back in time to apply for med school.

Whew, you're going to have a busy summer ahead of you, and spring semester hasn't even started yet!

[nenyaentwhistle.livejournal.com]

unfortunately i already bought the ticket home :( so i can't stay even if i wanted to (and you have to get a visa to work and that costs a bundle!) and i need to send off med apps by june i think, especially w/ my grades i need to be in the first wave.

but i'm really hoping for new york, i think my writing test was good *crosses fingers* (thanks to your help).

has your LJ comments been going to spam?

[ziasudra.livejournal.com]

I haven't gotten all of my LJ comment notifications, and it seems like everyone is having the same problem. My LJ e-mails didn't get routed to my spam mailbox, but your mail provider might be doing that because of this (http://www.livejournal.com/users/status/84103.html).

I try to keep a mental list of where I left comments, and then to later go back and see if anyone has replied.

[nenyaentwhistle.livejournal.com]

it routes most into the spam now -_- but it's okay. i don't get much spam so it's not a hard thing to check. though i have emptied my spam box before figuring out that was where my comments were going.