another job at McGraw-Hill

[redbird]

I've been offered what the person offering it described as a "very boring" job in the social studies department. Basically, it involves tracking down lots of stuff that the company published recently, and getting details like page numbers, for a reprint edition where they've been told that specific citations are necessary.

The carrot, in addition to continuing to be employed in a reasonably convenient location (I dislike job hunting and am not very good at it), is that the woman who runs the social studies department is going to have a project she'll need permanent employees for, in a few months, and if I take this I'm likely to be hired on permanently (for whatever "permanently" means nowadays--but with paid holidays and vacation and such).

I have to give her an answer tomorrow, because if I decline, she'll need to find someone else. I have consulted my sweeties, who confirm my hunch that I should accept, so I'm going to.

Comments

[redbird]

Yes, on all counts. This is what they say, I think, when they know you're overqualified but want you for the job.

[desayunoencama.livejournal.com]

If only everyone in publishing was overqualified for their job, the industry might function more smoothly!

:-)

(Actually, don't "boring" detail-oriented jobs like copyediting/proofreading work best if one is "overqualified"--especially in relation to the text one is working on?)