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

[callunav.livejournal.com]

Oh, from one uncertainly employed person to another, congratulations. Very definite congratulations.

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

good thinking. it's almost always easier to dump a job that turns out to suck too much than to find a decent job when one ends up really needing it.

so, congrats! and here's hoping it's not too boring.

[ailsaek.livejournal.com]

Cool, congrats!

[alanro.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Don't forget that boring is very much in the mind of the beholder, as it were...

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

"Very boring" isn't so bad if you know it's short term. Sometimes it's a relief, in fact.

[lysana.livejournal.com]

Excellent news. And "boring" can mean "soothingly routine" in an otherwise complex life.

[bibliotrope.livejournal.com]

Boring is in the eye of the beholder. Attention to detail is what it sounds like, and that can be interesting it its own, if quiet, way. Plus it could lead to other things.

Good luck!

[brisingamen.livejournal.com]

Good news ... congratulations.

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

I'm with everyone else, this definitely sounds like a worthwhile "boring" job, particularly if you get more permanent work out of it.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

It might be "very boring" but it's something you're good at doing and can do a good job with. I think you're absolutely right, and I very much hope it leads to something more interesting.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Yep :) Hope it works out for you.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

I second what others have said, especially the congratulations!

[redbird]

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

[nwl.livejournal.com]

If you want it, go for it!

I dislike job hunting and am not very good at it.
I feel the same way about looking for a job and the odds get worse every day.

[orangemike.livejournal.com]

"Boring" beats the hell out of unemployed/underemployed.

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

Sounds pretty good.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Oh, huzzah! This is fabulous news.

[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?)

[desayunoencama.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

And at least you won't have to job hunt, just yet, or learn a new office environment, or...

Congrats!