Monday, January 29, 2007
Can I get a whoop whoop?!?
I'm trying to contain my excitment, but today I had another interview, a another job offer and I'm really tempted to go for it! This is my third interview in three weeks, and it seems that each position I'm offered gets better and better. Job searching has never been so fun!
I didn't really know what I was looking for when I called up language schools and sent out my resume to the various schools, but I know I've lucked out with what I found today. I am still teaching Japanese and English at Berlitz, but I think I'll only be there for about another month. Today I found a position at a larger English school called Approach International Student Center in Boston. However, this is not a teaching position, but rather an administrative position which is much more in line with my long-term career goals.
The position is for both Registrar and Student Affairs Coordinator, and includes opening and closing the school every day, managing all courses, services, activities, materials and merchandising. I would be a mediator between international student advisers, teachers and students, and manage incoming students every month and oversee their housing. Additionally, I would get training in INS laws and regulations and assist students in applying for and staying in compliance with their visas. It kinda sounds like everything I want to go to school for, but I don't need to go to school to do it, I just need this position.
Besides the awesome benefits, after two years I get tuition assistance at any accredited institution ...egh hem ...like Lesley University?!?
Most importantly, it sounds like a job I believe in. I've been saying I want to be an international student adviser for a long time now, and this would be the beginning of that career. Everyone in this office has been there for several years--even the teachers have been there between 5-9 years!! (After 4 years everyone gets 4 weeks of paid holidays so there's serious incentive to stay!)
Now I have a decision to make... Do I leave my nanny job early (not really fulfilling my obligation to Tom) and find a place in the city? Do I try to balance both jobs? (There are two positions and one is part time.) Do I turn it down because it's bad timing?
I'm going back on Thursday to job shadow for several hours and get a better feel for the office and the job. I guess I have some time to think about it.
I didn't really know what I was looking for when I called up language schools and sent out my resume to the various schools, but I know I've lucked out with what I found today. I am still teaching Japanese and English at Berlitz, but I think I'll only be there for about another month. Today I found a position at a larger English school called Approach International Student Center in Boston. However, this is not a teaching position, but rather an administrative position which is much more in line with my long-term career goals.
The position is for both Registrar and Student Affairs Coordinator, and includes opening and closing the school every day, managing all courses, services, activities, materials and merchandising. I would be a mediator between international student advisers, teachers and students, and manage incoming students every month and oversee their housing. Additionally, I would get training in INS laws and regulations and assist students in applying for and staying in compliance with their visas. It kinda sounds like everything I want to go to school for, but I don't need to go to school to do it, I just need this position.
Besides the awesome benefits, after two years I get tuition assistance at any accredited institution ...egh hem ...like Lesley University?!?
Most importantly, it sounds like a job I believe in. I've been saying I want to be an international student adviser for a long time now, and this would be the beginning of that career. Everyone in this office has been there for several years--even the teachers have been there between 5-9 years!! (After 4 years everyone gets 4 weeks of paid holidays so there's serious incentive to stay!)
Now I have a decision to make... Do I leave my nanny job early (not really fulfilling my obligation to Tom) and find a place in the city? Do I try to balance both jobs? (There are two positions and one is part time.) Do I turn it down because it's bad timing?
I'm going back on Thursday to job shadow for several hours and get a better feel for the office and the job. I guess I have some time to think about it.
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I certainly would not presume to tell you what to do, but my question to you is ...just exactly which of your long term goals is the "nanny" position fulfilling? Answer that, talk to Tom and then try to figure out an equitible solution.
Thanks for the advice. I have been thinking about this non-stop all week! I made a list of all the good and bad things about taking each job, then a financial analysis, too. Seeing it all on paper definitely helps me make an informed decision, but when there's no obvious choice it's still not any easier!
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