Low-Ball Job Offer

SOSConcern
Mon, 06 Aug 2018 03:38:22 +0000

Civil and architectural engineering double major DD got hired with Dept of Transportation in our state, rating and inspecting bridges. She loves bridges - was in highly selective bridge building class and also was on the school’s competition team. Good salary and benefits.

Was also vying for other jobs which were out of state and with private industry that paid more. She had experience. One job wanted her to fly out to interview a day before her last final and two days before graduation (so it was an impossible time) - lined up a Skype interview, but Skype had technical issues and didn’t work and it was a phone interview. The mistake she/we made was suggesting the Skype interview instead of suggesting an alternative week for them to select an interview date. The goal is to get the in person interview.

In a few years she can see where her personal life and her professional life will take her. In the interim, she is comfortable in the city she will be working from, and has connections with friends and family in-state. She already has some vacation plans with one very good friend that is in a neighboring state - including using vacation time to go to Spain where the friend spent a college semester study abroad.

She was greatly relieved to have a ‘plan’ in place. The person who hired her graduated from her school 5 years ago and just became a P.E. (one part of testing is done at graduation, and after 4 years experience, take the next part of the testing).

A friend went with her and selected an apt (which she saw on-line and it was her first choice). We are helping her move and she has a work start date in a week.

After her info was in the DOT system, she was contacted about a date and time to ‘see the dept’ - it turns out another manager wanted to interview her - she was confused by the contact and checked with her boss. She declined the other interview.

What was good was her boss lined up her interview on campus and sought her out. Nice that he is also an alum.

It turns out DD1 returns to work from maternity leave on the same date as DD2’s first day of work. A big day for our family!