career update

[dream_labyrinth]

Er... yeah... well...

So, after posting a whiny entry about how the interview might have sucked, I got a call from the library. Saying that they had decided to offer me the position.
Problem is, I still have the option to get the (probably better) job with the army.
And I called those people right away to find out how my chances are there, and the lady said that if Armageddon doesn't arrive anytime soon, I'll have that job.
So instead of having no job at all, I now have two and need to decide.

In the university library, I'll be one of many. I'll have people to show me how to do stuff and help me out and everything. I'm not alone in the dangerous world that is the library.
I also will probably not have much influence on anything. And I'll have a secure job only until the end of next year. After that, nobody knows.

With the army, I'll be in an OPL (One Person Library). There's just me. The nearest person to help me can most likely only be reached by phone or email.
But it will be my library. Any idea I have I can try out and see what works.
And I'll have the job for at least two years, with the possibility of them keeping me as long as I want. I'll also have the possibility to get in contact with interesting people.

It all looks more like the second option, but I can't resign on the first job as long as I'm not sure whether I'll get the other.
The lady said she'd call me Monday and tell me more, but she can't give out a definite yes as long as she hasn't got the results from my medical (that should be there by now, really!) and the OK from all relevant places.
But the university library would like to get my answer by Monday.
We'll see what will happen. Nothing much I can do now but wait.

Comments

[chickbrarian.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Go with the University! (I'm biased):)

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

*gg* It's close, but I think I'd rather go for the army. I somehow didn't really like the people so much at that particular university.
It may sound strange, but I walked around that town and campus for over two hours, and I don't think anybody ever looked me in the eyes.
It just felt very cold and distant, all the students too cool and (judging from their clothes and cars and cell phones and laptops) with much more money than manners.

[call-me-harmony.livejournal.com]

Sounds to me like deep down the decision is made and your just worried about covering your back because the army job is not definite yet.

Good luck with your decision.

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

Yes, probably, but I somehow feel stupid deciding just from my feeling and not really from rational and logical arguments.
Thanks, I'm going to need luck. :-)

[holyrood.livejournal.com]

congrats on having been offered two jobs! that's great. both sound like they will be OK, though, right? i hope you can manage to wait through the weekend without biting your nails off....i know i wouldn't. : )

it's all going to work out like it should. and you'll soon have a library job! how exciting!

[agrathea.livejournal.com]

Good luck on figuring it all out! And a bombardment is definitely better than getting nothing... So congrats!

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'll just hope I'll make the right decision.

[agrathea.livejournal.com]

Sorry, didn't mean to reply to your comment... LOL

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

*gg* I cut my fingernails two days ago, really short, so there isn't much I can get my teeth to anyway.
More likely, I'll write tons of random posts about how nervous I am. So better beware! ;-)

[scatteredlogic.livejournal.com]

Do you have a real preference for one job over the other? If so, you'd probably be better off selecting that one.

If not, then does one pay better than the other? Does one have better benefits? Or a better working environment?

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

I'm leaning towards the army job right now.
I haven't been there before so I don't know how the environment will be, but I somehow didn't like the university library much, didn't warm up to it in the hours I spent there.
The payment is going to be the same in the beginning, but provided I last the two years in the army and the job still exists after that, I'm going to become a civil servant, which does have some benefits.
Thanks for the help with thinking this through. :-)

[rev-tobias.livejournal.com]

And I'll have a secure job only until the end of next year.

Major argument against the university, IMO.

And something I've been wondering: what kind of job does the military offer librarians? I can only imagine this being a Vorschriftenstelle. Which would be funny, because after my three months of boot camp, I spent the remaining nine months of service in a Vorschriftenstelle too (which was also headed by a civilian librarian).

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

Nope, it would be a real library.
They have several, in all major bases, and often combined with "Fachinformationsstellen" with access to databases and that sort of stuff. Can be pretty interesting, though I don't know what sort of questions patrons would ask in this particular place.
Hmm, so when you were in the army, you had to do 12 months. Now that could give me an idea about how long ago that must have been...
My brother now complains about it being nine months, he should rememebr that it could be much worse. :-)

[knight0fswords.livejournal.com]

Isn't that the way it always goes? First no job, then the choice of two. Hopefully the Army will be able to give you more information on Monday before you have to give your answer to the University.

I am one who prays about everything, so my first instinct would be to ask the Powers That Be for some guidance on that decision. lol :D

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

*L* I'm more the person to pray that I make the right decision or at least live with the decision.
Problem is, I've never had to decide something like this before. I only applied at one university and got accepted, for all my internships I was only accepted in on place each, so no need for decisions. I just need to tell myself that it will not be forever, it isn't as if I'm going to sign over my soul or anything. If I don't like the place I decide for, I can apply somewhere else and quit.

[tuva.livejournal.com]

YAY! :D Congrats! :D I'm so happy for you! I hope you'll get it all sorted out before monday! :) I can't really give you any advice which job to chose, I'd say that you should go with the one you want the most and think that will give you the best chances and challenges! :)

*hugs*

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

Thank you. The army lady promised to call Monday, and she's going to do that efore noon, so as soon as I got her answer I can call the other guy.
Looks very much like I'm going for the army position right now.