Hints
Just heard from Ben Sammler, head of the Technical Design and Production Dept at Yale, this morning:
"We expect to make you an offer . . . Human Resources will be contacting you either at the end of the business day Sept 15 or the morning of Sept 16"
The department has to wait a minimum period of time from the time the job posting is made to when they can offer the job to someone. This is to ensure that folks that are qualified and interested, especially folks already working at Yale, have the time to apply for the job. But they do not expect another more qualified applicant from the Yale pool to appear. So we follow the rules and wait.
In the meantime, there is still so much to do that will factor into choosing to take this job. I need to price out how much relocation will cost, hammer out the fine details of subletting my Berkeley rent-controlled apartment so I can get it back in a year's time, and research what my budget would be for living in New Haven (including internet, cable, rent, HEAT, off-street parking, food, cold weather clothes, plus extra for trips to NY and all around the East Coast), and consider the possiblities for summer employment to make up for the seasonal nature of the job.
And I need to consider if going thru all this change is worth it for a job that money-wise (before benefits) will mostly break even with my crazy freelance schedule outside of Cal Shakes here in the Bay Area. (It is amazing how much benefits will factor into a job choice after you turn 30 and realize you've been working your butt off all this time and can still just barely keep your nose above water.) And I fret about being capable enough to teach and supervise students at varying levels of electrics experience, which is only the MAIN part of the job.
But I would be working at one of the most recognized schools in the country, helping to create theater that helps defines what the rest of us work on in the rest of the theater world. And I'll be working with some designers I've worked with before, and some whose names and reputations I've heard for years, and be helping to mold future designers. And I'll get to experience the seasons on the East Coast, see things that are new and different to me, be in places that are older than 100 years, and have a chance to expand my knowledge base and gain new friends.
Thanks to all of you for your support of this process so far. Your encouraging words and confidence in me is giving me the courage to consider pursuing this opportunity. Just keep reminding me will ya? Be like the mouse in Dumbo and keep whispering to me that I can fly.
"We expect to make you an offer . . . Human Resources will be contacting you either at the end of the business day Sept 15 or the morning of Sept 16"
The department has to wait a minimum period of time from the time the job posting is made to when they can offer the job to someone. This is to ensure that folks that are qualified and interested, especially folks already working at Yale, have the time to apply for the job. But they do not expect another more qualified applicant from the Yale pool to appear. So we follow the rules and wait.
In the meantime, there is still so much to do that will factor into choosing to take this job. I need to price out how much relocation will cost, hammer out the fine details of subletting my Berkeley rent-controlled apartment so I can get it back in a year's time, and research what my budget would be for living in New Haven (including internet, cable, rent, HEAT, off-street parking, food, cold weather clothes, plus extra for trips to NY and all around the East Coast), and consider the possiblities for summer employment to make up for the seasonal nature of the job.
And I need to consider if going thru all this change is worth it for a job that money-wise (before benefits) will mostly break even with my crazy freelance schedule outside of Cal Shakes here in the Bay Area. (It is amazing how much benefits will factor into a job choice after you turn 30 and realize you've been working your butt off all this time and can still just barely keep your nose above water.) And I fret about being capable enough to teach and supervise students at varying levels of electrics experience, which is only the MAIN part of the job.
But I would be working at one of the most recognized schools in the country, helping to create theater that helps defines what the rest of us work on in the rest of the theater world. And I'll be working with some designers I've worked with before, and some whose names and reputations I've heard for years, and be helping to mold future designers. And I'll get to experience the seasons on the East Coast, see things that are new and different to me, be in places that are older than 100 years, and have a chance to expand my knowledge base and gain new friends.
Thanks to all of you for your support of this process so far. Your encouraging words and confidence in me is giving me the courage to consider pursuing this opportunity. Just keep reminding me will ya? Be like the mouse in Dumbo and keep whispering to me that I can fly.
posted by Resident Squint at 12:37 PM
1 Comments:
Go for it, girl!!!!!
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