swat
11-18-2006, 10:52 AM
I had an offer the other day for an inside tech support position. It requires 60-80% of the time phone support with the other 20 being split as 10% field time 5% class room teaching and 5% paperwork.
I have been doing those 3 things for 6+ years now and so I thought sure I can handle that again. I have been working what I call an easy vacation job trying to see if something like this would come open and it does.
I clean up the resume and interview with 7 different people including 2 VP's 2 managers and a few HR and other individuals I would be working with. No problem here I love interiviewing. I like to read people and read them and this is a wonderful chance to do so. All interviews went extremely well and they submitted an offer. I made sure in each interview to talk about experience and offer references to every one.
They offer the minum the job has to offer. I was surprised. I was given the reason that I was being hire as a beginner into the position. I refreshed them with a copy of my resume and let them know I would be happy to give contact info for my references and gave multiple examples of how I had done everything they had been looking for me to do and gave reasons for my value and they made no budge on their offer. I dont know if they thought I was hurting for the job or what so I turned it down.
I know another position I would like to have more that comes open in spring but I was shocked but proud of myself for rejecting the offer. I have value and I know I am worth what I was asking. I had been offered more to do the same and similar in the past. I finally stood up formyself though beacuase usually I would have just took the offer and hung my head about it and become frustrated.
I have been doing those 3 things for 6+ years now and so I thought sure I can handle that again. I have been working what I call an easy vacation job trying to see if something like this would come open and it does.
I clean up the resume and interview with 7 different people including 2 VP's 2 managers and a few HR and other individuals I would be working with. No problem here I love interiviewing. I like to read people and read them and this is a wonderful chance to do so. All interviews went extremely well and they submitted an offer. I made sure in each interview to talk about experience and offer references to every one.
They offer the minum the job has to offer. I was surprised. I was given the reason that I was being hire as a beginner into the position. I refreshed them with a copy of my resume and let them know I would be happy to give contact info for my references and gave multiple examples of how I had done everything they had been looking for me to do and gave reasons for my value and they made no budge on their offer. I dont know if they thought I was hurting for the job or what so I turned it down.
I know another position I would like to have more that comes open in spring but I was shocked but proud of myself for rejecting the offer. I have value and I know I am worth what I was asking. I had been offered more to do the same and similar in the past. I finally stood up formyself though beacuase usually I would have just took the offer and hung my head about it and become frustrated.