Got declined a job

[Zenmervolt]

Take the higher-up job. Go through a temp company for the interim two months. A temp company should be able to find you a two-month contract position without any trouble.

I doubt that you were BS-ed. First, the standard HR phrase for a decline is something along the lines of "we feel that there are other individuals whose skill sets more closely match our requirements at this time". It is also _very_ common to turn down over-qualified applicants. Companies are looking not only for the raw ability to do the job, but also for the ability to find some level of fulfillment in the jobs, and boredom or the perception of being stuck in a low-level job that isn't mentally stimulating are very real problems for companies since one bored employee can bring down an entire team's productivity.

The six-month wait time is also very standard. In fact, it's on the short side of standard. In some old-line companies (Finance stands out for me) the waiting period can be as much as 18 months before you are eligible for an internal transfer. It's a huge investment to train a person in a job and it's a very bad position for a company if employees are turning over every few months.

So, as I said at the beginning, take the higher-paying job and find a contracting company to get you work in the interim.

ZV

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Patt
If they want you that badly 2 months from now, they'd find a way to hire you now if that was your only option.

That's not true at all. Bringing him in for another department for just two months in order to "get him on the team" is prohibitively expensive and headcount typically doesn't open up for companies until around the end of December and the beginning of January.

ZV

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Patt
If they want you that badly 2 months from now, they'd find a way to hire you now if that was your only option.

That's not true at all. Bringing him in for another department for just two months in order to "get him on the team" is prohibitively expensive and headcount typically doesn't open up for companies until around the end of December and the beginning of January.

ZV

yea, he said he has other people he can hire for the lesser job that are more apt to stay with it..... and you are right about the timing.... its the end of october, so the two month time lines up perfectly with end of december and beginning of january....