We are moving to another city. I have a job interview lined up but since agreeing with the recruitment consultant that I would be happy for her to put my CV forward, she has sent me a detailed job description and I have realised that I really don't have the necessary experience to do a good job in this role. At another time in my life, I would probably have gone in there and tried to sell myself on the basis that I would hopefully be able to pick it up, but with young DC, I would feel much, much happier going for a job for which I know I have the relevant experience. There's enough stress going on at the moment without adding more into the mix unnecessarily. I am actually really interested in the company and there aren't that many employers of this type in the new city, so I would like to try to extract myself from this situation in the best possible way as it's quite likely that I would want to apply for a more junior role with them in the future.
To add a further complication, in discussing all of this this weekend, DH and I have decided that we would quite like to try for another DC after all. We had been putting it off for health reasons but have recently been given the all clear. The health condition is actually one where it would be far less risky to have any more DC sooner rather than later, although it isn't anything which would require any sick leave in the future so shouldn't cause concern to a potential employer. Obviously starting a new job would delay this by quite some time and even then, becoming pregnant the minute you walk into a new job seems unlikely to attract extra goodwill.
On that basis, WIBU to say to the recruitment consultant (who is a very nice lady and who I really don't want to mess around) that I am terribly sorry but that I feel it would be unfair to proceed further with my application on the basis that:
- I don't think that I have sufficient experience of this area yet and I don't want to waste their time, but am very interested in the company and would be grateful if they would consider a further application from me at a later date when I have gained further relevant experience; or
- Due to information which we have recently received, we need to bring forward our plans to expand our family. DH thinks that this is what I should say but it feels like a bit TMI and she might think it's a little unusual?; or
- just that our family circumstances have changed, and leave it at that.
Which do you think would be least likely to annoy her and the company?
Thanks very much in advance.