Hi,
I don't post much, but lurk a lot, but I am now in need of some advice.
I have finally got a job interview for a post that's a bit out of my league, it's a post-doc research post. The main problem is that I haven't yet finished my PhD. I know from other people's experiences that that won't necessarily rule me out for the job, but I will need to get the PhD finished as soon as possible. And I also have a 16 month old. So working full-time is not an option if I'm going to get it done, I'll need to work 3 or 4 days a week ideally.
The job is being advertised as full-time, but with the usual public sector type disclaimers about flexible working and options for job share, so theoretically it should be possible for me to get the job but not work full-time.
So I suppose my question is at what point to talk to them about all of this. Do I bring it up at interview? Or will that blow my chances and give them the opportunity to just pick a candidate that has no problem working full-time? Or should I just gloss over any of those issues in the interview and then negotiate if they decide to offer me the job?
Having started to work on the presentation today, I actually think I could do the job! So now I'm panicking about blowing it before I even get a chance to prove myself.
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waterdragon · 17/01/2013 15:51
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