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Should I bother with the job interview?
Hi so, I'm gonna make this as short as possible. I'm a freshman and just got called for an on-campus job. Potential problem is, I'm taking 18 credit hours/5 classes (ungodly amount, I know). I'm just finishing up my first year core stuff (Bio 2, Chem 1, Pre Calc, all with labs and American lit and music appreciation online). I took most of them in high school. This is the first and the last time I'll be doing this, as a result my remaining semesters will be lighter. I just wanna get some experience in the workplace for my resume (1st job) & extra cash. So should I go ahead and nail the interview or pass it up? Thanks.
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There’s no risk in taking the job if you want to, you know. A lot of people often mention possible risk when making decisions on this site, but you mention none.
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My daughter had a friend who worked on campus at the local community college. As I recall, the degree the gal wanted to go for, office or business administration , meant she was getting some kind of work experience kind of in the field she wanted to learn. Experience with degrees works better than degrees without experience. If you know yourself well and what your limit is in how much you can juggle at once, you have to make your decision on that. If the classes are your limit, then time wise and energy wise, and focus wise, you may not be able to do the job. If you are willing to try and they are willing to take you knowing your schedule and willing to allow you to opt out later and they just replace you, then that's a good situation, and one you may not know of if you don't go to interview or ask the kind of questions there or later to find out. Remember you need time to study and do homework other than class time. If things get slow on the job and you are allowed to do some homework in between, then that's a good deal. The office job is likely part time so if 4 or 5 hours, you can only know if you try the on campus job and studies and classes can all be done well, not half assed due to exhaustion. Sometimes the only way to find out is to accept and try. If it gets too much for you, you simply let them know it is too much for you and you thought you could handle it but you can't. I believe the person who hires for a college job position and hires students, has experienced those who it turned out couldn't handle the time spent on the job. Its likely nothing new. I would ask what happens if you find it is more than you can handle after some time. You really want the extra money or whatever you get in return for the job so you are interested still. Let them explain whether they would take you or not, and whether they are understanding of you stopping the job later. If there is a way to drop out of one class now to take at a later time, you might want to ease your load that way. Don't bite off more than you can chew with too many classes simply to finish school sooner. Its not a race to get across the finish line first, but how you finish that counts, even if you come in last. If you rush and pass and get your degree, but just barely with low grades all around, how experienced are you for the job? If you take your time and get the best grades because you had the time to devote to getting those high grades in each class, your knowledge will help later when people are choosing between you and other applicants. Your personality helps a lot too depending on what is needed for a particular position.
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I think you should go to the interview. If you feel you can squeeze in some hours working with your schedule, maybe they will work around it. If nothing else maybe they will consider you for something when your schedule is a little lighter. Nail that interview! Good luck.
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