arrgghh!

[winterbadger]

I'd love to apply for this job, but it ain't going to happen right now. I'd be well suited, I've done some corporate communications work (I did lots of editing and some copywriting for the communications and development offices in my two nonprofit jobs), and that's a sweet salary for a quiet university job in a place like Stirling.

*sigh*

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[noting-nothing.livejournal.com]

:( It's rotten when things come up & the timing's off. I always hang on to job adverts in those situations -- keeps me focused.

[winterbadger]

I'm saving them too, to put in my "see, there are lots of jobs I could do" file for the visa application. Most of them have been in Oxford or Lunnon, though, where I don't really want to live. :-( Meh.

[dativesingular.livejournal.com]

I had something similar happen to me this week--there's an opening for a grad student to work 15 hours a week in a special collections/fine arts library, but I can't apply since I already have my current job which is 10 hrs a week, and as a full time student I can't legally work more than 20 hours. Poop.

Why is it that you can't apply for it right now?

[winterbadger]

I don't have my visa yet, so I'm not legally able to work in the UK. I think I might be able to get someone to at least *look* at my CV if I had the visa but were still in the States (though it will be easier once I'm actually there and don't have to pay $1000 to fly in for an interview :-). But with no visa, I don't thnk they will even look at an application. Saying "...but I could probably have one in under three months!" is likley to garner little credulity. :-)

[dativesingular.livejournal.com]

Ah, right. I guess I kind of had a brain fart and forgot about the expensive flight. I was thinking that if you were a strong enough candidate, they might offer you the work permit, or something.

[winterbadger]

Sadly, they probably have plenty of good candidates already nearby, so they won't want to go to the trouble of a work permit. After all, to get a work permit for me, they would have to certify that there is no one in the EEA who can do the job. :-( That's the great thing about the HSMP visa--it's like magic fairy dust, making you look temporarily like an EEA worker, at least for hiring purposes. :-)

But it's still probably about 4+ months off.

[pisica.livejournal.com]

Tell you what, I'LL apply for it, and then when you come over you can have it.

Oh, wait, but no one will hire me for anything. Sorry!

:P

[winterbadger]

Well, I was going to point it out to you, though I don't know that you want to commute all the way to Stirling from Wee Fife Village.