I have a feeling this is going to happen and wanted to ask how do I handle the situation (job offer, interview)

[moneymkt]

My current job is ending on June 28th and I may have to take this job that is not high on my list due to the costly health benefits. So if I take the job offer and then all of a sudden one of those state jobs I applied for contacts me for a interview during the first 60 days of a new job how do I handle that?

[fishbrains]

You do what everybody else does and call in sick. Because you are in the first 60 days they may not pay you for the day or write you up, but that is the necessary cost of trying for the job you really want.

There is no magic solution here.

[Mae Maes Garden]

What a nice dilemma...ya take the State job of course!

[BusinessManIT]

Yes, that is a nice problem to have.

[joe from dayton]

I think most people would call in sick and go to the interview.

[bobsell]

Depending on how long the interview is, you can just ask to take a long lunch saying you need to run an errand with the government.

[Suburban_Guy]

Call in sick.

I don't think I've had a single legitimate job interview that lasted less than four or five hours. There's no way you can have an interview during lunch for that obviously. And I'm sure if it is a state job, it would be like that.

Unless you can schedule the interview late afternoon and somehow leave a few hours early (or in the morning and come in late), best to just call in sick that day.

[moneymkt]

Originally Posted by joe from dayton

I think most people would call in sick and go to the interview.

And risk losing the current job and may not get the job you are interviewing for.

[joe from dayton]

Don't post questions if you don't want answers.

[moneymkt]

Originally Posted by joe from dayton

Don't post questions if you don't want answers.

I'm not trying to end up with nothing