I've never been one to really take a chance. I fear that is about to change though. There is a job opportunity that has come about, within my same agency, and I may apply for it. The job would be a BIG promotion and one that comes with a lot of responsibility that I've never had in the past.
I can think of one reason that I would be qualified for the position and several that would disqualify me.
I wonder why we always see the negative first.
This week I plan to do some research on the overall mission of the position. I have peripheral knowledge of the topic and a colleague from grad school that did a lot of research in this area. He's kept up a blog on the topic which I occasionally read. I may need to contact him if I have specific questions. I think that is my plus.
My two negatives have to do with supervisory experience and budgeting. My only supervisory experience over others was when I had my own classroom. While that is managing others, it is not the same (then again, it could be) as managing adults. My final concern is working with a large budget and the like. I've not had the opportunity to do that at all. Okay so maybe just a bit in that the program I run now has a budget, which I make sure to stay within, but it is not ultimately my responsibility. Perhaps it could be spun in that way though.
All in all, I need to decide what I'm going to do over the next week. The job doesn't close for a few weeks, but I don't want to wait to apply at the last minute.
Monday, June 01, 2009
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I've tried to live by the idea that if you don't try, you'll never know.
I've supervised different groups and what I done is to make sure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and it starts with me.
Good luck!!!
Wow big decision. Good luck.
Let's take chances together! I hate taking any risky chance of any sort.
You manage your own personal budget at home right? That sort of thing counts too, you know. And I use my classroom experience when I talk about management experience too, but that's all I have. Good luck researching.
I say apply. The only way to get experience is by trying. Plus, you probably have more managerial and budgetary experience than you think if you look across your whole range of activities.
Nothing beats a failure, but a try!
Perhaps I should keep that in mind, huh? I won't get that supervisory or budgetary experience (I think I'm lacking) if I don't ever try to move up, right?
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