{"id":34846,"date":"2016-11-18T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-applying-for-a-senior-role-in-my-company-but-dont-really-want-it\/"},"modified":"2016-11-18T14:10:11","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T07:10:11","slug":"im-applying-for-a-senior-role-in-my-company-but-dont-really-want-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-applying-for-a-senior-role-in-my-company-but-dont-really-want-it\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm applying for a senior role in my company, but don't really want it"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI fear it\u2019s a benchmarking interview as my skills aren\u2019t a perfect fit, so how should I tackle the application and interview?Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy\u2019s own insights. I am in the strange position of applying for a job I don\u2019t want. I work in a tiny team in a small company that is expanding and consequently our workload has increased enormously, so a senior position has been advertised in our team. The role includes responsibilities I do not want to take on as I don\u2019t want additional stress, but the job description also includes areas in which I am acknowledged as being the company expert. (It\u2019s a niche industry so these skills are not directly transferable). Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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