I think it happened about 30 seconds after I said “I think I screwed my GAO interview,” for the umpteenth time. I got a call from the 312 area code. I thought “great, this is the ‘no job for you'” call because I confused that with washington’s area code, 301. I was talking, so I just turned off the ringer and continued the conversation about bleak internship prospects with a fellow first year.
Well, 312 is chicago, downtown chicago. The guy who called wanted to see if I’d actually dropped out of consideration with the gao, because apparently I’ve been marked as such in their database, if I’d be interested in doing health care stuff despite not clicking that box, and whether chicago would be an okay place for me (hmmm, desperate much? ;).
I called him up, assured him that chicago is my first choice town, that while I interviewed in washington, I had not yet received an offer, and that the health care division of the gao would be quite interesting to me, even though I hadn’t marked it. (It was borderline, I was pretty sure it was physical infrastructure that was going to call me in, so I was a little flippant in clicking those boxes. Heh, seems I was right)
In short, phone interview friday. And an info interview wednesday with the green institute. Hmmm. Maybe I’m not so screwed… On that front. =)
I am somewhat disappointed with their nonprofit fair today. I was hoping for some renewable energy activism organizations. Enh, oh well. There’s more than one way to skin a cat.
FYI 202 is DC’s area code, 301 is suburban MD. Still given the way HR works for some agencies they might actually call you from Minnesota. Still you should get the call from GAO w/ 202.
Desperate? Oh probably 🙂
Yeah, I just associate 301 with dc, because the only dc area number I’ve memorized, my older sister’s, is 301. And don’t get me started on suburban call centers. =)
Agencies need bodies, especially young, smart ones. Don’t discount that in any negotiations. 😉 And offices outside the Beltway need them even more badly than most.
And renewable energy’s going nowhere, government wise, over the next four years. ;-p
Yeah the day we add a hybrid to our GOV fleet, I will faint.
Clearly I should have waited a couple years to pursue the field. 😉
I think there are several regional, state, and local groups that are doing biorenewables. I think supporting agriculturally based energy could be a major point to get farmer/rural votes.