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Two emails

Published 25 October 2006 by G.M. ERADES | E-mail this post

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Yesterday was cloudy. I stayed home the whole day: playing with my new iPod, reading news on the internet, cooking. Then I got two important emails.

The first one came from Brussels: “Following our previous letter announcing that you were amongst the candidates who would be invited to the oral examination, I am pleased to inform you that the oral test will take place on 31/01/2007 at 15:30. This interview will last approximately 45 minutes”. So I have three months to prepare for a 45 minutes interview! I wish I could have done it earlier and being done with it before Christmas. On the other hand it means that I have time to prepare better. One thing is clear: to become an EU official you have to be very patient. I applied for the job more than a year ago!

The second email came from New York: “I am pleased to announce that we would like to schedule a phone interview with you for the position of Russia Researcher at Human Rights Watch. Please let me know your availability for this week, starting tomorrow afternoon”. That’s good news. Of course, after the Amnesty thing, I am not that confident that I can get a job offer. But one good thing about this position is that I could be based outside Russia as well. I'll do my best and then see.

It feels good to see that things are moving.

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