Not sure I did the right thing [View All]

[LuckyTheDog]

So, here's the deal. I have been trying to get interviewed at this place that I know is trying to fill a job. But, so far as I know, they have not interviewed anyone yet. So, I asked around. From what I heard, the organization is going back and forth about what kind of person they want, and that has been holding up the screening of the applicants. According to one source, they don't know what kind of experience -- or how much -- they want the new hire to have.

Here is what I did. I happen to know that the job in question is vital and should not stay vacant for long. But I also know that organizations can get frozen by indecision for months and months in cases like this. So, tonight, I passed it along to an acquaintance there that I would be willing to be hired on an interim basis, while the organization assesses its long-term needs.

My thinking was that, because I am now unemployed, I really don't have anything to lose by accepting a three-to-six-month contract position -- and that the organization might hire me quickly if it was on a "try before you buy" basis.

The problem here is that now I don't know if I'll come off as too desperate.