Beanies! Quick, some advice!
So, last week I applied for this job. The manager called me on Thursday to interview, but I live in a cell phone dead zone and didnt get the message until Friday. I called Friday and left a voicemail and (after much internet stalking) found his email online and sent an email on Sunday reiterating my interest in the position, so sorry to have missed your call etc professionalism! This morning I had an email from him asking me to interview tomorrow. Which, is short notice considering I have a full time job already. But, whatever. I emailed back saying that while I would love to interview for the position (and emphasized again that Im interested in the position) tomorrow is my programming day and that the exact time that he wants me to interview Im hosting a Dr. Seuss book club. And I completely forgot to mention that I work and have programs every day this week except my day off. So, he asked me to come in on Wednesday. I have two programs on Wednesday. I think that the one I could leave early for and drive to the interview (2.5 hours away) and skip the other. But, thats not super professional and I would be leaving the one program in the lurch. How do I say this in my email to the potential employer? I would love to come in and interview but I do have to prior obligations. I think it would make me look SO BAD to ask to reschedule TWICE. But I also think it would make me look SO BAD to skip out on these programs. WHAT DO I DO? The second I hit send I realized that I had forgotten to mention my programming schedule so that I could avoid this very scenario.

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    Can you take a personal day at your current job? Or take a personal half day? (Is it worth it to take it unpaid? I have had to do that in the past; take a half-unpaid-day to take care of personal stuff.) Is there a way to tell your current job that something urgent and unpredictable came up and you can only do one program, or something like that? It’s not ideal, for sure, but it seems like it might be better to put that on your current employer than on the potential one. Your current job knows you, can give you the benefit of the doubt, etc. (Just my thoughts. I am no expert and not in HR or anything)

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