How to shoot yourself in the foot

[cornerofmadness]

I got this rather nice and rather infuriating email from the Arkansas school of math and science. They had wanted to do a biology position last year and didn't have the funding and asked me to resubmit this year. I did. Well I got an email today saying they want to do an environmental biology position and want to consider me for that if I wanted them to because (and here's the infuriating part) 'they were looking for a human biologist before and they felt this job would fit me better.'

I thanked them and said yes I did have three years of experience getting my master in conservation and ecology. (and here's where I shoot myself in the foot) However i AM a human biologist with ten years of medical experience.

I knew it was a dumb thing to say. I knew they had pushed my buttons. I knew I should have calmed down first but damn it, they have my resume and cover letter in front of them. How can they NOT see I'm a human biologist I'll never know? I should have erased the email. I sent it. Sigh.

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[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it turns out it was sort of miscommunication between Biology and HR. They were looking for MOLECULAR biology which no I'm not really qualified for