nwajay: Dear PTDF fellows,

To help you look at your situation with a birds eye. This is going to be the situation. You do not even think of mentioning the PTDF scholarship during your interview. Get the offer from NLNG and then you can call out a member of the HR to seek his opinion about your situation. Bear in mind that immediately you mention this to him/her the HEAD HR will know that one of their new employee is thinking of going for his MSc.

Now NLNG does not recruit into the graduate trainee program often, if I remember correctly it looks like the last exercise was in 2007. When HR is faced with such a situation, first thing is to make sure that the business continues with or without you. So the moment you mention you are thinking of leaving, the first thing NLNG will do is to get a replacement. They will not make the decision to stay or leave for you (You will do that yourself). Because the induction and business has a timeline. On your return which is likely to be in 2015. You will send a mail to your contact at NLNG. But remember that you did not go through the process of training with them so you are lacking in that aspect. Keep in mind that a space was not reserved for you because that would mean running the business on a stretchy but possibly thick thread against a firm one.

At this moment if you do not know what decision to take think about it this way first, something has to give. However if there is still a chance that you could have both world you would not be disappointed. Before you take your decision think about where you want to be in the next 5 years and chose the one that helps you get there.

All these are in the view that you get the NLNG job.

PEACE

Thanks very much for the advice