A good friend of mine has become ‘involved’ with the job centre (because any other word gives the impression that she would like to spend time there). Like many of my other friends, and myself, who have had to throw themselves upon the bosom of a faceless bureaucracy, I hated every single moment of the [...]
Archive for May, 2010
17 May
Job Centre Lowdown
Posted by graduatecalling in Finding a job, list. Tagged: being vulgar, career options, dole, employment, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Graduate Talent Pool, interview, job centre, job centre plus, jobcentre fun, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, looking for jobs, on the dole, ooooh! distracting, the economy, unemployment, volunteering, what to do in the job office. 1 Comment
14 May
Faster than the speed of ‘Oh Bugger, that’s not supposed to happen’
Posted by graduatecalling in Uncategorized. Tagged: driving, driving test, feeling a tad down, grumpy, mumford and sons, Not actually employment related, ooooh! distracting. Leave a Comment
Since Tuesday, I have been in a personal race to get to Sunday without going around the twist. There was no FAILboat of an event. Even the Tories getting into power with the help of the Cleggster hasn’t bothered me too much. The Tories have got in to government, which is slightly annoying, but in [...]
7 May
Hung like a horse
Posted by graduatecalling in Not actually employment related, Stunned, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: cameron, clegg, conservative, day off, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, Gordon Brown, hung like a horse, hung parliament, labour, lib dem, Not actually employment related, not actually job related, ooooh! distracting, politics, the economy. Leave a Comment
Last night, when I toddled off to bed after realising that I was so tired I couldn’t understand what people were saying on the tv, I honestly thought that any idea of a hung parliament was next to nil. After all (I considered as I brushed my teeth), the press had been going on about [...]
3 May
*cough**cough**sneeze*
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, Academia, Finding a job, Not actually employment related. Tagged: applications, David Cameron, day off, eleection, general election, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, Gordon Brown, graduate, holidays, hospital radio, interview, job centre, jobcentre fun, left wong, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, Nick Clegg, Not actually employment related, old style left wing, on holiday, ooooh! distracting, PGCE, schools, uk general election, unemployed, unemployment. Leave a Comment
I have an excuse for not updating! Yeah, I’m ill again. I’ve been coughing, not unlike a car backfiring, for the past few weeks. If the amount of snot I am currently blowing out of my nose onto a tissue can be described as having a good time, then this illness has been fun. Not [...]
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