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 [...]
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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
19 Apr
Not hiding
Posted by graduatecalling in *grumblegrumble*, A Small Plea, better luck next time, list, Uncategorized. Tagged: career options, Diversion, driving, feeling angry, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, interview, judgemental, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, looking for jobs, ooooh! distracting, schools, self esteem, shop assistant, shop work, whining, working in a shop. Leave a Comment
Golly goodness me, where has that semi-properly-employed wench got to? (re: the rant below. This followed a below average day in the ongoing war between retail and customers. Thankfully, there was no blood, as glasses are suprisingly sharp. I’m also annoyed at the sensation of boldly going nowhere. Now, an hour out of my mood, [...]
13 Mar
This is what a NHS eye test DOES NOT mean
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, Finding a job, list. Tagged: list, working on saturdays.. 1 Comment
It does not mean we can try and lie about your eyes so you get a free test, It does not mean that I am going to make up a medical complaint so you can get a free test, It does not magically change age brackets to accommodate you. Any of the requests above actually [...]
15 Feb
Stupid stuff wot customers said, innit.
Posted by graduatecalling in *grumblegrumble*, A Small Plea, better luck next time, Finding a job, list. Tagged: being vulgar, career options, Checkout, christmas, Christmas job, Christmas Temp, day off, Diversion, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, ooooh! distracting, shop assistant, shop work, unemployed, unemployment, working, working as a christmas temp, working in a shop, Working over Christmas. Leave a Comment
This is a small collection of quotes, questions and general enquiries that I heard while working over Christmas, at other jobs, and just recently. However, I will probably end up updating this as more occur to me. I submit these to the jury, only to show that the customer is not always right: *** Customer: [...]
10 Feb
The reading habits of those who have too much time on their hands…
Posted by graduatecalling in list, Not actually employment related. Tagged: A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle, book reviews, books, Cherub, Dave Eggers, day off, Diversion, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, having a cold, Ian Mortimer, Medieval England, Muriel Spark, ooooh! distracting, que sera sera, reviews, Robert Muchamore, Sherlock Holmes, the pride of Miss Jean Brodie, The Recruit, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, Time travel, ugh, volunteering, Watson, Zeitoun. 3 Comments
Ugh… I’m not good at feeling under the weather. It’s my first cold for a few months, and while it isn’t the worst thing I have ever experienced (indeed, I have one friend who is really rather ill), I hate how tired it makes me feel. I can breathe, but all of my senses feel [...]
15 Dec
You know when you are working over Christmas when…
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, better luck next time, Finding a job, list, Stunned, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: Christmas job, Christmas Temp, customers, customers being right, day off, Finding a job, finding a proper job, full time work, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, looking for jobs, ooooh! distracting, selling, shop work, the economy, tills, working, working as a christmas temp, working in a shop, Working over Christmas. 1 Comment
You can go to work, walk past a busy shop floor full of people whilst wearing your work top, and never get asked a question. However, the moment that one person queries you for something, you have 4 or 5 people try to interrupt you. You develop a personal relationship with the till.In fact, you [...]
6 Nov
All work and no play makes me… feel pretty productive.
Posted by graduatecalling in Finding a job, list, Stunned. Tagged: books, Bookstore, christmas, Christmas job, Christmas Temp, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Na, NaNoWriMo, Oprah, The View, Working over Christmas. 2 Comments
“What have you been doing to wile away the hours, Graduatecalling?” 1. Work. This past fortnight has largely consisted of me jumping feet first into the explored yet still unchartered world of Christmas employment, but in an entirely positive and confidence building way. I deliberately state this-seemly obvious-fact as I have been part of [...]
7 Oct
I need more Steampunk in my life
Posted by graduatecalling in list, Not actually employment related. Tagged: Black Books, Blog Links, blogs, Cold War, Doctor Who, Futurama, Geek, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, Hot Fuzz, Internet Comics, Nerd, New Blogs, Not actually employment related, not employment related, ooooh! distracting, Spaced, Steampunk, u2, Zeppelins. Leave a Comment
I am tired after a long day of figuring out (largely by memory, but also largely from Google) how to write a personal statement. From what I gather, it’s like writing a CV, but with more sentences. This occurred today while it rained outside, and I digested the teacher (of the class I volunteer with) thoughts [...]
22 Sep
Another thing to add to the ‘Things that people don’t tell you when you are unemployed’ list
Posted by graduatecalling in list. Tagged: graduate, like, loads, working, working in a shop. Leave a Comment
For the record, let’s just say that it is 21. 21. When you start working, you are exhausted by the end of the week. This is nothing really to complain about here. My saturday job needed me to work this week to cover someone else’s shift. Because I am no longer on the dole, I [...]
11 Jul
Off to see the Wizard
Posted by graduatecalling in Finding a job, list, Not actually employment related, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: australia, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, looking for jobs, ooooh! distracting, unemployed, unemployment, visa. 4 Comments
I’m currently considering buggering off to Australia for a year on a holiday visa, after giving it some consideration last night. Here are the pluses and advantages to this idea: Advantages: I like Australia. I went out there a couple of years ago and had a really great time exploring Melbourne, almost drowning off the [...]
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