Last Wednesday, a taxi driver known as ‘Birdy’ calmly took his rifle with him in his car, and went on a rampage around the North West of England. In total, he killed 13 people in and around Whitehaven, a large town in Cumbria. While it is no longer the first item on the news, the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘interview’
8 Jun
Not something you read everyday.
Posted by graduatecalling in Uncategorized. Tagged: applications, career options, day off, Derrick Bird, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Graduate Talent Pool, Honorary Northener, internships, interview, jobcentre fun, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, looking for jobs, Not actually employment related, PGCE, Whitehaven. Leave a Comment
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
1 Feb
Interview-tastic shenanigans and getting up on my high horse
Posted by graduatecalling in Uncategorized. Tagged: Andrew Hankinson, career options, Diversion, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Graduate Talent Pool, interview, job centre, jobcentre fun, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, shop assistant, shop work, the economy, unemployed, unemployment, volunteering, working in a shop. Leave a Comment
Well, I had the interview on friday and a follow up on monday, and once again I am being all cautious about it. This is out of habit and a semi-superstition that I have. I am scared that if I turn round from the interviews, particularly a second stage interview, and say ’actually, that went [...]
26 Jan
Out of recession
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, Academia, better luck next time, Finding a job. Tagged: applications, career options, end of the recession, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, interview, job centre, jobcentre fun, playground, playtime, recess, schools, the economy, the recession, unemployed, unemployed rabbit, unemployment, working in a shop. 2 Comments
Today, the British government announced that we are now not out/almost out/out of recession now/by as much as we should be/yet. How does this make me feel? Plain. Neutral. Nothing. Nothing at all. I know that, with the announcement of the recession being over, I should be happy as things will get easier. Theoretically, I’ll [...]
29 Nov
100th Post!
Posted by graduatecalling in Uncategorized. Tagged: 100th post, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, graduate employment, interview, job centre, jobcentre fun, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, looking for jobs, reference, unemployed, unemployment, volunteering. 1 Comment
Huzzah! Against all of the odds (up to and including the fact that many of my long term projects are stalled by either cash flow problems or a limited attention span) I have reached 100 posts on my mighty little blog. I’m actually pretty damn chuffed with myself, thanks for asking. What [...]
2 Oct
New Maths
Posted by graduatecalling in better luck next time, Finding a job. Tagged: applications, being vulgar, career options, driving test, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Graduate Talent Pool, internships, interview, job centre, jobcentre fun, looking for jobs, ooooh! distracting, the economy, unemployed, unemployment, volunteering. Leave a Comment
This is a calculation I have had swimming round my head for the past month or so, that I feel I want to share with you all. Since about May, I have not counted how many jobs I have applied for. However, rough calculations based on at least 2-3 applications completed every week, alongside the [...]
2 Sep
Avoiding laziness and avoiding National Service…
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, Finding a job, Not actually employment related. Tagged: career options, Channel 5, Daily Mail, Diversion, dole, employment, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, hospital radio, interview, jobcentre fun, National Service, ooooh! distracting, Private Eye, signing off, the economy, u2, university, volunteering. Leave a Comment
Ever since signing myself off the dole last month, I’ve become scared of doing nothing. Admittedly, for the last three weeks I haven’t really had the chance to do nothing, but now I am back and sort of settled back into a routine (a routine that means that, for some reason, I have discovered the [...]
30 Aug
Where the Blinking Heck I have been for all of this time…I
Posted by graduatecalling in Uncategorized. Tagged: career options, Don Valley, driving, driving test, graduate, interview, job interview, music, Sheffield, u2, volunteering. 3 Comments
Yeah, like the title says: I failed the first driving test, with a rather impressive 13 minors and 2 serious. I state that this only happened within the first 10 minutes, and I was actually perfectly fine after that period (whatever my brain was doing while I was panicking was obviously short lived). After I [...]
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