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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘unemployed’
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
10 Apr
Induction for the Inductee, and being only 13 months late
Posted by graduatecalling in *grumblegrumble*, better luck next time, Finding a job. Tagged: 13 months late, 2 day courses, cup of tea, employment, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, induction, induction courses, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, ooooh! distracting, shop assistant, shop work, unemployed, unemployment. Leave a Comment
Today there was a customer that learnt that if you are going to shout at me down the phone, I might not be motivated to work harder. I also took part in an office pool for the Grand National (it’s not a good sign if the five horses you chose at random do not appear [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
24 Jan
Aw, Bless
Posted by graduatecalling in Academia, better luck next time, Finding a job, Not actually employment related. Tagged: career options, christmas, Christmas job, Christmas Temp, classroom assistant, day off, Diversion, employment, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, looking for a proper job, school, schools, unemployed, unemployment, volunteering, working as a christmas temp. 2 Comments
Today, I am happy. Having a few days of nothing to speak of meant that I was able to move on to the hellish medium level of Guitar Hero (suddenly, having to use my little finger to press the blue means that my hands are even more painful), catch up on the epic Pratchett season [...]
10 Jan
It is an ex-dole folder, it has ceased to be.
Posted by graduatecalling in Finding a job. Tagged: dennis, employment, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Graduate Talent Pool, job centre, jobcentre fun, looking for a job, lots of snow, ooooh! distracting, Snow, snow in the UK, snowman, unemployed, unemployment, working, working as a christmas temp. 1 Comment
Today, because my mum finally lost patience with the fact that my stuff was piled up in every room of the house, I was made to do the annual trawl. This largely requires me to argue that ‘it might come in useful’ at my parents, sulk, and then throw t all into bin bags. I [...]
19 Dec
Note to self
Posted by graduatecalling in Uncategorized. Tagged: athiestic, australia, career options, darwin, Discorld, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, looking for a proper job, looking for jobs, music, ooooh! distracting, Prachett, religion, religious views, science, Terry Prachett, unemployed, unemployment. Leave a Comment
In future, if anyone asks me about what my religious views are, I will point them to this link by Prachett. It’s like every thought I’ve had as an ‘undecided-atheistic-agnostic’ individual, discussed coherently. BTW, I met Prachett recently. You know how many people say you should never meet your heroes, as otherwise you will be [...]
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 [...]
18 Nov
Speaking as a bookseller…
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, Not actually employment related. Tagged: Black Books, books, Bookstore, Christmas job, Diversion, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, Graduate Talent Pool, Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, The Guardian and Waterstones, unemployed, waterstones, Working over Christmas. Leave a Comment
Okay, I may or may-not be a part-time bookseller for the company described in this article by the Guardian (which should really know better, especially when it sells a lot of its books). I admit it. Therefore, this article explaining why my company is supposedly destroying an industry does not make much sense [...]
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