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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘volunteering’
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
28 Mar
Work Experience
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, better luck next time, Finding a job, Stunned. Tagged: 14, bad economy, classroom assistant, day off, Diversion, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, Not actually employment related, ooooh! distracting, school, schools, the economy, volunteering, work experience. Leave a Comment
Child at School: “Miss! Miss! You look, re-ealllllly tired.” Moi: “Uh… Thanks.” *is secretly embarrassed that make up does not hide the fact that she got up earlier than usual, on her day off, and she has already had a driving lesson before turning up in the class today* Child: “I’m tired too, Miss.” Moi: [...]
17 Mar
An unexpected hi-5
Posted by graduatecalling in Not actually employment related, Stunned, WOOOOOOOOOOOO!. Tagged: applications, career options, Diversion, Downing Street, employment, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, Gordon Brown, graduate, hospital radio, looking for a job, looking for a proper job, ooooh! distracting, volunteering, working. Leave a Comment
How did I celebrate St Patrick’s Day? I worked and had a driving lesson. That counts, right? I have not been in my new job long enough to describe a typical Monday, or even a typical day just yet, but I am getting there. In truth, having days of the week where I know what [...]
16 Feb
Are you a celebrity? Get in contact with me!
Posted by graduatecalling in Not actually employment related. Tagged: bugger, celebrity, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, hospital radio, ooooh! distracting, Other people's ace ideas, radio, u2, volunteering. Leave a Comment
Thankfully, after what can only be called a calculated assault on the virus by lozenges, honey and lemon drinks and balsam tissues, I am over the worst of the cold. Unfortunately, the cold made an exchange, and is now being suffered by my Mum. In the hope that she will forgive me, I came back [...]
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 [...]
8 Feb
This week, has been a good week
Posted by graduatecalling in Uncategorized. Tagged: assistant opticians, career options, dirty nails, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, having a good week, hospital radio, new job!, ooooh! distracting, swimming, volunteering, working. Leave a Comment
You might have noticed a slight change to the site. I decided, after a few thoughts and mild annoyance over the way that the site could cut off the end of blog entries that I could do with trying a slightly new layout. I hope it’s appreciated. Certainly, the blog looks less busy now. It’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
15 Jan
Heaven knows I’m mildly annoyed now…
Posted by graduatecalling in *grumblegrumble*, better luck next time, Finding a job. Tagged: career options, christmas, Diversion, employment, facebook, Finding a job, finding a proper job, guitar hero, hospital radio, internships, looking for jobs, ooooh! distracting, social networking is poo, volunteering, working as a christmas temp, working as a temp, Working over Christmas. 2 Comments
I would by lying if I said that this week had been easy for me. Firstly, I have now properly left my Christmas job. Once again, they could not take on after Christmas, but I know they will be in touch if anything changes. It was only weird in that my leaving felt like the [...]
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 [...]
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