The Job Hunt Begins ...
1:58 am
I am now in the process of sending out CVs, having interviews and getting "suited up" ... oh the joys of job hunting. Its been a while since I've had to look for work and already I've learnt a thing or too - like how to decipher those job ads ...
* SELF-STARTER - either you'll be the only one in the office doing any actual work, while everyone else goes to "meetings" or the job is in telesales
* GOOD ORGANISATION SKILLS - you'll be doing a lot of filing
* ENTHUSIASM MORE IMPORTANT THAN EXPERIENCE - they can't get anyone from within their own industry to work there at any price
* SENSE OF HUMOUR - you'll probably need it everytime you open your pay packet
* LOW BOREDOM THRESHOLD - means exactly the opposite: the job is so mindnumbingly dull that you will start to find paper clips fascinating after you've been there for about half an hour
* ABLE TO WORK ON OWN INITIATIVE - they're going to put you in a little room, all on your own and make you stay there until you've done everyone else's work
* ENJOYS A CHALLENGE - the challenge of trying to remember what your house looks like, as you'll be working all hours of the day
* GOOD PEOPLE SKILLS - most likely you'll be in customer compliants or on a consumer hotline.
Hopefully it won't be too long until I'm gainfully employed ... and to quote Bob Dillinger "I'm doing ok. I've got enough money to last me for the rest of my life. Provided I drop dead in the next 10 minutes"
* SELF-STARTER - either you'll be the only one in the office doing any actual work, while everyone else goes to "meetings" or the job is in telesales
* GOOD ORGANISATION SKILLS - you'll be doing a lot of filing
* ENTHUSIASM MORE IMPORTANT THAN EXPERIENCE - they can't get anyone from within their own industry to work there at any price
* SENSE OF HUMOUR - you'll probably need it everytime you open your pay packet
* LOW BOREDOM THRESHOLD - means exactly the opposite: the job is so mindnumbingly dull that you will start to find paper clips fascinating after you've been there for about half an hour
* ABLE TO WORK ON OWN INITIATIVE - they're going to put you in a little room, all on your own and make you stay there until you've done everyone else's work
* ENJOYS A CHALLENGE - the challenge of trying to remember what your house looks like, as you'll be working all hours of the day
* GOOD PEOPLE SKILLS - most likely you'll be in customer compliants or on a consumer hotline.
Hopefully it won't be too long until I'm gainfully employed ... and to quote Bob Dillinger "I'm doing ok. I've got enough money to last me for the rest of my life. Provided I drop dead in the next 10 minutes"
