Poo, poo, thrice more poo
Friday 4 April 2008
Oh. Bugger. I didn’t get the job at Pearson. Back to the drawing board… :-
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Oh. Bugger. I didn’t get the job at Pearson. Back to the drawing board… :-
Continue readingI’ve been slowly running out of work over the last couple of weeks, so today I was left to tidy up a few ends and write some handover notes and submit my last timesheet before leaving my job in Academic…
Continue readingOh, bugger, that was quick. I attended an interview this morning for a Web Designer/Developer position at a company in Summertown, Oxford. I thought it looked quite interesting â working on creating some kind social networking site for businesses wanting…
Continue reading1. Arthur was still not quite right this morning. Not quite his usual carefree self, and uninterested in food. I booked an appointment with the vet. He does have a bit of a temperature, but otherwise seems to be okay….
Continue readingYes, I felt low this morning. Yes I felt like treating myself to something puddingish at lunchtime – to which end I indulged in the rice pudding that they were serving up in the canteen. I had a good write/revise,…
Continue readingThe agency just called. I didn’t get it. 🙁 Apparently it’s the same old story – not enough experience…
Continue readingToday has been cold, cold and grey. And I’ve found it hard to settle today. I discovered that the other job I enquired about with Inspired Selection is actually the very same 6 month contract that I had an interview…
Continue readingIt’s hard to say what I thought my last day Blackwell (should that be Wiley-Blackwell now?) was going to be like. Truth is, I think, I didn’t have a clue. But, ‘an odd day’ does seem to cover it. It…
Continue readingI like my new bike. Did I mention that? It is good to be back on two wheels. Today I skirted ’round the ringroad to the free Watereaton Park&Ride, and then cycled into town. Got there and back okay â…
Continue readingAlan from Sophos has just called. I now, *officially* have a second interview for the job. 🙂 It’s next Tuesday morning. Good job I don’t drink to excess otherwise I might have to curb any excess at my leaving do!…
Continue readingJust got back from Abingdon – least said about the cursed traffic Census that doubled what should have been a half hour journey the better – but, wow! I guess that’s what it feels like to have a really good…
Continue readingI actually feel much better today – and more positive about things. I’m not entirely sure exactly why. The sunny Spring day probably helped (although even that did deteriate to some pretty miserable rain. During the afternoon, I bandied 100…
Continue readingSo, Spring is on it’s way. Another gloriously sunny day, and a morning with early morning light over flooded fields down the Otmoor valley. The day did deteriate though. Vania, my colleague had to rush off home in tears to…
Continue reading6. I applied for a job that came out on fish4jobs email yesterday. A web designer in Oxford – umm – this one actually: Web / Web Designer / Developer / Web Developer Oxford Salary: £30,000 starting salary + ++…
Continue reading1. Fish4Jobs in partnership with Verticality are currently my two best friends. It was through them both that I had the buzz of the interesting Cambridge designer job (which sadly came to nothing). Yesterday I was fishing through the former…
Continue reading1. Fish4Jobs in partnership with Verticality are currently my two best friends. It was through them both that I had the buzz of the interesting Cambridge designer job (which sadly came to nothing). Yesterday I was fishing through the former…
Continue readingSo I finally heard what is what with my job interview today. Apparently I gave a good interview, and I impressed them, and I would have fitted in well with the team, and my skills were good, but… And yes,…
Continue reading1. The progress forward of my writing is, this week, going to be largely dictated by a hot stove, and the 8 lbs of damsons and 9 lbs of greegages which I acquired from my parents’ neighbours gardens this weekend….
Continue readingIf there’s one thing I hate more than procrastination (ie. playing minesweeper), then that is job applications… Current Mood: 😡frustratedCurrent Location: Oxfordshire
Continue readingMy head is imploding in words and ways of saying things The two pages of my life the curriculum vitae Sit there; new and updated and the letter One side of A4 and a tangled mess of ideas of thoughts;…
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