Job seeking
Tuesday - July 1st, 2008
I went to the job centre today, and I handed them my CV. The woman looked at it, typed a few things in the computer. She asked me some questions, typed some more stuff into the computer. Then, after a few minutes umming and ahing she asked if I wanted to be a traffic attendant. Bah, no, not really, especially since I told her I was looking for temporary office work. And what kind of council hires temp traffic attendants?
My new project is going very well, so thanks to everyone who has checked it out, and if you haven’t done so already, do so now! I should have another new project nearing launch date soon, but more details about that closer to the date.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:15 am
Man got a point. They’ll foist any old crap off on you if they can. SETTLE NOT FOR MAC JOBS, ye great unemployed!
As a side note: You’d be surprised how many council employees are temps! ;)
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:52 am
I remember going to a job centre in liverpool after completing my physics degree. The conversation went something like this:
“A physics degree… So what sort of job do your qualifications allow you to do?” - something like a statistician, meteorologist, applied mathematician, ecologist, technology writer, nuclear technician, lab technician, rocket scientist… you know, that sort of thing. - “Ooohhhh Kaaayyy. And what does a… ’statistician’ do?”
I can only assume he was slightly thrown by finding out that there was someone with more than A-level qualifications in the job centre. Eventually he offered me some interviews for cleaning jobs and call centre work - I felt like the three years of endless computations was worth it.