Job Hunter - #4

Sorry Mr. X but you are over-qualified, have too much experience, live in the wrong country, look a little left-wing, voted the wrong way in the last election, support the wrong football team... 

etc etc.

Job Hunter - #3

Having spent the majority of life in media, I'm looking at broadening my horizons. Current roles I'm looking at (in no order of preference).

• Lollipop Man
• Bunnings Gimp
• Dan Murphy's retail assistant
• Private Detective
• Low rent standover guy
• One-off international hitman (1)
• Uber driver (2)
• Cricket coach
• Travelling Poet
• Rock 'n roll star (3)
• Etc...

Legal Note

• (1) The Jackal: "You have to employ a professional. Your organization is so riddled with informers that nothing you decide is a secret for long. No, the job would have to be done by an outsider. The only question would be by whom, and for how much."
• - Quote taken from Frederick Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal, an ironic blog entry and not, I repeat not an offer.
• (2)  Not again, too many wanker customers.
• (3) Track record(s)

Job Hunter - #2

Pros

• I'm really good
• Lots of experience
• No longer status driven

Cons

• I'm not 22

Status Report

• No. of jobs applied for today = 4
• No. of responses from previous outstanding applications = 0
• No. of jobs applied for in total = 42

Job Hunter - #1

Welcome to 2025, a bright new year. One full of hope, promise and opportunity or so I am told. However, I suspect it is easier to think of a new year in such terms when you have a little security (i.e. when you have a job). 

I had a job but now I don't. My position was made redundant in the face of some tough economic conditions, I don't blame my former employers, in fact I would have done the same (maybe even earlier). The fact that I knew it was on the cards, meant that I've been looking for a new role for a few months. The problem is... my age. 

I'm now of the age where I have to delete it from my CV and condense my early experience to avoid revealing the fact I was already working when Margaret Thatcher came to power. So, the chance of landing an age (and salary by experience) appropriate job is going to prove a challenge. 

Anyway, I'll keep you posted, in between redrafting my CV, bodging covering letters and contemplating which petty white collar crime will cover my rent on a monthly basis. 

Status Report

• No. of jobs applied for today = 5
• No. of responses from previous outstanding applications = 0
• No. of jobs applied for in total = 32