jobs
I'm back
Well I'm back in chemistry. This time hopefully for
good. that is all.
I'll update the world on my current projects in more detail at a slightly later date. At the moment I'm throwing myself into my job.
My current projects are:
Negotiation skills training course
Excel 2007 for admin staff (a training course)
Working out a path for my carer now I kind of have one. I'm thinking ATT or CIPD. Or both thinking long term. Or not. Who knows? Not me, I need to make this job stick for now.
Tx
I'll update the world on my current projects in more detail at a slightly later date. At the moment I'm throwing myself into my job.
My current projects are:
Negotiation skills training course
Excel 2007 for admin staff (a training course)
Working out a path for my carer now I kind of have one. I'm thinking ATT or CIPD. Or both thinking long term. Or not. Who knows? Not me, I need to make this job stick for now.
Tx
The Great Job Hunt: UoB, MoD, BCC
Well, I've cleared my backlog and recovered from the
food poisoning - and I've finished in Chemistry (damn
you Cathy for getting better :-)).
So I'm looking for a Job, I'm not looking for a graduate position, I'm not looking for an especially well paid job, I'm not looking for a fast track to promotion. I'm looking for stability. I've had a lot of jobs in the last few years while I tried to find a job I liked, the main problem I face is that I did, but only realised after I had quit. I really enjoyed working in the Maths department, I enjoyed the work, I enjoyed admin.
Now, I recognise that I'm probably a bit overqualified for the positions I'm going for, but I'm not the kind of person who carps on about boring work if I get it. Try marking year 8 homework if you want boring. I'm also not an uber-ambitious fool, I'd be lying if I said I wanted to work at the bottom rung my whole life but I'm tired of hopping from job to job. If I spend a while doing a job at the bottom, I'll get to know the organisation better so that when I do get promoted I have a better idea of what the people working for me have to do.
Take the MoD for instance: I know very little about the day to day running of the MoD. I'd be very happy to go in at E1 (I have some specific ones on top of the general app on the way), the grade I've applied for, because I want to get to know the organisation and there will be a lot to learn. I want to get in and get on with it. That same goes for Bristol city council (two apps coming up). I know Bristol Uni a bit better but the departments there are anything but homogenous, I'm waiting to hear about one from there as we speak.
All I have to do is hope that my applications conveys that and people don't make assumptions. Chemistry assumed that I was over qualified so they took me on a trial, kept me for two months and said they want me back when Sarah goes on maternity leave if I'm still looking. So the central question is this how do I prove that I won't be insufferable in-spite of my degree.
Tim
p.s. amusing side note - I set my status on Facebook as "Tim is Squamous". Turns out that most people haven't read any Lovecraft so hit Google. Which says skin cancer. I think that is a really interesting failure in the communications cycle. Well after I had calmed all my friends down. I'll see if I can work it into the effective communications skills course. I figured that since I'm unemployed I might as well keep my mind sharp so I'm helping rewrite effective communications and negotiations skills again, I've done a incremental job before but sometimes a complete rewrite is in order.
So I'm looking for a Job, I'm not looking for a graduate position, I'm not looking for an especially well paid job, I'm not looking for a fast track to promotion. I'm looking for stability. I've had a lot of jobs in the last few years while I tried to find a job I liked, the main problem I face is that I did, but only realised after I had quit. I really enjoyed working in the Maths department, I enjoyed the work, I enjoyed admin.
Now, I recognise that I'm probably a bit overqualified for the positions I'm going for, but I'm not the kind of person who carps on about boring work if I get it. Try marking year 8 homework if you want boring. I'm also not an uber-ambitious fool, I'd be lying if I said I wanted to work at the bottom rung my whole life but I'm tired of hopping from job to job. If I spend a while doing a job at the bottom, I'll get to know the organisation better so that when I do get promoted I have a better idea of what the people working for me have to do.
Take the MoD for instance: I know very little about the day to day running of the MoD. I'd be very happy to go in at E1 (I have some specific ones on top of the general app on the way), the grade I've applied for, because I want to get to know the organisation and there will be a lot to learn. I want to get in and get on with it. That same goes for Bristol city council (two apps coming up). I know Bristol Uni a bit better but the departments there are anything but homogenous, I'm waiting to hear about one from there as we speak.
All I have to do is hope that my applications conveys that and people don't make assumptions. Chemistry assumed that I was over qualified so they took me on a trial, kept me for two months and said they want me back when Sarah goes on maternity leave if I'm still looking. So the central question is this how do I prove that I won't be insufferable in-spite of my degree.
Tim
p.s. amusing side note - I set my status on Facebook as "Tim is Squamous". Turns out that most people haven't read any Lovecraft so hit Google. Which says skin cancer. I think that is a really interesting failure in the communications cycle. Well after I had calmed all my friends down. I'll see if I can work it into the effective communications skills course. I figured that since I'm unemployed I might as well keep my mind sharp so I'm helping rewrite effective communications and negotiations skills again, I've done a incremental job before but sometimes a complete rewrite is in order.