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you didn't circumnavigate the planet, so i'm afraid it doesn't count. sorry! ;)

i thought you weren't gonna have a problem finding a job when you got back?
 
If you've no idea what to do spade, apply to a fuckload of jobs you feel faintly qualified for and see which get back to you.

It doesn't have to be a career for life, I've taken a 6 month placement I'll probably not love but it's cash in your pocket and experience. :)
 
UnfortunateSquid said:
If you've no idea what to do spade, apply to a fuckload of jobs you feel faintly qualified for and see which get back to you.

It doesn't have to be a career for life, I've taken a 6 month placement I'll probably not love but it's cash in your pocket and experience. :)
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I don't want to do a job I hate though or that has nothing to do with my degree or any interest to me. Too easy to end up getting stuck in a rut and just staying there for the money and then not having time or energy to look for something better. :\
 
Carsick said:
As opposed to the other kind of rut without any money.
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Totally. Being unemployed with the spectre of poverty looming over you makes you reek of desperation in interviews.

If you're employed, there's one less stressor to weigh you down.
 
TheSpade said:
I'd really like to work in the travel industry somehow, in some sort of job that allowed me some free trips abroad. Any suggestions? No suggestions of air hostess though please Felix. ;)
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Travel agent? Bit boring but plenty of opportunities to travel. If you really want to travel, just do temp work for 6-8 months, save like mad and then go travelling until the money runs out. The do it all over again. That's a lot more fun than travelling with work. Trust me. I love travelling but most of my time spent on work trips is either in meeting rooms, hotel lobbies, bars or airports.

TheSpade said:
My mates mums got this great wee job on the side working for an online travel company in her spare time (as well as having a full time job) where she sells holidays to friends and family and instead of getting paid commision / wages which she'd be taxed on she just gets holidays from the company to the amount of commision she's earned. Abroad 5 times a year. Lucky bitch! :)
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She should be taxed on the value of the holiday, and pay NI on the value too!
 
eDDe9 said:
Always easier to find a job if you have a job
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I always believed this theory...

Until it comes to time off for interviews and your boss starts to get really fucking pissed off with you. Or you have to use all your holiday up, don't get the job and then have no holidays left! Its a full time thing looking for full time employment i'm finding.

I chased up the dispensing job yesterday. They've STILL not made a choice! They are still interviewing for someone with experience aswell as someone to train. I'm sick of waiting!

I refuse to go back into office work but I might have to... but I don't want to accept any other work incase this chemist one comes through for me. ARGGGGH!!! :(
 
TheSpade said:
I don't want to do a job I hate though or that has nothing to do with my degree or any interest to me. Too easy to end up getting stuck in a rut and just staying there for the money and then not having time or energy to look for something better. :\
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You can't expect to just stroll into your dream job with no experience and a degree. Sooner or later you'll have to either face up to the realities of work or come up with a better idea for making cash.
 
Majority of my friends who graduated with me do jobs that have fuck all to do with their degree.

They do things to do with their degree in their spare time and make money during the week. They all did degrees to do with the entertainment industry or performing arts ;)
 
How fine is the line between desperation and following up employers to show you're keen?
 
If they've not got back to you in a reasonable amount of time chase them up. Depends how long they said they'd take to get back to you though.
 
It's a fine line, so only follow up when you have a genuine reason to do so.
and what they said, when I say genuine, that includes if they've taken a week and they said 2 days.
 
There are times you shouldn't do it....and times you really just have to if it's meaning you're turning down other chances of employment just for this one job. If it's gone way out of schedule then it's worth calling them just so you can rule it out and move on.

I put my call across as a courtesy call to let them know I was still interested. It's only a small business so the whole interview process has been very friendly and informal anyway.

I prefer employers who stick to deadlines and say if you've not heard by the 'such a date' you've not got the job. It's even better being told in the interview how many interviews they have left to do and when to expect to be told and when possible start dates would be. Not all of them do though which is annoying just a wee bit!
 
eDDe9 said:
How fine is the line between desperation and following up employers to show you're keen?
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I don't think that shows desperation. I think, if anything, it shows interest and (at a pinch) gives the impression that you are perhaps in demand/having to work to a schedule.

Go for it.

If you're talking post-interview... then who cares? You either got it or you didn't.
 
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