stereotypes....

It annoys me that stereotypes are consistently given a hard time. They are infact tremendously useful and in this modern day when nobody has time for anybody the are instrumental in allowing us to decide whether or not to bother meeting someone. Granted, if you dig a little deeper than the surface you might find (very possibly) that someone has many qualities and redeeming characteristics that you never thought were there e.g I am Scottish. I may look dour and mean...

...but just meet me and you will be pleasantly surprised by my warmth, generosity, wit and charm.....

.....stereotypes.....useful but mostly wrong......!

simply poetry........

I think about jobs a lot. I am watching panorama just now. It is about unemployment. It is depressing. I have written an account of my job search experience using the medium of poetry. This is my new method for expressing feelings and stuff:

My Job Journey: Bexley Heath to Uxbridge:

Sweet pea in the hot South

Online was too long

3 dimensions and she is closer to me

University in the cold North East

I took severance

The job was not for me

Birbeck was my first

Three against me

And the job went internally

Male grooming polishing my face

Ironing shirts and tying ties

I have to break into this rat race

EDF in Bexley Heath was a long way

I spoke not of corporate competency

They said no to me

Then to Uxbridge I roared

Annadarko greeted me

But felt I would be bored

BP in Sunbury with a free bus

Interview was good

Did you not read my CV

Gazprom with offices by the water so fine

We spoke of coordination and experience

Thought it was beneath me so it wasn’t mine

I thought the Union would be fair

Interview was dry and dull

I don’t despair

RBL is a modern place

Red poppy in my jacket

Close but no cigar

Chinese conglomerate by the park

Human resources for them

I missed the mark

Amec was the place to be

Interview was long and interesting

Feedback was not for me

Charity job was temporary

I went and saw

We never met again

MacMillan was not once but twice

Knocked back times two

Me thinks this is not for you

Construction company at Kings Cross

Mix up in selection suitability

This was a dead loss

Microsoft with all its technology

Interviewer tried to advise and redirect

So why interview me

Agencies must see me

Passport please

Market getting busy

Off to ping pong school for me

Barack didn’t stay

For them I was wrong

Working for a community trust

Stop gap vacancy

With no interview this is a must

Telephone interview was new

What are you saying

This is not for you

Equinox for my healthcare

Didn’t need an interview

This opportunity is rare

Business School in a beautiful place

Talking and testing

They did not want to employ my face

Wellcome thanks to Henry

This place is amazing

I had poor competency

Oil and gas in South Quay

With my diving experience I sold myself

No onshore success for me

Now a temporary assignment

There for one day

This job was not meant

VSO job for me

My recruitment skills are strong

Shame it is only temporary

Feedback is always strong

The recession making it harder

Permanently glued to the internet

Permanent opportunities are out there

But now I am being social

The battle goes on and on…..

...along the winding road!

jobs jobs and jobs......

Sometimes when you are waiting for a bus nothing comes along for ages and then three come all at once. All going the right way so what do you do? I had a job hunt day like this last week. After a period of relentless generic knock backs and one false start I suddenly had three offer (2 interviews and one certainty) sitting in my lap. After much thought and bill destroying phone calls I opted (sensibly) for the position which involved no interview. This has got to make sense?

On we go.......

automatic doors.......

When you in a shop or an office building the chances are that you will at some point have to pass through automatic doors. Is it not annoying that as you approach they are already open (someone else having just passed through) but as you pass through they threaten to close or actually close? This has happened to me and I find it annoying, embarrassing and stupid. I think having seen someone 'assassinated' by this some years ago on a Bond film it has left me scared and fearful.

Have I got too much time on my hands?

Thanks.

litter......

Does it annoy you when people (in the street, in cars.....) nonchalantly show they have no respect for cleanliness (or.....Godliness?) and happily deposit their junk in public places?

An example of this would be smokers. This is a crime against society I see all too often. Having just purchased their latest batch of cancerous sticks and in the desperation to feed that addiction the cellophane wrapping is quickly torn from the packet, the inner foil wrap is tossed to one side and the, glory be too all, the fag is stuffed into a mouth and lit. Then with the first draw their eyes light up and all is well. Apart from the litter and death.

Good luck.

speed......

This is a good example of my searching for work blog morphing into this one about stuff that annoys me. Having had a job recently for one whole (hole?) day I am now caught up in the benefits 'rapid reclaim' system. In my excitement at having a poorly paid temp job I hurried to the fone and called the DSS to share in my good news. More fool me......

.....now that I am getting back into the system I feel safe and secure. All wrapped up in a warm feeling that society does care and whatever I do I will be cushionned from the harsh realities of life. No waaay!

I am a product of my own actions and these are sometimes right and sometimes wrong. I will carry on dotting eyes and crossing teas as I fight hard to find my niche.

On the outside looking in......

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thanks.....