Recently a recruitment company contacted me and asked if I’m looking for a new job. As it turns out, I’m not. I’m also not 100% happy in my new job so I decided to apply to get the practice and see what they were offering.
In my interview confirmation email, a pamphlet on dressing for success [...]
Archive for October, 2008
The Job Market and Women
Posted in feminism, office, tagged office on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Inside Joke
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Uncategorized on October 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I hope you didn’t find this.
Apologies to regular readers. More information to follow at a later date
Dating in High School
Posted in Nigel, personal on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the problems I’m finding with breaking up from a 5 year relationship at the age of 21 is that last time I was dating, I was 16. 16!! Do you have any idea how big the differences are between dating at 16 and dating at 21? And flirting? BIG difference.
I know in the [...]
Names
Posted in feminism, office, tagged office on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My name is one that society deems as a “female” one. However, it can, and is, shortened to one that is commonly deemed to be a “male” one. On everything at work I’m labeled with the shortened name. It has become my name in a way as people rarely use the longer [...]
Moving Day
Posted in Nigel, personal on October 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Is this weekend sometime. Not sure what my internet situation will be like for awhile. I’m hoping to leave my computer behind and use the net connection at Nigel’s house until I have it set up, but this feels like a stupid move. I’m unlikely to want to hang around much once I’ve got my [...]
Portrait of a Team Member: Update.
Posted in office, tagged office on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know I haven’t updated this series in awhile. Mainly this was down to being so extremely busy I couldn’t breathe properly. * I’ve started several of the next editions and then stopped.
There’s unlikely to be many more in this series for a long time. There’s possibly one more coming at some point, but I don’t [...]