Life Wars IV: A New Job

In December I quit my job at HMV. As much as I enjoyed my work I didn’t enjoy being treated quite so poorly when it came to working arrangements and stability, heck, I never even signed a contract. I soon began to regret making myself unemployed. In hindsight it is clear that I should have lined up a new job before quitting my current one. But hindsight is a truly wonderful thing.

It took over half a year to get a new job, and it wasn’t for lack of trying that I was jobless for so long. I reckon I sent over 200 applications in the period from 31^st December to 1^st July and in all that time I only had interviews for three jobs. One of which, I got. *smiley face*

In May, I applied for two jobs in the Residential Department of Ashfords LLP in Exeter. I was called for an initial interview for these and did a good enough job to be called back for a follow-up. Then, I was unsuccessful. This hurt, I knew I had done well, I just knew. So I asked what it was that had meant I hadn’t got the job. The answer: the position was withdrawn following “commercial consideration”. That hurt worse, knowing that I had wasted my time attending two interviews only for there to be no vacancy anyway, and knowing that that was the only reason I didn’t get the job. I got the usual “we’ll hold onto your details” spiel and went and had a sulk.

Then, to my surprise on June 25^th I got an email from the HR woman who had interviewed me previously, advising me that a new vacancy had arisen in the Accounts Department. I was delighted, delighted to have been remembered because, as I later found out, I had been suggested for this position before it had even been publicly advertised.

Here’s a brief timeline of the events that followed:

Tuesday 25^th – invited to interview | Thursday 27^th - initial interview | Friday 28^th – 9.15am – invited to second interview with Chief Financial Officer at 11am the same day | Monday 1^st – first day in my new job.

And so far so good. After my first month I feel settled and competent in my new role. Having passed the awkward training and introduction phase I already feel like part of the team, especially now certain human irritants are no longer present.

Mum said I was boring enough to work in Accounts, but I think she was misguided in her view. The [immediate] people I work with are all great fun to work with, but also just great fun.

Who knew, being an Accounts Assistant is fun. *another smiley face*

Trying again, still trying and trying something new. And oh, one more thing.

Trying again

Know me? Well hello. Don't know me? Well, hello to you as well.
If you do know me then you may well know that I have blogged in the past but that I've never really stuck at for more than three of four posts. I've decided to try it again but seen as I can't remember the account details for my old blog I'm having to start from scratch. Ho Hum.
As in the past the inaugural blog post has unavoidably become about the blog post itself and I had planned for this to happen. In fact I had planned to mention that I had mentioned blogging, I had not, however, planned to mention that I had planned to mention it (Still with me? Me neither).

Still trying

Sine December I haven't had a job. I am becoming increasingly tired of the fact that I am unemployed, the days seem so long and tedious and I have almost run out of things to do. For example I have watched Les Mis on blu-ray twice today and even so there is still time to fill until I must sort dinner.
But I am still trying to find a job and hopefully, provided I didn't fluff it up at interview on Monday, I could soon be working at the same place as my lovely Kelly, super.

Trying something new

I am political. I used to strongly support the Lib Dems and so I campaigned for and with them, but then they decided to become a second Tory party and I couldn't support that. So now I will campaign for and with Labour. The people that I have met from the local party in Exeter are all lovely. That said, as were the people from the Lib Dems, it was just the party that began to stink. Hopefully, I can continue to support Labour in Exeter and can help them towards continued and further success. It was a good feeling to be on the winning side for the County Council elections recently and yes, that was one of the factors that led me to defect; a desrie to succeed.
I would love to become even more deeply involved in politics, perhaps becoming a party official or even an elected representative. So it feels good to be involved with a party of good people which I can support and which I can be confident will succeed.

Oh, one more thing

As my blog title and address suggests I am slightly camp. I just watched Les Mis twice for heaven's sake. I love eurovision, musicals and the royals but also, and rather crucially, women. I am camp but also as straight as... er... a straight thing.