Another Friday…

Where does the time go. Haven’t even begun to paint the shed yet…

I’ve been expanding the site over the week, including adding in some basic Google adverts (hope nobody minds this piece of blatant commercialism!).  Job for next week is to understand this whole Web 2.0 world. I mean, I’ve got a Twitter account now (MalvoliosBlog, if you want to follow it) but haven’t yet worked out how to use it in anger: a bit like the remote for the video recorder, I think you need a 10 year old to do the hard bits.

I’ve also added in some articles I’ve written on specific subjects, and will keep these up to date. They are rather more focused than my posts on here, so I hope people will find them of some use.

Had another week of not talking to agencies. Actually not strictly true, I have had a couple of emails back. Sadly they say things like “we had applicants with more closely matched skills”, which is fair enough, but why weren’t those requirements highlighted then? I may have them and not know you needed them. OK, they’re just being polite, obviously. I was talking to a mate (yes, I have one or two) who is in recruitment. He had 70 CVs from a singleapplicant last week – seems the guy got a bit optimistic on Jobserve – and routinely gets 300 per job advertised, most of which are irrelevant but still have to be read. Small wonder they don’t have time for socialising.

However, mustn’t start sympathising with agencies, that way lies madness.

So I must continue to think positive, I’m up for an interim manger role close to home for a reasonable rate, so fingers crossed. Although as She Who Must Be Obeyed keeps pointing out, if the job is in my skill set, close to home, interesting and well paid, I’m guaranteed not to get it.

Have a good weekend. I’ll be painting the shed…