By M on 25 September 2009 at 12:48
It has been an embarrassingly long time since I’ve written in this log. No real excuses; I’m not sure that I can even use the standard “but I’ve been so busy” excuse since I can’t quite work out if a lot, or barely anything, has happened in the past year.
I did get offered a job, and am now a (sometimes) proud civil servant. This is definitely not what I had intended when I started this long journey towards a more fulfilling day job – but it is definitely a step in the right direction. More
By M on 25 June 2008 at 20:50
While there's nothing more interesting going on career-wise, I thought you might be interested in a career-change story that shows it doesn't always need to be difficult - from beginning to end, the total career change took maybe 6 months - and I'd say only about the last 4 weeks of that was spent really working hard to make a change. More
By M on 22 June 2008 at 20:14
Well it has been an exciting month since my last post. My final exam was not as straightforward as I had hoped, but at least the studying is over, and I should hear by the end of July whether I can add a Diploma in Economics to my CV. Almost more excitingly, I passed the assessment day for the Government Economic Service last week. There are still another two assessment days to go before a chance of a permanent post, but there may be the option of a temporary role in the meantime – so now I’m enjoying checking my emails every 20 minutes to find out if I’ve been offered a job. More
By M on 30 May 2008 at 18:56
The feeling of calm is starting to fracture a little now. I read statistics notes on the tube, I make lists of revision topics in my lunch hour and I’m constantly answering more and more implausible interview questions in my head More
By M on 14 May 2008 at 16:40
Going back into a job which doesn’t help me find my new career feels like a bit of a failure. However, it is definitely the most practical option – every day I work means one day that I can do unpaid voluntary work or an internship once I’m done. More
By M on 1 May 2008 at 16:20
A year and a half ago, after a year of being utterly miserable as an IT consultant, I finally bit the bullet and resigned. With no job to go to, and no real idea of what I wanted to do, I fluctuated on a daily basis between believing I was really brave, or really foolish. More
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