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Monday morning

On December 15 2008 · 1 Comment · In Diary

Rather than waffle on about Monday morning, I have described it in graph form.

Put away those questions and sniff my butt

On August 16 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

Job hunting is an imperfect process to say the least. An hour, maybe two, one interview, maybe two, and the panel is supposed to have worked out if you’re suitable for the job, qualified, and not a nutter who will turn up to work wearing only a duvet, throw staplers at people and swig bottles of vodka [...]

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Don’t screw it up, brain

On August 14 2008 · 3 Comments · In Diary

I had a job interview yesterday for a job I really, really want, and as has been the case on several occasions before, thinking back, I can hardly remember a word I said. What does however worry me is that I think I might have come across as an eight-year old with ADD who just [...]

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Workplace stress

On December 6 2007 · Leave a Comment · In Cambodia, Diary

Words and phrases I traditionally associate with workplace stress include Underground, Office Politics, Reply To All, Meeting, Presentation, Room Booking, Season Ticket, What’s For Lunch, Deadline and… did I mention Meeting?

Here in Cambodia, the picture is somewhat different. Earlier today I was trying to write a report on my students despite a small child [...]

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