Don’t Do ‘Anything’
My Dad spoke and with each word the unfamiliar smell of The Royal Mint lashed at my nostrils. He told me he had found me the perfect part-time job. Three cherries whirligiged into place and coppers...
View ArticleDaylight Robbery
Note: I was unaware of the pertinence of this issue until seeing a VT on ‘The One Show’ (yeah, I know). According to a study they referred to, November is the month when you are most likely to be...
View ArticleThe Secret to Secret Santa
We scrawled our names on thin papers and folded them to resemble fortune cookie messages. They were all then chucked into the same cupped hands – pre-nuptial confetti – before we picked out another’s...
View ArticleA New Year Message
There was no risk of unemployment adding any essence of humbug to my holidays. In fact, in uncharacteristically enthusiastic style, our festive preparations began in July. For this, I can thank my mum....
View ArticleWhat I Learnt From My Work Experience
I was made to experience work back in Year 10. However much I didn’t want to, the retort received from assured authorities was that it would be good for me; be good for somebody as shy as I was....
View ArticleThinking of Film Studies?
If you have been thinking about studying film, then it is likely that you have been subjected to some form of gentle joshing. One of my best friends asked me if there was a McDonalds attached to our...
View ArticleRejection
I left-clicked the send icon that occupied it’s habitual place in the blue Hotmail header and began the process of internally praying for a response. I had no right to apply for a job at ITN. I had...
View ArticleJob Applications Room 101
I am yet to find a worse aspect to job-hunting than the seemingly obligatory thus omnipresent application form. I understand that employers need to see specificity to know that you are the ideal...
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