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How To Be Jobless
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A journalist's year in blogging joblessness, hopelessness and the hilarity of it all
LATEST ARTICLES ( 155 )
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Grad Scheming: Top Three Myths About Young People, and How to Set Them Straight
If there’s one thing you learn writing for the Guardian, it’s what people think. Oh, people just LOVE to tell you what they think. Read more
Posted on 02 March 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
On GoThinkBig: Guide to Coffee Shop Jobhunting – How to Get out of Your House...
I love doing my work in coffee shops. It’s one of the very few things I miss about full-time unemployment (that and…um…nothing). Read more
Posted on 26 February 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
On TED: The Link Between Unemployment and Terrorism
This fantastic 9 minute TED talk from Mohamed Ali explores the idea of the most destructive element of unemployment: “waithood”. You and I know it as that hole... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
On Completemusicupdate.com – HMRC Targets Music Firms in Unpaid Internship...
This incredibly helpful article from completemusicupdate.com outlines the startling increase in penalties for not paying interns. HMRC say, “we’re letting the... Read more
Posted on 20 February 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
6 Things Your Unemployed Friends Are Tired of Hearing
Another contributor from the jobless #Pyjarmy, Sarah Murray has compiled a list of things the unemployed are just SO sick of hearing. Please share with your... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
Today Was Going to Be the Day…
Look at what my calendar told me I had planned today…A year ago today, I started How to Be Jobless, and gave myself a year to get a job in journalism. Read more
Posted on 17 February 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
Grad Scheming (6): How to Get Around Paying Interns Minimum Wage – a Tory Guide...
I know it’s tempting to toy with the fantasy that your government cares about you. I’m here to pop that bubble with the sharp corner of a Tory memo, leaked... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
On BuzzFeed: Back-To-Work Course For Unemployed Offers Terrible Advice On Gettin...
A great post from BuzzFeed’s Jim Waterson showing some shocking “advice” from a back-to-work course run by A4E. Anyone advising you to use “Veranda” font... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Effect of Youth Unemployment in Europe: a Cartoonist’s View
Check out A. Chiu Smit‘s cartoon from his blog post on youth unemployment in Europe.Any more cartoonists out there? How to Be Jobless would love to feature... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
From Zero to Hero: Five Down-and-out Jobseeker Success Stories – Guardian...
I wrote this for Guardian Professional with the #Pyjarmy in mind. Some of the most successful people started out worse off than you or I. If they made it, why... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
Getting a Job
“Dear How to Be Jobless, do you have any tips on landing a job?” It’s amazing that anyone would ask me this. My name is, after all, How to Be Jobless. If... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
An Open Letter to the Coalition Government – by Victor Brown-Villedieu
After seeing my article on The Guardian responding to Esther McVey’s “unemployed young people could just get a job as Costa” comments, politics grad and... Read more
Posted on 26 January 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
“My Response to Everyone, Ever from Now on Who Says ‘Just Get a Job’…”
What do you say to that not-rare-enough species of adult who pretends the job market hasn’t changed in the last 30 years?HTBJ reader Christie Mudie found a... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
Get a Job at Costa? If Only It Was That Simple for Young People – The Guardian
‘This may come as a shock [to Esther McVey], but there aren’t 941,000 jobs going at Costa Coffee. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images It’s that time again,... Read more
Posted on 23 January 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
Grad Scheming (4): How to Survive a Grad Scheme with Your Emotional Sanity Intact
The grad scheme. The last hurdle between you and concrete employment. You’ve done…Stage one: all the education Getting the bare bones of your CV takes about... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
On BuzzFeed Video: Awkward Moments When You’re Unemployed
Great post from BuzzFeed on the little moments unemployment brings us that are just plain awkward… Read more
Posted on 16 January 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Best Things About Being Jobless in January (by #Pyjarmy Soldier Emily Howard)
#Pyjarmy soldier Emily Howard has a few words of encouragement for those of you feeling the sting of joblessness in the still-fresh, new year. Read more
Posted on 13 January 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
Let’s See Some Babyboomer Rage About Generation Jobless (my Article on The...
‘By focusing all the visible damage on the young who so famously “don’t vote”, the generations are being divided and conquered.’ Photograph: Steve Taylor/Getty... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
Hey, Employed People: Stop Complaining About Your Jobs
Sometimes, as a jobseeker, you snap. Everyone else IN THE WORLD seems to be employed, and they don’t even have the decency to be ecstatic about it all the time. Read more
Posted on 10 January 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION -
VIDEO: Chris Rock on Jobs Vs Careers
“When you have a career, there ain’t enough time in the day…When you got a job there’s TOO MUCH time.” Wise words from Mr Rock – who’s here to remind you that... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION