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• Spare a Thought for the Slightly Older Jobless

  

  Last week I asked you to send me your pitches for How to Be Jobless, and the response so far has been brilliant. First up commenting from the Pyjarmy barracks i... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Be Jobless on BBC World Service: What’s It Like to Be Young and...

  

  On Thursday 2nd January 2014, the BBC World Service show “World Have Your Say” decided to give a platform to several unemployed young people around the world,... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Grad Scheming (3): New Year’s Revolutions…why Young People Need to Fight for...

  

  Published on GoThinkBig on 3/1/14As I write this, I’m eating chocolate with no intention of going to the gym, learning the clarinet or being more careful with... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Would YOU Like to Write for How to Be Jobless?

  

  Do YOU have something to say about joblessness, the situation of young people today, or breaking into the world of work?If so, I would LOVE to feature you on Ho... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Pyjarmy’s New Year’s Resolutions

  

  So, 2013. You have been somewhat rubbish for a lot of people haven’t you? Don’t let the door smack you in the ass on your way out, because we’ve got big things... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• On GoThinkBig: This Barber Got a Job Using Instagram and You Could Too

  

  Getting your mitts all over the digital world is your best bet for standing out and creating an online presence that will make potential employers salivate all... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to STAY Jobless – That Mitchell and Webb Look

  On your jobhunt, you are likely to meet the odd negative nelly. The occasional tool. And a few utter bastards.If you want to STAY jobless, invite them into... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Merry Christmas, Jobseekers!

  

  Have a wonderful festive season, whatever you’re doing.I hope 2013 hasn’t been too rubbish. If it was – roll on 2014. And remember, there are always some... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Most Hilarious Cover Letter of 2013

  

  It’s not nice to mock fellow jobseekers.But some of them do make it difficult not to.This chap admits he is “not a good English user” – but he’s trying, dammit. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jobless and Desperate? There’s Always Fraud: “$40k a Year to Attend Harvard...

  

  When you need a job, you’ll consider almost anything. Insultingly-paid internships, flyering, looking for dropped tenners on the street – it can even be temptin... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Grad Scheming (2): How to Go to the Office Christmas Party and Not Lose Your Job

  

  There it is. Look at it. The office Christmas party. It’s sitting in my calendar, looking up at me like a lovely big-eyed mogwai…asking to be fed. The yuletide... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• JK Rowling: The Fringe Benefits of Failure

  There are few mantras repeated so often and so involuntarily by the jobseeker’s brain as, “I am a failure”. While I still bang the drum of you’re not as behind... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• On The Daily Mash: Young People Just Going to Change Pension Age Back Later

  

  In yet another brilliant article, The Daily Mash points out why the youth of today aren’t as screwed as the media insists we are – because babyboomers won’t... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ben Goldacre: “We Should Be Grateful to the Young…and Pray That They Don’t Turn”

  

  Millennials spend quite a lot of time fielding senseless criticism and ill-informed insults from, well, everyone. Luckily, there are enough people who have... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Wannabe Hacks: Can You Ever Have Too Much Work Experience on Your CV?

  

  If you ever feel like you haven’t got enough to worry about when trying to cram as much experience on to your CV as you can, here’s a gift: apparently TOO MUCH... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• On BuzzFeedUK: 9 Of The Worst Unpaid Internships In Britain

  

  OH HAPPY DAY – people are finally realising the “grey area” of the law on unpaid internships is not grey at all. It’s actually black and white, some fat cat jus... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Grad Scheming (1): HTBJ at the Guardian – Reporting Back from The Other Trench

  

  Chshhhhh This is How to Be Jobless reporting back to the jobless trenches, do you read me? Jobless soldiers, do you read me? Over. I’m reporting from The Other... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Coming on Sunday…The New Series: Grad Scheming

  

  HTBJ has a job at the Guardian! So how’s it going? Has she by any chance already knocked into someone, forgotten how to eat lunch and realised an alarm clock... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to STAY Jobless – Winston, New Girl

  

  A great way to stay jobless is to damn yourself with faint praise.DO NOT keep up to date with the latest technological innovationsBoast about the ones you do... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• [VIDEO] How to STAY Jobless: Advice from Super Hans (Peep Show)

  1) Believing your interviewer is “the kind of guy who’ll respect you more if you stand up to him” is a sure way to stay jobless. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION