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• Applying for a Job is Like the Trying to Get into a High-maintenance Relationship

  

  When I see puffy dark bags under the eyes of a fellow bus passenger, I no longer think “busy professional”. I think “fellow jobseeker, rejected again. Read more

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

• My Week in Joblessness (14): A Job Interview at the Guardian: Expectation...

  

  Published 13/8/2013 on GoThinkBigIn the last week of August, the universe decided I wasn’t so bad after all, and threw me a bone. Two, in fact. In my largely... Read more

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

• On HR Grapevine: Graduates Paying £5,000 for Internships

  

  HR Grapevine reports on the latest in the trend of cashing in on the graduate fear of joblessness. We all know companies save money by not paying interns. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Upworthy: Class-action Lawsuit Against P-Diddy for Not Paying His Interns

  

  The brilliant Upworthy brings us this excellent cartoon on unpaid internships in The Big Apple.Joseph Lamour sums it up: “In 2005, when I graduated from college... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Unemplogging: Julian Doesn’t Understand

  

  Harriet is one of us. Qualified up the yin-yang, yet jobless and regularly “devastated” by the callous way potential employers treat her. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• [VIDEO] How to STAY Jobless: What Would a 7-year Old Say?

  If you’re desperate to stay jobless, having a seven-year-old feed you the answers at an interview will absolutely do the trick.How can we be sure? Read more

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

• On The Guardian: Currys Interviewee Told “never Mind Radios – Show Us Your...

  

  The appalling treatment of graduates continues! The Guardian‘s Hilary Osborne reports with suitable disapproval the humiliating grad scheme interview in which... Read more

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

• Lola: Clawing Her Way OUT of Journalism

  

  Lola was a commenter on the mediargh.com interview, “The Blogger behind How to Be Jobless”. She shared her story of breaking into journalism and regretting it… Read more

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

• My Week in Joblessness (13): Jobseekers, from Batman to Bullshit Man…which...

  

  Published 30/8/2013 on GoThinkBigThe Internet went bonkers over Ben Affleck’s Batman casting – but fear not, jobseekers, I’ve found a way to make it all about... Read more

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

• My Week in Joblessness: The Entire Series

  

  “My week in joblessness” My week in joblessness: People really do say stupid things about unemployment Anon Friday 23 August 2013Our anonymous blogger responds... Read more

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

• Advice on Freelancing from Neil Gaiman [VIDEO]

  

  Author Neil Gaiman (Coraline, Stardust) manages to sum up in a simple, colourful Venn-diagram, how to be the perfect freelancer:If you have 20 minutes to... Read more

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

• Gordon: “I Feel for You All”

  

  Gordon commented on my column about the stupid things people say about employment, specifically the comments by Brendan O’Neill about internships – “interns... Read more

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

• [VINE] Jérôme Jarre Teaches Us: How to Get a Job in 6 Seconds

  So now you know. Go do it. I expect HUNDREDS of unfollows now you have this excellent advice.Check out Jérôme Jarre on Twitter and his genius Vines. Read more

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

• My Week in Joblessness (12): People Really Do Say Stupid Things About...

  

  Published 23/8/2013 on GoThinkBigJobseekers have spent the past week fielding insults from a meddle of crusty old bastards. My thumb was poised for a twant... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• GoThinkBig.co.uk Asks: Is David Cameron’s Government Failing Young Unemployed...

  

  GoThinkBig.co.uk editor, Molly Pierce, wonders if all those government, schemes, programmes and jobcentres are actually doing anything to improve the massive... Read more

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

• Nice Tweets About @howtobejobless

  @howtobejobless your blog is amazing, as an unemployed film graduate I think this is going to be a literary reassurance that I am not alone! Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Featured on Mediargh.com (formerly MediaMuppet) Interview: The Blogger Behind...

  

  Published on 19/08/13 on Mediargh.com How To Be Jobless (HTBJ) is a blog written by an anonymous and jobless journalism graduate. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Featured on PlanetIvy.com: How to Be Jobless – an Interview with Someone Who...

  

  A Skype interview in my pyjamas with American writer Jack Kelly led to this article on the ever-entertaining site, PlanetIvy.com…We spoke to the author of the... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Week in Joblessness (11): Five Reasons to Let Jobseekers Be Negative

  

  Published 16/8/2013 on GoThinkBigJobseeking can be pretty miserable, we all know that – so don’t you get fed up of people telling you to be positive? Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• On InnerCityStinge: “How To Be Jobless: a Blog”

  

  Do you remember Georgina Leaker? She was the cheeky lass from the land down under who bagged herself no less than EIGHT JOB OFFERS after her “public whinge” in ... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION