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• On Studentbeans.com: 9 Career Websites That Are Actually Quite Useful

  

  From Kirsten Parnell and those lovely folks at StudentBeans, a list of useful career sites for opportunities, advice, and sanity savers. And shucks, How To Be... Read more

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

• My Week in Joblessness (10): Bloody Other Applicants, Takin’ Our Jobs…

  

  Published 9/8/2013 on GoThinkBigSod this, I’m going to Greece.The rate of unemployment for under 25s is almost 65 per cent there. Wouldn’t it be spiffy to be... Read more

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

• Joblessness in Oz: “Give Gen Y More Than a Foot in the Door”

  

  Georgia Leaker was offered eight jobs after having a “public whinge” about the Gen Y job situation in The Sydney Morning Herald…I am one of the nearly one in... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Week in Joblessness (9): The Pyschology of Tea-making

  

  Published 2/8/2013 on GoThinkBigThere are some certainties in the world of work experience. You won’t know how to adjust your chair, and you’ll be too nervous t... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• #Pyjarmy Soldier Liane

  

  #JoinThePyjarmyLiane felt the sting of being rejected at the final stage due to being “too fresh out of the oven” (she hasn’t yet struck that perfect place... Read more

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

• Studentbeans.com Celebrate #reasonsimjobless

  

  studentbeans.com have picked out the loveliest posts from Reasons Why I Don’t Have a Job…Solidarity, jobseekers.1. When people say unemployment must be fun2.... Read more

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

• My Week in Joblessness (8): A Letter from the Jobless Trenches [GoThinkBig...

  

  Published 19/07/2013 on GoThinkBig Dear Family, It’s my 159th day in the jobless trenches. Sorry I haven’t written in a while. I’ve been a bit busy in my cycle... Read more

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

• On Opinionpanel.co.uk: Why PAID Internships Can Be WORSE Than Unpaid

  

  Paid interns can be worse off than unpaid, writes Dion Watts… Society has called time on unpaid internships. The work of organisations like Intern Aware, leadin... Read more

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

• On Studentbeans.com: 16 Rejection Letters to Make You Weep

  

  Last week studentbeans.com showed us a few rejection letters worse than ANY of the ones you’ve received…we hope.We have all been rejected at one time or another... Read more

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

• My Week in Joblessness (7): Ok, I Admit It, I’m JK Rowling [GoThinkBig Column]

  

  Published 19/07/2013 on GoThinkBigWell, not really, but if that rumour starts I’m fine with it. This week, Rowling has been splashed across the news for... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Reddit OffMyChest Comment: Unemployed Need Not Apply

  

  The user meltedretina posted this comment about his job hunt, and the discrimination faced by the unemployed.“Sorry, wall of text.I have had it with employers... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Week in Joblessness (6) The Good, the Bad and the Fugly…Internships

  

  Published 12/07/2013 on GoThinkBigThis week, the Pyjarmy have been discussing that lovely, much-needed, not-at-all frustrating buffer between The Jobless and Th... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Suli Breaks – “I Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide My Fate”

  The brilliant spoken word artist Suli Breaks on the lies told about education.“Exams are society’s methods of telling you what you’re worth…How many “A” grades... Read more

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

• My Week in Joblessness (5): We Need to Crack Down on the Hidden Market...

  

  Published 5/07/2013 on GoThinkBigI propose a hidden market crackdown…because I can’t network to save my life.It’s an oft-repeated whinge that most jobs are foun... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Week in Joblessness (4): Hey, Interviewers! Here Are a Few Things YOU’RE Doin...

  

  “Dear appli-CAN’T, Thank you for your interest. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only successful candidates will be contacted. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Week in Joblessness (3): Why You’re Not as Behind as You Think You Are...

  

  Published 21/06/2013 on GoThinkBig This week, our anonymous blogger discusses how being jobless can damage your self-esteem – but you’re really not as much of a... Read more

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

• [VIDEO] How to STAY Jobless: Hannah, Girls

  Build a rapport with the interviewer. Make funny jokes about bars you’ve been to, the pretentious terms bandied about in this silly old age…It’s all building... Read more

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

• My Week in Joblessness (2): Terrible Jobseeker Habits…why Can’t I Stop Doing...

  

  Published 14/06/2013 on GoThinkBig As a jobless hack I’m my own boss, and a bad one. I don’t give feedback. I’m lax about time and dress code. Read more

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

• [VIDEO] How to STAY Jobless: Rachel, Friends

  a) Kiss the interviewer when he totally, totally was’t about to kiss you. At ALL.b) Scream at him for demanding sex from you, when he totally, totally wasn’t. A... Read more

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

• My Week in Joblessness (1): How to Survive a Job ‘trial’ [GoThinkBig Blog]

  

  Published 07/06/2013 on GoThinkBig We’d like to introduce our new blogger, the brilliant howtobejobless, who’s set the deadline of 12 months to find a job in... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 CAREER, LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION