In her light-hearted take on positive discrimination in the workplace*, Caitlin Moran wrote that when women are the office minority, they can start to feel like pelicans in a camel enclosure at the zoo: “the camels can’t help but look at the pelican beaks oddly, and go off and do ‘camel things’ in the… Continue reading A lonely pelican in a camel enclosure
Category: new job
We go forward, not back
It’s funny, walking away from the thing that has structured your life for about two and a half years. Even if you know, quiet and deep and sad in your bones, that you have to step back – get out or go mad – it still aches a little, saying goodbye. The name you’ve got… Continue reading We go forward, not back
Live to work or work to live – part one
Disclaimer: I knew this was going to be a weird one – I had a lot of thoughts, and when I got to 1300 words and realised I had at least a third of those thoughts still to hash out, I did the unthinkable and sent DB a draft. He suggested breaking it up, so… Continue reading Live to work or work to live – part one
It only takes one ‘yes’
Job interviews – and indeed, the whole job-hunting process – must be the most evil of all necessary evils. There’s no getting round it; it’s horrendous, and there’s no getting away from it – we all have to go through it at some point. The jury’s still out on whether interviews are actually any good… Continue reading It only takes one ‘yes’
Inbetween Girl 