Whoa-oa-oa !
March 13th, 2006
Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would, now
So good, so good,
I
got
a
job!
Thanks to everybody who has send me good vibes, because it worked !! I got offered a job today, and am I the most happy person in the Universe at the moment.
Some notes on the whole process:
- I have send an enormous amount of jobapplications and CV’s, and I have never heard anything back of about 90% of them.
- I think I have been to about 10 job interviews totally. The rejections were tough, but I kept my determination. Also tough was the fact that even agencies like Randstad or Adecco didn’t want me because I am not a secretary type. So I had to focus on an IT job.
- I used on of those “we’ll turn your CV in a UK targeted CV” services, because I thought that would help me. I got my UK version CV back from them after paying 20 Pound and they had turned it into the most boring CV I have ever seen. They had removed every personal piece of information from it, and it was now a CV like a million other CV’s. And so I decided not to use it. It has been a complete waste of money.
- In stead I used my original CV, stating my passion for film and theater, writing about my Bill Nighy interest and website, and my TV-2 website, and mentioning The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy as my favourite book. And I also added my favourite quotes to it (I’d rather be happy than right - Slartibartfast) and (To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. - ~S?ren Kierkegaard)
Some companies I have talked to really appreciated that, and it also gave us something else to talk about than just pure work related stuff.
- As a lot of companies I have been to are internet/web development companies - so I quickly changed my “very nice clothes” for a more casual style. And here is the best thing : I got the job wearing my Love Actually t-shirt and a pair of sneakers. I love that, as that is exactly who I am. (It is a dark version of the Love Actually t-shirt, so it wasn’t that obvious to see, but it made me feel good to have it on - how crazy do you think I am now huh ?)
I am going to The Cafe now, to drink a cup of tea, and to see a movie. I am a little bit proud about the fact that I really made this step. I moved to London, found the most amazing place to life, and now I have found a job.
Without the stress of hunting for a job, I am now seriously going to enjoy London, as it is such a beautiful city to be in, and I feel so much at home already.
Sorry about the messy post, but I am still flying.
Love Actually on a t-shirt got me a job in London. I’m lovin’ it.
March 13th, 2006 at 18:20
Woohooo! Congrats!
March 13th, 2006 at 19:56
Enjoy!
March 13th, 2006 at 20:59
Congratulations Ingrid… Glad for you that it all worked out in the end… Is it a interresting job? :D
March 13th, 2006 at 21:24
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’
He chortled in his joy.
Never doubted it, but hey, this is great! Celebrate, it would be so nice (uhm, sorry).
March 13th, 2006 at 21:44
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
So … what is it?
March 14th, 2006 at 07:34
:-) I knew you could / would and l’m proud of you!
March 14th, 2006 at 07:46
That’s great news! Congratulations!
March 14th, 2006 at 08:09
‘t Was brillig and the slithee toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe
March 14th, 2006 at 08:12
Great indeed.. but what’s the job? What are you going to do? Program? Design? Flash? XML? PHP? Write articles? Come on… tell us… we’re curious…
March 14th, 2006 at 08:51
Hi Ingrid. I’m so glad that everything has turned out be to great for you in London ;-) Many greetings to you from Aarhus, Denmark…
PS : did you watch Danish Music Awards on danish tv on saturday night ? “Our” band, TV-2, won four (4) awards….
March 14th, 2006 at 08:56
Congrats. And greetings from a very cold and winterly ?rhus…-13 degrees last night!
March 14th, 2006 at 10:18
Congralulations and celebrations !
The only thing you now have to do is to order that wireless broadband connection and you are sorted !
March 14th, 2006 at 10:25
Thanks a lot to all of you !
About the job - I’ll return with more details a bit later (it is an IT job though). And the internetconnection - working on it !! :-)
March 14th, 2006 at 10:26
@Dorte : I read about tv-2 winning 4 awards, that’s truly fantastic ! Unfortunately I don’t have a tv yet, and if I had I wouldn’t be able to see danish tv I think :-) But hey, you can’t have it all !
March 14th, 2006 at 11:15
Ingrid that is great
Tillykke :-)
I recently saw an episode of “The IT Crowd” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IT_Crowd and http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/I/itcrowd/index.html
Perhaps you are like Jen in the TV series. No, I’m just kidding :-) If you have some free time and get a decent internet connection I can recommend to view the series.
greetings from a sunny but cold Aarhus
March 14th, 2006 at 13:15
Well done ! I hope the euphoria lasts lasts because we really need some happy residents in London these days.