This time last year I was in Bermuda. At the moment I feel like I'm there, or at least feel like I did when I was there and adjusting to the time difference. I had to get up at 7.30 this morning. Although I usually wake up early and during the night this was the first time for more than three weeks that I'd had to get up and be active at this time, and I've not exactly been going to bed early.
I went to Leeds to attend a career transition workshop/course. Much of it was aimed at people who were uncomfortable with finding a new job/career and hadn't thought about the ramifications of not having to go to work every day. One of the first things the tutor spoke about was the need to look after one's physical wellbeing. My vanity means that won't be a problem. Plus, I know myself well enough to know that I can't be inactive for prolonged periods.
There were a few valid points which I made note of but I felt I'd already done my research for most of it. However, when I came home and reviewed my CV in the context of some of the things we went through today I realised that it was deficient in showing my achievements - it showed a career chronology but, at best, took for granted that someone would know the contexts to which it referred. Additionally, I went to see my friend at a recruitment consultants and spoke to one of his colleagues. Having sent my CV for a couple of jobs and uploaded it onto a few sites and heard nothing I have been thinking, "What the hell's wrong with it?" I think I know now - it doesn't really show what I'm good at, instead it shows what I've done and assumes that I've done it well. I'll spend even more time on it on Wednesday and then launch a carpet bombing campaign to rival America's attack on Cambodia.
I went to Leeds to attend a career transition workshop/course. Much of it was aimed at people who were uncomfortable with finding a new job/career and hadn't thought about the ramifications of not having to go to work every day. One of the first things the tutor spoke about was the need to look after one's physical wellbeing. My vanity means that won't be a problem. Plus, I know myself well enough to know that I can't be inactive for prolonged periods.
There were a few valid points which I made note of but I felt I'd already done my research for most of it. However, when I came home and reviewed my CV in the context of some of the things we went through today I realised that it was deficient in showing my achievements - it showed a career chronology but, at best, took for granted that someone would know the contexts to which it referred. Additionally, I went to see my friend at a recruitment consultants and spoke to one of his colleagues. Having sent my CV for a couple of jobs and uploaded it onto a few sites and heard nothing I have been thinking, "What the hell's wrong with it?" I think I know now - it doesn't really show what I'm good at, instead it shows what I've done and assumes that I've done it well. I'll spend even more time on it on Wednesday and then launch a carpet bombing campaign to rival America's attack on Cambodia.
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