Well, yes, I have been lax in writing about my times in Adelaide. I should really give a more detailed update of what I've been upto over the last month or so.
During my time in Adelaide I have spent quite a lot of time half heartedly job hunting. To begin with, I'm lazy, and therefore not overly predisposed to making more work for myself than necessary. Another reason for my lack of job hunting success is that January doesnt seem to be the best month for it. People are only coming back from their holidays and it takes a few weeks for things to pick up. So, I hope with the added incentive of rent coming out of my account every week, February will see me shackled to the capitalist machine once more.
I did have one very brief foray into the world of work, spending a day doing door to door collection work for charity. I thought it would be pretty bad, but maybe if it was going to pay well then I could handle it. 6 hours of knocking on peoples doors and bothering them for money later and I had lost the will to live, let alone work and my determination to stick it out for a week crumbled immediately. The day wasnt a total loss though, the cancer and bowel research trust is now around $100 better off.
Since then I have given my CV to various agencies and applied for numerous positions. The agencies however don't seem to be particularly interested, I guess they have better things to do than finding jobs for people. I think part of my problem is that I havent had enough experience. Unfortunately you need experience to get experience it would appear and I am not the best at showing my talents in the most favourable light.
But really, I should be able to find something soon. I'm even going to talk to a digital effects company tomorrow, though I'm not too hopeful they will be able to offer me a position, what with my temporary visa. It will be interesting to see how a digital effects company works though, I've always wondered exactly how they do all the things they do in films these days.
Posted by Craig at February 2, 2004 01:02 AMHi Craig,
Nice to hear from you again. Your folks were getting a bit concerned, particularly as they've lost the ability to email (again!). Perhaps you could drop them a line. Sorry to be always nagging.
Good luck with the job hunting!
Cheers,
Posted by: Martin at February 2, 2004 01:35 PMi love the fact that employment agencies have better things to do than find people jobs! it's the same here too. oh well, i hope you've managed to find something to occupy your time and fill your bank account. i hear medical testing pays well, but i wouldn't recommend it if you've become at all attached to your hair or the idea of having only two arms and two legs...maybe not one of my better suggestions!
love mo xx
Hi craig note our new e-mail address. Have you picked enough grapes to go to the grand prix in melbourne. Have the rainfall figures but do not have them to hand at the moment yours dad.
Posted by: hamilton thomson at March 6, 2004 09:55 AM