1 Semi Job Offer

Hi everyone,
I got back from Bristol 2 days ago. I got a semi job offer. A semi job offer is when an employer says, ”we like you but we will give you a trial instead and decide if we really like you”.
It is for a retail Christmas temping job. I very much want the position. [...]

This Week in Jobs #1: More Rejections but…

Still job seeking and still broke as a joke but I am persevering.
Here is how this week has looked like so far in terms of looking for jobs.

5 Job applications to direct employers: I don’t even remember how many agency jobs I have actually applied for which is too many to count
5 jobs applied via [...]

Keep ‘Em Coming: My long list of job rejections

I am starting to get beyond frustrated with the job search.
I have been looking for 2 months and just nothing. I have done everything: cold calling, replying to online adverts, following up a week after my application.
NOTHING.
I was rejected for a job today, the employer citing my lack of experience for a role which I [...]

I’m back…kind of

It’s been an awful few weeks, Charcoalies.
I got back from Sweden yesterday, back to the cold city of London but my problems of nowhere concrete to live and no money still haunt me.
I am really sorry to say that the blog is going on indefinite hiatus until I land a job and have found somewhere [...]

Cold calling for jobs: My experience this Wednesday

Has anyone else out there been doing cold calls for jobs?
My situation is up in there air but today I cold-called 11 places, hotel chains mainly to ask if they had any work going.
When I asked the receptionist, it was 50/50 as to whether or not there were jobs going. I was then referred to [...]

Still Jobless

Who thought finding a job was this much of an effort?
I am struggling to find work and I don’t even know where the next payslip is coming from.
I am going to Sweden for a family function from the 22 Nov until 29 Nov. The living situation is still hard to define and describe as I [...]

Falling in Love…

My living situation is still up in the air, but one thing I am trying hard to concentrate on is vox, the careers site I created for my MA project.
Don’t they say that once one part of your life goes wrong (my living situation), one part can cheer up.
I think that this is incredibly true [...]

Black Hair: Beyoncé takes 25 Wigs on UK Leg of ‘I Am…’ Tour

My girl Bee is the shit.
I love this bishette. According to the Daily Mail, Beyoncé packed 25 wigs for the tour [1].
I don’t know who the source is but I can believe that lol because she has so many set pieces for the tour.
How many wigs do you think the avg black woman owns? I [...]

Coal News: Bullying made first female Beefeater at the Tower go BALD

I find it shocking and flabbergasting that the first female Beefeater employed at the Tower of London was actually bullied.
And to make matters worse, she developed alopecia as a stress related disease due to the bullying.
What would you do if this was your mum or sister?
Moira Cameron is now suing for harassment and bullying and [...]

Bale of Straws: Why Verbal Bullying is Always Wrong

This is how it happened.
The final straw came last week when I was sitting in my sitting room on the computer.