{"id":362,"date":"2009-09-12T14:05:26","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T13:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=362"},"modified":"2009-09-12T14:05:26","modified_gmt":"2009-09-12T13:05:26","slug":"i-have-applied-for-8-jobs-in-2-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batterseaweb.com\/2010\/2009\/09\/12\/i-have-applied-for-8-jobs-in-2-days\/","title":{"rendered":"I have applied for 8 jobs in 2 days"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wonder if I will get any interviews? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s been a long time since I was in an office (2 years now)\u00c2\u00a0and 14 years since I had a job interview so if I do actually get as far as attending one its going to be a pretty weird experience.\u00c2\u00a0 My\u00c2\u00a0real problem is I am rubbish at phone calls, I much prefer emailing because it gives me time to think about\u00c2\u00a0what I am saying as I suspect that there are times when I don’t make as \u00c2\u00a0much sense verbally as I should. I am\u00c2\u00a0going \u00c2\u00a0for everything from admin to IT work\u00c2\u00a0 and of course including government temping too.\u00c2\u00a0 Being 52 now is not going to help either I suspect. Having a long term depressive illness is a bit of\u00c2\u00a0 a drag too, as at the moment I am feeling reasonably well, but it tends to creep up on me when I least expect it. My finances are pretty dire now too. To give a rough analogy I am 2000 miles out over the Atlantic but but I only have 500 miles worth of fuel left so\u00c2\u00a0I am not going to reach NY… even with a very fair wind<\/p>\n

What skills have I got ?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

IT consultant\/Developer: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Web and programming skills including the following:
\nphp asp VB 6 Java SQL Perl C# and Html XML JavaScript\u00c2\u00a0 Ajax. UNIX LINUX Vba for MS Office
\nPhoto-shop & Flash ActionScript
\nEcommerce sites<\/strong> >
\nClick\u00c2\u00a0 >>Here <\/a>for an example using php and Smarty with full paypal integration<\/p>\n

Web hosting
\nPrince11 project management.
\n10 years commercial experience, central government projects,\u00c2\u00a0including managing ITC for 300 users at the Parole Board for England and Wales.
\n
\nOffice admin:<\/strong>Case working,\u00c2\u00a0 minute taking, \u00c2\u00a0HR , reporting, diary organising, \u00c2\u00a0file management, scanning photocopying, photocopier mantainance, prepairing reports for audit & bla.<\/p>\n

Musician Composer<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>PRS member ,Published composer<\/div>\n

Radio play for solo material and for Band & Duo National and local
\nCabaret Performer Music & Comedy<\/p>\n

Previously performances at:<\/p>\n

Kings head Theatre Islington, The Bull and Gate, Purple Turtle Camden Jazz after Dark Soho \u00c2\u00a0The Celler Door \u00c2\u00a0Covent Garden \u00c2\u00a0The Joogleberry Theatre Brighton\u00c2\u00a0 Dingwalls \u00c2\u00a0The Bull Barnes O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Neils Chain of music venues. \u00c2\u00a0The Abbey & After Office Hours Bullet at Kentish town Oliver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Jazz Bar Greenwich The Crown & The Cock Tavern Kilburn & the Music Palace.<\/p>\n

My Solo Album is available as to buy as download on Amazon E Music Rhapsody ITunes & Napster Selling but very slowly.<\/p>\n

I have a CD ready and mastered but I can’t afford to press it at the moment, partly due to my car blowing up.<\/p>\n

I am a performing composer and musician playing Piano Violin & Guitar and Bass and some vocals though my voice is somewhat unusual. I regularly gig with the Rock\/Roots band Elephant Shelf and also the Delta Ladies duo which mix roots acoustic music and electronica and comedy.
\nI have a solo project band called Glass Cage.I read, but my sight reading is not that fast.
\nMusical styles rang from Rock to Blues Jazz Folk and world Music also electronica.<\/p>\n

I compose in a variety of styles from pop to rock to jazz and classical oeuvres. I am also expert in multi-media recording and music production. I have a full studio setup which allows me to produce from demo to master recordings.<\/p>\n

Maybe I should teach Music? <\/strong><\/div>\n

I could do that at a beginners level for\u00c2\u00a0adults\u00c2\u00a0I think. OK that sounds like a plan.<\/p>\n

So why am I going broke?\u00c2\u00a0 !!!<\/strong> ***$%^$%^$^%$***!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Somewhere<\/a>
Somewhere over the Rainbow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wonder if I will get any interviews?<\/p>\n

It’s been a long time since I was in an office (2 years now) and 14 years since I had a job interview so if I do actually get as far as attending one its going to be a pretty weird experience. My real problem is I am rubbish at phone calls, I much prefer emailing because it gives me time to think about what I am saying as I suspect that there are times when I don’t make much sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterseaweb.com\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterseaweb.com\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterseaweb.com\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterseaweb.com\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterseaweb.com\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterseaweb.com\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterseaweb.com\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterseaweb.com\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterseaweb.com\/2010\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}