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Quick update

I'm still job hunting. I've had a couple of interviews but I didn't get through. Some days I feel positive and some days I lose hope. There was a jobs fair last week. It wasn't as large as I hoped it'd be but I am signed up with another recruitment agency and I've got an appointment next week to see a company that helps people who are looking for jobs (providing training). Continue

Added by Francisco on September 18, 2009 at 7:40am — No Comments

Redundancy News

I found out, when I went in to work on Tuesday, that all of those being made redundant were being offered gardening leave to conduct their job hunting. I accepted and I've been at home all this week. I've made a few applications. I made a discovery at the start of my job search: the monster site doesn't work on Apple Macs. It does, however, work on Windows so I applied for a couple of jobs via that site last night. I'm now going to create some Excel spreadsheets and put those scripts I wrote i… Continue

Added by Francisco on June 18, 2009 at 3:30am — 2 Comments

Redundancy

Sorry for a depressing post. I found out yesterday that I was being made redundant. I've got to work my notice period then I'm on my own. Yesterday I was in a bit of a daze. Today I've been just getting on with all the normal stuff (work, shopping, etc). I'm going to concentrate on job hunting this weekend. I can't sleep and I'm not sure why. On the good news side somebody is coming to repair my boiler on Monday. I'm feeling lazy so here's most of the story: http://hifranc.livejournal.co… Continue

Added by Francisco on May 29, 2009 at 6:41pm — 10 Comments

Copyright permission

I wanted to add a couple of songs to the Xyliacs jukebox but noticed that you needed copyright permission. I was thinking of adding All About Loving You by Bon Jovi and These Dreams by Heart. Well, I sought out the bands' websites to see if there was a contact us button. But there was nothing there and, for Heart, you have to pay to get in touch with anybody. It felt a lot easier to get hold of someone in book publishing. Then again, I combined the Internet with traditional ways.… Continue

Added by Francisco on September 27, 2008 at 8:00am — 3 Comments