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Guineveretoo said:
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But being told that I rambled and was unfocussed is not helpful, because that is just nerves!
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I'd had similar feedback to that; a mixture of nerves and my naturally rambly manner :oops:

But what I did in response to that was to literally practise key points keeping on topic. It felt quite weird, and given I had three interviews for the role I have now, did get quite repetitive. But it definitely helped; I could 'tick off' covering key points as I went along.
 
existentialist said:
Weltweit, maybe you might like to step back and read some of your advice as it might come across to someone else - I'm really not sure it's helpful.
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Sorry existentialist, I missed this. My posts are only intended to be helpful. I have just been through a significant period of job hunting myself so I hope I do have something helpful to offer.
 
Yeah - good luck, both/all of you!

I've got another interview next week and have to prepare a handout and presentation on the legal and collective response to employees on casual contracts. That'll be fun!

Am struggling to motivate myself to do it, at the moment, partly because I'm one of that common breed who always leave things until the last minute, but also because these guys have already interviewed me twice and rejected me, despite telling me that I was a good candidate and employable.
 
of the pre-xmas collection, one interview tomorrow (I'm not expecting much more than a 'very good, but one of the candidates has more recent experience in X' sort of outcome)

never heard any more of the two temporary admin sort of things

did the online test one and haven't heard anything yet

couldn't summon up the energy for the one where I wasn't sure if i have the experience wanted or not and couldn't contact anyone to ask.

one application (London, 1 year contract) in this week

3 applications for temporary admin sort of things done today (the Reed website shows how many people have already applied - one part time temp admin thing locally had "100+ applications" within a few hours of being posted. :eek:

6 things to apply for in the next week or so, with varying levels of lack of enthusiasm.

Meh.
 
Am still not preparing the presentation which I need to do for the interview on Tuesday. Not only is it difficult to motivate myself, I am also not well, and struggling with that, too.

I may even pull out of it.
 
Guineveretoo said:
Am still not preparing the presentation which I need to do for the interview on Tuesday. Not only is it difficult to motivate myself, I am also not well, and struggling with that, too.

I may even pull out of it.
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Don't do that! Sometimes you have to get on with it and just do it. I know that feeling. You just have to learn to ignore it and just fucking do it.
 
Orang Utan said:
Don't do that! Sometimes you have to get on with it and just do it. I know that feeling. You just have to learn to ignore it and just fucking do it.
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Yeah, you are right. The trouble is that I need to do lots of research in order to prepare this presentation, and I don't seem to be able to gear my brain up to intellectual thought.
 
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