The funding for my current post runs out in October, and I've only just realised I need to get my finger out and start applying for jobs now. This is proving somewhat annoying as a) all the jobs I want, where I want (in London) involve a pay cut and b) the application forms take forever and require actual brain power as this is what I will be selected on.
Any amusing job application stories to amuse/distract me whilst I continue this tedious process?
no, BUT i have a story of sorts.
i got the tube home last night, casually minding my own business listening to music. when who should get on but some german hippy. he had shaved eyebrows and a red dyed mowhawk, which was down. he then got a green diablo out of his bag (same colour as his jumper, colour co-ordination is obviously the key). he then stood in the gap next to the doors and did some mega amazing tricks to the amusement of the passengers. he was throwing the thing all over, over his arms, up in the air, round his neck. i've never seen anything like it. ON A MOVING TRAIN.
</pointless story>
:)
This has made my evening. This and BOGOF pear cider at Somerfield!
i once accidentally wrote that i was "fully computer illiterate" on an apllication form.
but still got the job.
On a related note, I once sent a covering letter
to the (female) head of a charity in which I stated my desire to assist her organisation in any way possible.
So what, you're probably thinking?
Well, my mind must have been on other things because I actually used the word 'orgasm' instead, lending a somewhat different tone to the letter.
I got a very nice response from her and ended up volunteering for her charity for a couple of years. The letter was regularly wheeled out at social events and hangs in her office to this day!
:D