True signs of success

In this life, there is a lot of pressure to show socially-acceptable signs of success: high income, high powered job,  big house and car, being constantly in demand, always on the phone and so on.
If your life doesn’t look like that, it is easy to be a bit defensive about it in a social situation. […]

Advantages of a “low-flying” career

Having a low-flying job can be surprisingly rewarding. It’s difficult to have a high-flying career without working long hours (unpaid), being stressed and tired, getting frustrated with office politics and having work invade your non-working time as well. Yes, you are financially rewarded but when do you have time to enjoy it? Does a three-day city […]

Paying yourself first

My current temping assignment is coming to an end and I have decided to have a week off before going back to work. I had been planning to go straight on to another assignment. But even though I could do with the money, getting caught up in yet another 9-to-5 maelstrom is so not the […]

From temping hell to temping heaven

Well, not quite heaven, but good enough. I started a new temping job in Truro a couple of weeks ago and it couldn’t be more different from my last experience. Everyone is relaxed and friendly and best of all, they genuinely seem to think I am doing a good job - which is a huge […]

A bad moment

How do I say this? I am having a bad moment. I had a temp job for a couple of days with a solicitors in Truro. I thought it was all going fine but I found out on Friday afternoon from my recruitment consultant that they were really unhappy with me. I have no idea […]