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Business Strategies: Office Day
09 November 2010
Read moreI'm now self-employed, which means that I have to do my own administration, invoicing, accounts, correspondence, sales, marketing and maintenance (not to mention running the household, a sports team, and whatever else I've volunteered to get involved with lately). I am pretty organised as a person, which is a real …
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Three Months In: The (Ad)Venture Continues
21 October 2010
Read moreIt's three months since I gave up the day job and so many people have asked me how it's going, that I thought I'd give a quick round up!
I am a statistics nut so it will surprise nobody that I track my time religiously (using harvest, which I'll post about some day soon). From this I can tell you that I spend about 40% of my time working for other people, and the rest doing things like writing, preparing talks, accounts, meetings, or whatever. I've also taken 14 days off, which has been absolutely fabulous after a decidedly work-heavy first half of 2010. The biggest change is that I've only worked one weekend day. One.
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Six Months of Telecommuting
17 August 2008
Read moreAlthough it seems impossible, I really have been in my "new" job for 6 months. The big change this time around is that my new role is based almost entirely from home - I'm a salaried, 40-hours-per-week, home worker. This post is about my experiences adapting to this change rather than …
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New Job Announcement
23 January 2008
Read moreFollowing on from my post about needing a new job, the observant among you may have noticed that I have yet to post the promised sequel about myself and my skills. That's because I don't need to - I have a job! I will soon start a job with IBuildings, an …
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So Begins a New Chapter
18 January 2008
Read moreI'd like to announce that today I parted company with my employers Coolpink to the satisfaction (and probably benefit) of both sides.
To answer the first three questions: Yes, I am fine. Yes, they are paying me my notice period so I won't starve. And yes, I need a new …
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Models and Mentors
16 October 2007
Read moreThe thing with a blog is that its public, so sometimes there are things that happen in my life that I don't write about here - especially when these are work-related. So instead I'd like to chatter about people I have met in my professional life who have influenced me.
Mentors …
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Small Company vs Big Company
17 August 2007
Read moreWhen choosing a career move, whether its your first job out of university or the next step on the ladder, the type of organisation you work in will make quite a difference. Different sectors are all different and each has their own culture, but the size of the organisation is …
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5 Things I'll Miss About My Job - And 5 Things I Won't
21 February 2007
Read moreIn case you missed it I’m leaving my job. I’ve been with the company one year and its had its ups and downs, I thought I’d share some of each.
Things I’ll Miss
- My colleagues. It took them months to speak to me at all, and …
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A Recruiter Dropped Me In It
21 February 2007
Read moreI resigned last week1, and my manager said he wasn’t surprised. A recruiter rang him a few weeks ago and announced “I have the perfect candidate for you! ... oh wait, she already works for you … sorry …”
Can you spot the one word that identifies which member of the …
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Office Dress: Bags
30 December 2006
Read moreIn the final in this mini series of office dress, I’ve covered suits, shoes, and now its the turn of bags.
I am a hoarder of all things, not least of handbags. I’m forever buying beautful bags and then finding that actually the one I was already using …
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Office Dress: Suits
21 December 2006
Read moreSuits are the friend of the office-dress-rule-constrained person. At a few places I’ve worked, its been shirt, trousers and shoes for guys, and “appropriate dress” for girls. That’s no help to anyone, its such a vague description. I want a uniform that comes in multipacks of similar pastel …
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Office Dress: Shoes
18 December 2006
Read moreThis is the first entry in a planned mini-series on the issues relating to looking presentable at work when you have to walk there. The article mostly relates to women, since I am one. When I last moved jobs I went from stepping out of my house into my car …