Good Morning My Dears,
April showers have brought May flowers to Greece. We had been experiencing some rather nasty weather in Crete of late but hopefully that has passed now. May Day in Greece is actually an acknowledged, if not a celebrated holiday here. There are apparently enough workers, even here, to justify the acknowledgment. Unlike in the US whose free market leanings tend to shy away from any notion of a working class, Greece does allow communist principles to peacefully coexist in the political firmament. In the US in contrast, we have decided to change the name to Law Day. It just does not have that nice a ring to it, does it?
I am rather like the US, in that I would prefer to put blinders on to the fact that there is a working class as I am currently not a part of it. And unfortunately, it is back to the drawing board for me when I get back home to Scotland on the 11th. When Last I talked about the actual job search I had had an interview with a software company to supervise their accounting setup. Alas, that was not to result in a job. It is just as well as it was not located in the best of areas and the commute would have been a little difficult. I also applied for two jobs at the Scottish National Gallery in their accounting departments. The first was for Manager of all their retail shops, including the accounting side. The second was for a manager of the trading company that would link the accounting sides of the retail shops with the sales side of the Royal Scottish Academy which sells local art to the public. I didn't even manage to get interviews for those as there are a lot of fully qualified accountants applying.
Since applying for accounting jobs does not seem to be working, I am going to change the resume to a more administrative focus and see if I can get something that is secretarial in nature. After all, Scotland doesn't have to be a career starter, I am here to have fun as well. So I think I am going to try for any job, including retail, just to have enough income to cover my expenses. I am also thinking that if I can get a part time job then perhaps I can do a little bit of volunteering. We will see how I get on.
Right now I am off to celebrate a friend's birthday.
Next Up...Another birthday Bash and then Homeward Bound.
Cheerio for Now,
Tina
April showers have brought May flowers to Greece. We had been experiencing some rather nasty weather in Crete of late but hopefully that has passed now. May Day in Greece is actually an acknowledged, if not a celebrated holiday here. There are apparently enough workers, even here, to justify the acknowledgment. Unlike in the US whose free market leanings tend to shy away from any notion of a working class, Greece does allow communist principles to peacefully coexist in the political firmament. In the US in contrast, we have decided to change the name to Law Day. It just does not have that nice a ring to it, does it?
I am rather like the US, in that I would prefer to put blinders on to the fact that there is a working class as I am currently not a part of it. And unfortunately, it is back to the drawing board for me when I get back home to Scotland on the 11th. When Last I talked about the actual job search I had had an interview with a software company to supervise their accounting setup. Alas, that was not to result in a job. It is just as well as it was not located in the best of areas and the commute would have been a little difficult. I also applied for two jobs at the Scottish National Gallery in their accounting departments. The first was for Manager of all their retail shops, including the accounting side. The second was for a manager of the trading company that would link the accounting sides of the retail shops with the sales side of the Royal Scottish Academy which sells local art to the public. I didn't even manage to get interviews for those as there are a lot of fully qualified accountants applying.
Since applying for accounting jobs does not seem to be working, I am going to change the resume to a more administrative focus and see if I can get something that is secretarial in nature. After all, Scotland doesn't have to be a career starter, I am here to have fun as well. So I think I am going to try for any job, including retail, just to have enough income to cover my expenses. I am also thinking that if I can get a part time job then perhaps I can do a little bit of volunteering. We will see how I get on.
Right now I am off to celebrate a friend's birthday.
Next Up...Another birthday Bash and then Homeward Bound.
Cheerio for Now,
Tina
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