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Shift
19 September 07 11:54 AM | wayne.griffiths | 2 Comments   

There will be a shift in my priorities over the next few days. I finally got all of the page breaks sorted out. It took an entire day to deal with. In a lot of cases, I would try and try and try to just shave off a millimetre or half a millimetre anywhere Read More...

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The Wait is Probably Over
04 July 07 05:47 PM | wayne.griffiths | 4 Comments   

As a counterpart to Karen's post, here's evidence that it doesn't always go the way that you want it to. Yes, this will sound overly cynical, but I am writing 'from the heart' and it is perhaps a result of the amount of stress on me at the moment. Some Read More...

Filed under: employment, career, employers, email, interviews, stress

Interview (this time not with a vampire)
25 June 07 02:54 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   

So this morning I had my first ever telephone interview. I think the word 'interview' is somewhat of a misnomer in this case, because the 'view' part originally came from the Latin 'videre', meaning to see, and there was no seeing here, just talking. Read More...

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How long is too long?
11 June 07 12:36 PM | wayne.griffiths | 1 Comments   

No, I don't mean about thesis length - I'm well within the limits there. Instead, I'm talking about how long one should be expected to wait to hear back from employers. I am still dumbfounded by the lack of response from many of the employers to whom Read More...

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Steeerike one
18 May 07 09:07 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   

Readers of previous entries in my blog will know that I've begun applying for jobs. Earlier this week, I attended an Assessment Centre; in other words, a job interview for 25 people at a time. I had done some preparation for it, but I did not know really Read More...

Filed under: employment, career, assessment centre

Testing times are here again
30 April 07 11:44 AM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   

It's great being a research student - no mid-semester exams to worry about. I mention that because I've heard undergrads go on about it a fair amount recently. However, I'm not completely free of the seemingly omnipresent assessment monster. On the weekend, Read More...

Filed under: career, online assessments

Apologies for the break in transmission
13 April 07 06:25 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   

I want to say I'm sorry to people who may have been waiting for a blog entry from me for a while. I don't have a much of an excuse. It's not like I've been away on holidays or something. Although I enjoyed the two extra days away from writing last weekend, Read More...

Filed under: thesis, supervisor, writing, procrastination, career, meetings, holidays

Drowning in the typing pool
29 March 07 07:59 PM | wayne.griffiths | 3 Comments   

One of my most cherished possessions in recent weeks (/months) has been a set of headphones and some music I have copied across to my computer from CDs. "Why?" I hear you ask. It's an interesting thing to cherish. One reason is that the music can relax Read More...

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Distracted
23 March 07 07:51 PM | wayne.griffiths | 1 Comments   

I have to admit I've been a little distracted over the last few days. This is probably due to only having a small number of pages to perform corrections on between my meetings. I have got 2 1/2 weeks between them this time, and I can only be enthused Read More...

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