I was chatting to a friend on MSN the other day, about all sorts of stuff, and the subject came to job hunting. You know when you are filling in an application form, or even fine tuning your CV for a specific job, what should you really be writing? The truth? Or a modified version of the truth?
Here's an excerpt from our conversation, initially I thought it was just funny, but then it made me think:
Nic says:
-ohh I applied for a job yesterday
Diamond says:
-cool, what
Nic says:
-livbrarian.. hahahaha!
-can't even spell it!!
Diamond says:
-lol
Nic says:
-rofl
-my application was quite funny.
Diamond says:
-I imagine it was
Nic says:
-so they'll either look at it and think what a nob.. or think she sounds interesting in the part where
you are meant to say why the job would be suited for you, I rambled on about horse riding
-lmao
Diamond says:
-hahaha, you are funny
Nic says:
-well what else was I supposed to say? I like books?
Diamond says:
-well, yes
Nic says:
-ohh
Diamond says:
-that is exactly it
Nic says:
-I didn't say that
Diamond says:
-hahaha
Nic says:
-I didn't even write the word 'book'...
Yes, it was funny at the time, and knowing my friend it was hilarious, but it made me think.. Do we try to hard when applying for jobs? Do we over garnish our CV's and application forms with stuff to make us appear more attractive to the possible employer? And should we be doing this, or is it better to let the 'real' you come through?
What are your thoughts on this?
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Sunday 8 November 2009
Two Queens, a biker jacket and a pair of peep toe stilettoes.
This is a true story, whether or not you choose to believe it, however, I am not saying that this is the actual reason for the outcome described at the end... (No peeping! Sorry, bad joke!)
Some time late last summer, or was it fall, I went out with some friends on a friday evening to go to a club we all like to hang out at, for no other reason than it being local to all of us. It was a slightly nippy evening, and I had decided to wear my vintage black biker leather jacket, you know, the type James Dean was often pictured in, with red satin lining and silver metal zips on every pocket and down the front.
The zip pull had long broken off, and I had replaced it with a charm from a broken necklace, a small skull charm, fitting the Biker Rock Chic look. Anyway, as you can imagine, the temperature is slightly different in a busy-ish club, and I soon got too hot to wear my jacket. And so it was that I took it off and here is where the story starts.
There was a small seating area next to where we were standing so I left my jacket there, thinking it would be safe as there were only us and another group of people standing here. We were chatting and having a few drinks, dancing on the spot and generally having a good time, when my friend says:
"Isn't that guy wearing your jacket?"
I looked behind me, and lo and behold, one of the guys from the group next to us is most certainly wearing my Biker Rock Chic pride, all while doing a camp little shimmy! I stared in disbelief, and I guess it was noticeable as one of his friends pointed at me as if to say "You've been busted!"
The guy turns around, looks at me and says, stupidly:
"Oh, is this your biker jacket? Hmm... not very trendy is it?"
I stared incredulously and replied:
"Indeed it is mine, and I suggest you wear it no more!"
To which he replies, by means of turning to his friend:
"It isn't trendy though, but maybe you could make it trendy! How about sending THIS down the runway next season? Hahaha!"
That's when I realised that one of his friends was Alexander McQueen... Now, I have seen him around in London before, but he's not really that noticeable and I don't mean that nastily, he just isn't.. so I hadn't noticed! Well, needless to say I got my James Dean garment back and refrained from further comments and unnecessary bitchiness and left them to drunkenly design the next McQueen collection based on borrowed items from nightclub punters..
Fastforward to last week, my friend Louise had bought her weekly Grazia and we were looking through it to see what celeb has done what to whom, when I came over this picture:
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Skull zip front ankle boots £595.
All I can say is I am now waiting for the Forgotten Umbrella dress in the spring/summer 2010 collection, as I can't find my umbrella...
Some time late last summer, or was it fall, I went out with some friends on a friday evening to go to a club we all like to hang out at, for no other reason than it being local to all of us. It was a slightly nippy evening, and I had decided to wear my vintage black biker leather jacket, you know, the type James Dean was often pictured in, with red satin lining and silver metal zips on every pocket and down the front.
The zip pull had long broken off, and I had replaced it with a charm from a broken necklace, a small skull charm, fitting the Biker Rock Chic look. Anyway, as you can imagine, the temperature is slightly different in a busy-ish club, and I soon got too hot to wear my jacket. And so it was that I took it off and here is where the story starts.
There was a small seating area next to where we were standing so I left my jacket there, thinking it would be safe as there were only us and another group of people standing here. We were chatting and having a few drinks, dancing on the spot and generally having a good time, when my friend says:
"Isn't that guy wearing your jacket?"
I looked behind me, and lo and behold, one of the guys from the group next to us is most certainly wearing my Biker Rock Chic pride, all while doing a camp little shimmy! I stared in disbelief, and I guess it was noticeable as one of his friends pointed at me as if to say "You've been busted!"
The guy turns around, looks at me and says, stupidly:
"Oh, is this your biker jacket? Hmm... not very trendy is it?"
I stared incredulously and replied:
"Indeed it is mine, and I suggest you wear it no more!"
To which he replies, by means of turning to his friend:
"It isn't trendy though, but maybe you could make it trendy! How about sending THIS down the runway next season? Hahaha!"
That's when I realised that one of his friends was Alexander McQueen... Now, I have seen him around in London before, but he's not really that noticeable and I don't mean that nastily, he just isn't.. so I hadn't noticed! Well, needless to say I got my James Dean garment back and refrained from further comments and unnecessary bitchiness and left them to drunkenly design the next McQueen collection based on borrowed items from nightclub punters..
Fastforward to last week, my friend Louise had bought her weekly Grazia and we were looking through it to see what celeb has done what to whom, when I came over this picture:
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Skull zip front ankle boots £595.
All I can say is I am now waiting for the Forgotten Umbrella dress in the spring/summer 2010 collection, as I can't find my umbrella...
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