Jobseeker Gerri Spiers is working on becoming the next “billboard hire” – but she’s using a sandwich board. With her CVs in hand, she’s popping up all over London, and most recently, in the Evening Standard! She’s hoping the publicity … Continue reading
On Thursday 2nd January 2014, the BBC World Service show “World Have Your Say” decided to give a platform to several unemployed young people around the world, and me. A study for the Princes Trust found many young people feel … Continue reading
Dearest HTBJ readers, I started this blog because I was miserable in my jobless, hopeless existence, and I realised no one in the real world gave a damn about my struggle. They reported figures that said we were screwed and … Continue reading
Published on 19/08/13 on Mediargh.com How To Be Jobless (HTBJ) is a blog written by an anonymous and jobless journalism graduate. In his/her own words: “I have a Masters from a prestigious school of journalism, have been published in national … Continue reading
A Skype interview in my pyjamas with American writer Jack Kelly led to this article on the ever-entertaining site, PlanetIvy.com… We spoke to the author of the How To Be Jobless blog, in hopes of becoming more enlightened about unemployment. … Continue reading
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April 2013 Where did you Study? City University London What did you Study? MA Magazine Journalism What year did you Graduate? 2012 So we can feel more intimate, three words to describe your physical appearance.…
Published 09/04/2013 on GoThinkBig Is there anything more soul destroying than spending loads of time on an application, only to hear nothing back? Blogger How To Be Jobless thinks not. Her heartfelt plea to potential employers is, however, answered by … Continue reading
Old people. They’re the ones who get scammed. Vulnerable, easily taken in, don’t really know how the world works anymore. Those poor old people. That’s what people picture when they think “scam victim”. But a new group of vulnerable people … Continue reading
Californian filmmaker Arin Crumley is based in New York, currently flitting between Europe and Asia, and is, in the traditional sense of the word, unemployed. Or as we media types call it, ‘freelance’. As well as being an award-winning film maker, … Continue reading
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