OMG! This is so great! Congratulations!!!

Woo hoo!

Congrats!

What’s cooking chez vous? I’m in the midst of making lemon rosemary roast chicken, with this salad, https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2019/02/trevisano-radicchio-salad-with-satsumas-pistachios-and-calabrian-chili-vinaigrette.html ,with some adjustments, regular old radichio, walnuts instead of pistachios, and sambal…

Yay Lady yay!

That is phenomenal! I hope my job search ends the same way. Congratulations! I'm sure you'll be fantastic.

Congrats on the job.

After about 10 years of weighing the pros and cons, I finally got my ears pierced! And it wasn’t so bad! And I didn’t pass out!

Our cows in Minnesota are far too polite to fart.

I am sorry but edible gold is bullshit. It is for people who think Trump is a rich man. He is not. Eating gold is not special. It is very stupid. Spend your money on salmon. Maybe a nice scotch or some properly caramelized onions.

Gather all the information on the companies and the matters they deal in that you can find, take the time to form an opinion, and then when asked about it, be your most diplomatic-with-conviction self. Good luck!

Write down questions. I always ask, “Can you describe your ideal candidate for this role?” and write down their answer. Then I match my skills and experience to their answer to sell them on why I would be a great fit.

Remember you are interviewing them too.

Remember a few key stats/laws about their work, especially if those items directly control their work. That’s something that got brought up in my last (and successful) interview’s feedback. It shows you’ve done the research even more than just your experience on the CV.

So I went for an interview last week for a promotion at work, having applied for it before Christmas... and I got it.

This is a weekend where I am between jobs lol. I had one job (my postdoc) end Friday and another start Monday. SO glad to be done with my postdoc and I am embarking on a new scientific writing job in industry!

Job update: I did not get the job. *sad trombone*

Well, now I want Oreos.

My week sucked. I was mugged the other day and lost my bag, purse, keys. I had to wait 3 hours for the council to gain entry to my flat, then the food bank couldn’t help me and I was not in the mood to argue the fact, I was weepy and upset. I nearly put my phone in pawn to afford to get through the next few weeks but…