I was listening to 'Talk Sport' yesterday when I heard an interview with Ian Carpenter who has written a book called "Guardian Work".Ian Carpenter was a property manager in Basildon when he was made redundant. His response to his jobless situation was to reply to every single advert in a single issue of the recruitment pull-out of the Guardian newspaper regardless of whether he was qualified for the jobs advertised or not. Over a six month period he replied to 450 advertisements - including the one for an acrobat. He didn't get a job out any of them - or even an offer.
On the other hand - it wasn't a waste of time. Mr. Carpenter kept a blog of his experiences, and it's been published by Beautiful Books under the title of "Guardian Works".
Ian still keeps his blog at Guardian Work - and I think it would be worth going there - and buying the book.
Ian Carpenter is an extraordinary person. According to 'Beautiful Books' he's now running a second bookshop at Southend - and still looking for a job.
Think about it.
Emily - http://www.therapypartnership.com/
Dear Emily
ReplyDeleteThank you for mentioning my book on your Blog.
If anyone has any questions regarding the book, please feel free to post them on my Blog.
Kind regards
Ian