- Paperback: 376 pages
- Publisher: BEAUTIFUL BOOKS (6 April 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905636660
- ISBN-13: 978-1905636662
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 803,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Writer Ian Carpenter faced redundancy, so was forced to start thinking about how to get a job. Suddenly, he was struck with an idea: he would apply for every single job in one issue of the Guardian newspaper. What arose from this impulsive and eccentric decision is an often hilarious and constantly diverting series of communications between Carpenter and potential employers. A Henry Root for the credit crunch years.
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This book is really funny. A must read the author is brilliant. Ian applied for every job in the guardian news paper published on one day.
A guide on how not to apply for jobs.
A guide on how not to apply for jobs.
If you're in, or have ever been in the job market, read this. This guy applies for EVERY job in one particular edition of a newspaper, and records his success, or not. It runs out of steam towards the end, and gets a bit frivolous, but on the whole sums up the job hunting jungle that exists today. An amusing read if you're in the job market, or thankfully now safely out of it.
Ian Carpenter decided that he would apply for every job that was advertised in the Guardian Work Section on 29 September 2007. He recorded his account in a blog which has now been turned into this really funny book.
At first I thought this was going to be a really serious project, to test out employers etc, but Ian has turned it into a funny journey. I feel that he didnt want to waste people's time so rather than be deadly serious about the applications, he made them funny and sometimes a little bit daft! He didnt apply for jobs with charities and some of the deadlines for application had passed so he missed those out too.
It is interesting to read some of the replies he received, it's obvious that some employers just dont read through applications and it's also obvious that some of them have a good sense of humour.
I especially liked the application he made to an organisation that deals with money laundering - Ian sold himself to them by pointing out that when he worked in a bank customers often brought in £10 notes that they had put through the wash - it was his job to paperclip them to a piece of paper and forward them to the right department. It is this humour and very readable style of writing that I enjoyed.
A fun read.
At first I thought this was going to be a really serious project, to test out employers etc, but Ian has turned it into a funny journey. I feel that he didnt want to waste people's time so rather than be deadly serious about the applications, he made them funny and sometimes a little bit daft! He didnt apply for jobs with charities and some of the deadlines for application had passed so he missed those out too.
It is interesting to read some of the replies he received, it's obvious that some employers just dont read through applications and it's also obvious that some of them have a good sense of humour.
I especially liked the application he made to an organisation that deals with money laundering - Ian sold himself to them by pointing out that when he worked in a bank customers often brought in £10 notes that they had put through the wash - it was his job to paperclip them to a piece of paper and forward them to the right department. It is this humour and very readable style of writing that I enjoyed.
A fun read.
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