Today I did a few things to update my old “brand” (is that the dreaded word we use now?). Now that I’m not working and unlikely to ever go back into the corporate world doing what I did before, I realise that I have no formal “occupation” as such. I have described myself as “semi […]
More Casual Library Assistant Job Rejections…Lost Count 🤣
I’ve been applying for casual jobs for several libraries in the area. In fact, I have alerts set up to receive notifications when these are in the job sites. Casual jobs in the library mean serving customers, seeking out books for them, checking out books, returning books to shelves. I’d love a job like this […]
Did You Say…Work? 😳
Andrew asks me about my day and I excitedly told him about everything I learned and who I met yesterday on my first “day of school”. “So I guess you’re not going back to work at any point?” He asks. Well……….. The thing is that I’m someone who can easily fill in her time with […]
Confession: I Never Want To Work Again
This week while chatting with a good friend, I confessed that I can never see myself working ever again in a corporate business with companies or leader who put profit over people. The mere idea of working for such a business doing exactly the same thing that I’ve been doing for the last 25 years […]
I’ve Resigned
It’s official. I’ve resigned. Someone asked me how I feel and in all honesty, I’m glad I did it. It wouldn’t have felt right to continue working when the mojo had long since disappeared. Not fair on me, not fair on others. So I depart. I have no other plans except to get my headspace […]
Practices That Don’t Serve Our Clients
Ever since I can remember, every role I’ve had within corporate Learning and Development teams has involved some element of systematising an internal process such as capturing the client enquiry through to servicing the client. These processes were usually focussed inward towards the L&D department as a way to explain our value by measuring our activity. They were […]
How I Work
This morning I read the two posts from Tracy Parish and David Kelly on how they work and thought it was a brilliant idea! The idea came from Life Hacker and if you want to see more stories, check them out here. So here’s mine… Location: Melbourne, Australia. Current Gig: Virtual Learning Consultant for one […]
Social Learning in Business
Mid last year, I registered for the ‘Gold Package’ on the Social Learning Centre, UK to undertake all their courses. That registration was “worth it weight in gold” (pardon the pun) in my professional and personal development in the last year. Certainly I have mentioned them in this blog many times so it goes to […]
Flexi Desking Kerfuffles…
Today’s significant adventure at work was the move to get everyone to flexi-desk. I recall a few years back that it was impossible to obtain permission to work from home. It was treated with suspicion, colleagues would glare at your audacity for even asking and there was always some snide comment from someone, “sure, yeah […]
Job Seeker Alarm Bells
I’m convinced that when we look for work through the normal means of recruiters and online job boards, we go about it the wrong way. This shouldn’t be the way to find work because it’s a waste of energy for everyone. Over many years in the workforce, I have been and seen many instances where […]
Trials and Tribulations with the Overhead Projector
I’m enjoying reading Donald Clark’s Plan B blog where he covers various instructional tools over the years. Last night, I read his post on, “Overhead Projectors: The Trapezoid of Boredom” and a flood of wonderful memories of my early days in Learning and Development. I had a love/hate relationship with these babies. The grey, heavy […]