Feel the Music

[dotinthesky]

Hot, young flesh is pouring out of Mile End Tube. Skinny jeans, low waists, droopy eye lids, bangs, boob tops, T-shirts, fresh fresh fresh-scented skin that is going to rub up against each other in Victoria Park when Radiohead plays - very soon. I'm at home with all the windows flung open; since the park is just a stone throw away, I want to see if the sound travels here and I get to hear a concert for free. I am standing, they are there - two worlds colliding - and they can never tear us apart.

I went for a job interview today - the first one since I left the National Theatre last July (I don't count the one from The Guardian since I cancelled that one at the last minute after I realized how little they were going to pay me.) I've got mixed feelings: I talked a lot and yet described myself as shy; I called myself highly organised yet described my biggest weakeness as "managing" (I meant the opposite of administering, but did they understand me?) The job is for a small arts organisation in Hackney, a bike ride away from home. Not much money, but plenty of sunlight through the large windows that rise all over their spacious office and exhibition room. Well, if I don't get it, at least I had the experience of going to an interview; I can work on what I did wrong for the next one.

Thank you to everyone who gave suggestions on how to write a job statement. I took your advice on board and it worked! I think the secret is to be candid and warm, yet show that you have the skills they need. People want to know there's a human being behind the application form. Being too formal and general makes them think, I imagine, that you are just cut & pasting job statements from one application to another and don't really care about their organisation.

Comments

[the-spire.livejournal.com]

Well done with the interview. Fingers crossed.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Спасибо. :-)

[vilia64.livejournal.com]

Luck luck luck!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I think I hear about it tomorrow. :-)

[nisaba.livejournal.com]

Love. That. Song.


Good luck with the job hunting!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Cheers! I don't suppose you need a P.A.? ;-)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

In the end, I didn't really hear much of it. I could tell there was music playing, but really couldn't pick out the melodies and knwo which song of theirs it was. I think it was good though; big crowds and lovely weather.

[noondaydemon.livejournal.com]

So happy that you're feeling better about jobhunting in general - sounds like you did well in the interview (minor mistakes are often overlooked if you present well). Good luck!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Cheers!

[iejw.livejournal.com]

So – is it just me or can’t Radiohead actually sing very well?

Though if they are Radiohead rather than Cold Play fans, I might pay a bit more attention this evening rather than scuttling away as fast as I could…

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I've been to two Radiohead gigs and they were awesome. But last night I couldn't hear anything other than some mumbling; couldn't even tell the melody. Could you see much from your balcony?

[iejw.livejournal.com]

Could see the lights on the stage shining through the trees, and hear disturbingly well. Not my bag I feel…

[jeffster.livejournal.com]

sounds like you did ok on the interview...i sure hope you get the job

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I just got a call from them. It's down to me and another person; they wanted me to send them an older CV so they could know what I did years ago. They are making a decision tomorrow!

[octoberxswimmer.livejournal.com]

So....were you able to hear the Radiohead concert that my friend was at?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I heard them on the first day, but only very muffled. Didn't hear anything on the second day; I don't know if it's because I wasn't paying attention or because, as a friend told me later, there were complaints from residents on the first day and the sound got turned down. But by all accounts, both shows were good.