Well literally 24 hours after the CV drop I got 2 phone calls from prospective employers who wanted to interview me. YAY!!

So.... I went to the first one that afternoon and she pretty much gave me the job straight away, which is awesome. Its only part-time but its the coffee shop in the bookstore so I think it will be alrite. Just give it a bit of time because in the past i've started jobs that I thought would be fab and they've turned out to be a pile of crap... not mentioning any names F&B.

Now I can concentrate on applying for my dream job. At least I'm finding some charity fundraising jobs especially in the London area. I just gotta keep aplying and selling myself, which I have been finding pretty difficult. But at least it seems a bit better than in Febuary when I first started applying.

I was quite surprised at how positive i'm being over this whole situation. Been to the main part of Sheffield and spent a good 2 hours dropping CVs and generally selling myself to mostly retail stores. I really want to get the job of my dreams in a charity but I need a job now. Desperate times = desperate measures. I will not go back to waitressing but retail is alright.

I was mostly met with nnoooooo when asked if they had any vacancies, but that was in the more obvious places like on the high street. In the more random places like a coffeee shop in a book store or train station I got more luck. I've applied for a couple of jobs and there are a few people said there may be something coming up. I think the best approach is to go everywhere and don't give up and there are some retail jobs out there! I have a lot more hope now to finding some sort of job.

i've been writing my CV over the last few days and I can't believe how hard it is to sell yourself. Biggin up what you did is such a fine art. Being dyslexic also doesn't help as concise and dyslexic really don't go!

I've had so much advice from friends that basically have said to me to lie. I can't do that I wouldn't be able to pull it off. Do most people lie?? is that how most people get jobs in the UK. If they do I've got no chance.

I do have a really good set of skills and some I should really brag about. I can do it on interviews but writting na. Don't you wish sometimes you could put 'well I'm the best person for this role, giumme the job. Oh go on please. I've already applied for 120 other positions and just out of law of averages one of you have gotta gimme an interview'

I must sound like such a loser. The truth is I have had nearly 6 interviews in the last 4 months and with mostly good feedback. The only thing that seems to be drawing me back is you don't have enough experience....... WELL IF YOU GAVE ME THE JOB AND TRAINED ME THEN I WOULD HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. Its the catch twenty two.

Anyway I have re done the CV and tailored it to each job I am applying for. Lets see how that goes!