Summertime

And the living is easy.... well, so the George Gerswin song says….

Back in the real world and there's a job to be done, a living to be earned and bills to pay. I'm very lucky right now that I'm back in work, in a pleasant environment with like minded, dedicated people.

But I still remember what it's like to have spent just over 7 months without work. Most days spending 5, 6, 7 hours searching out opportunities and chasing them. Going for interviews where they were obviously bored and had really lost interest in the act of recruiting. And today it's even tougher than it was back in November/December when employers were winding down for the Christmas - New Year break. It's Angie's birthday today, but it won't be a special day because she, like some 2 million other countrymen and women, is looking for a job.

How can I, how can we, how can anyone help family, friends and ex-colleagues to find a job when there aren't jobs out there to be had? When there are so many people chasing each opportunity? I don't have an answer, but, I really do wish that I did have the answer, and right now. But I do know one thing - the politicians don't have an answer either, what's more, mostly they don't care! All they want is to screw as much money in phoney expenses and living claims to furnish second homes that they have no right to have when others are homeless or having their homes reposessed. The greedy bankers and financiers are being bailed out by the greedy politicians and it’s the ordinary people who are paying for it with their jobs, their livelyhoods, their homes and treasured possessions.

There’s an old saying…. If it looks like shit, and if smells like shit, and if it tastes like shit, then rest assured… it damned well IS shit! Be careful and don’t stand on it – it’s most likely a politician.