#itsalltemporary

This all started a couple of years ago when I was working as a temp. I worked as a temp over the course of about a year and a half. Working as a temp is not glamorous.

Over a cup of tea, at a dear friend’s house, I was regaling her with my latest exploits and the weirdness of this new office, and she suggested I write about it.

I laughed, we honestly don’t need to go into the minutiae of everyday office life. But it did spark an interest in writing some of it down, so that’s what I did and now we are here.

I got into Temp work at the age of 26, I had come back from travelling, some “stuff” had happened and I didn’t want to go back to the unsociable hours of pub work. The issue was that I had no other qualifications. I had a degree in Acting (lol) and 10 years experience in hospitality. For the first time, I didn’t know what I wanted to be (it’s a terrifying moment, if anyone tells you otherwise, its okay to tell them what to sit and swivel on).

Queue bullshitting on a CV. If you believe any of what I’ve said, believe this: ANY SKILL CAN BE MADE TO FIT A CV!

So, having no clue what I wanted from the rest of my life, I sent out my CV, posting on sites like Monster and Indeed. It wasn’t long until recruiters started calling me offering temp positions.

I didn’t know it at the time, but temping was a blessing!

I went from Train Parts Manufacturing to Insurance, Steel Works to a Clinic, Building Construction to Energy shipping. All of these were some variation of administration or reception work – nothing glamorous and the weeks between contracts were nerve-racking, wondering where the next pay cheque was coming from.

From all of these funny jobs, I noticed something: I’m my best when I’m interacting with others in some way.

It was in the last job that I ended up having a conversation with the HR Director and she helped me find The New Dream. She put me on a new path, gave me the confidence and put my training on her AmEx. Now I’m qualified in Internal Communications and I bloody love it!

I get to write positive, uplifting, silly and serious articles every day. I get to mess about with the Intranet and the website. If it weren’t for all that, I would not be doing this. I wouldn’t have known how to use WordPress or build a site!

I don’t know how long this is going to last, hell, this is only my first post here

All I know is I had no idea what I wanted to do, I was terrified and now I can’t imagine doing anything else. If you don’t throw the pebble you won’t know how far the ripples will spread.