{"id":552,"date":"2016-09-11T09:59:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T08:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/?p=552"},"modified":"2018-06-10T10:12:45","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T09:12:45","slug":"challenges-as-a-student-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nonewwars.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/09\/challenges-as-a-student-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges as a student – employment"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been silently turned down for a job I am currently doing to support my studies.<\/p>\n

I was the major breadwinner but to support me in my studies my wife stopped being self-employed and took stable permanent work so I could reduce my time spent at work.\u00a0 For a while I was a full-time unemployed student but I took a part-time, fixed-term Admin Assistant job six months ago to help a little with the bills (and to meet other people and not go stir-crazy).\u00a0 I have never worked at this level before and I am enjoying it immensely.\u00a0 Not being solely responsible for delivering a \u00a320m project nor driving the output of a dispersed 20 member multi-disciplinary team nor having to work 60 to 100 hours per week is quite a delight, as is being able to talk to peers about problems without them using the information to stab you in the back to further their careers.<\/p>\n

As it is fixed-term I have been applying for similar roles in case I do not get an extension.\u00a0 I had an interview a couple of weeks back and I’ve been waiting to hear, they said they would know in a couple of days.\u00a0 So I checked the jobs site through which I applied and it says:<\/p>\n

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Which is unfortunate.\u00a0 I am enjoying doing the same job at the moment and the role I have applied for is fixed-term anyway.<\/p>\n

I did explain I am enjoying working at this level and that I intend to do so for another two years until I have my degree.<\/p>\n

Hey ho.\u00a0 I always thought “over-qualified<\/i>” was a euphemism for “Too old<\/i>” or “Face doesn’t fit<\/i>” anyway.\u00a0 But they could have emailed me to tell me I hadn’t got it instead of leaving me hanging on.<\/p>\n

And at least I can spell ‘believe’ correctly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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