I´ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. – Galileo Galilei Have you ever got out of an experience, realized you can do better and can´t stop hitting yourself? I know, because I´m exactly in that position right now. I just got off from a phone interview for an international organisation. [...]
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Because I am not British…
Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for it. – Octavia Butler Because I am not British, I blew up an application for a Writer/Editor post in The Hague. It seemed to be the perfect setting — the [...]
Feeling like a fresh graduate
Concealed talent brings no reputation. – Desiderius Erasmus I got a call yesterday from a university where I applied for the position of English Writer/Editor. They were looking for someone who has a loving relationship with words. Someone who can write press releases, articles, web content, brochures or just generally, text. Sad to say, they [...]
Actually Counting on a Career
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. – Leonardo da Vinci I was busy almost all day last Friday placing my resume in job websites in the Netherlands — monsterboard, multilinguals, xpatjobs, expatica, nationalevacaturebank – I actually renewed my CV in xpatjobs and monsterboard and just entered [...]
Looking for Work
Currently looking for work in a country that has Dutch as the mother tongue is not easy. Especially for a Journalist who has English as the almost mother tongue. My Dutch is still doing well but you can hardly call it perfect. Thankfully, The Netherlands is a multi-cultural country. Not too long after I started [...]
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