Searching for a job or man can be like you’re in your own reality show
I popped around to a friend’s house to have a cuppa and a catch-up the other day. We’ve known each other almost two decades having first met whilst doing a secretarial course. I had been frog-marched down to the local post leaving cert college by my mother to “learn to type” having made a right dog’s dinner of my Leaving Cert. My friend, on the other hand, genuinely wanted to work in an office environment and has a natural flair for all things administrative related. In that regard we were like chalk and cheese – if my friend was Miss Money Penny then I was Penny Lane - the blonde, rock groupie played by Kate Hudson in the film Almost Famous. Whilst my friend went on to notch up years of experience in various office settings, I eventually went on to pursue a totally different career.
Approximately three years ago, like many people, she was made redundant from her job. As we chatted over tea and biscuits, she told me about her latest job seeking travails. It got me thinking – job hunting in your late 30s/early 40s is perhaps not a dissimilar experience to dating in your 30s/40s!
