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Welcome to the World of Work
What Is Work Actually Like, I Mean Really
The world of work is an odd and unusual place. Weirdly it barely ever gets spoken about — I mean really spoken about. If you’ve just finished school and are about to enter the working world, this article is for you.
I remember the day I‘d secured my first ‘real’ job. I’d gone for the interview on the Friday and back to Uni on the Monday. I got a phone call midway through a seminar. I quickly grabbed my phone to stop it going off in my pocket, glancing at the screen it was from a number I hadn’t recognised.
So, naturally I let it ring out.
After the seminar I took the walk about to my room on campus and when I looked at my phone again I could see I had a voicemail… you know it’s important if someone’s gone to the trouble of leaving you a voicemail.
I’d listened over the course of the following 20 seconds and realised it was from the job interview Friday. Of course what follows is a series of steps pacing up and down thinking:
‘If they’ve rang and I’ve not got it, this is going to be an awkward conversation’ ‘do I ring back now or later’ and ‘how do I even start a conversation with someone that rang me…’
