job hunt

TT#7 – Things I’ll Miss When I Start Working Again

June 12, 2008

A non-food related TT this week! 9 months after quitting my job in New York, getting married to the BF of 5 years, relocating to Dubai, and taking the time to explore a new country, I am just about to say goodbye to the life of leisure and embark on a new job, new career, [...]

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Soon to be an Ex-Jumeirah Jane

June 6, 2008

Just a quick post to say that this past Wednesday (1.5 weeks after I received my offer letter) I received my employment contract and am now due to start work on Monday, June 15th – WOOHOO!!!

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One Step Closer to Employment

May 27, 2008

I got my offer letter yesterday from the company I had interviewed with – yay!!  After my last interview, they said the offer letter would be forthcoming in a day or two but that was 2.5 weeks ago. Things are definitely slow here.  My husband waited over a month before his offer letter and contract [...]

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Will Someone Hire Me Already!

May 11, 2008
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It’s been exactly two months since I started looking for work in Dubai and there has been some developments since the last round of rejection emails. A very very good development actually. Last Wednesday I was offered a job position and I accepted! Woo-hoo! But I am superstitious so until I get the actual contract [...]

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Back from Switzerland – Time to Get a Job

March 11, 2008
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We are back from St. Moritz, Switzerland and had a wonderful time skiing/snowboarding, eating lots of fondue, raclette, PORK sausages, drinking Braulio (yuck!), catching up with friends and meeting new ones. More details and photos later as I’m supposed to be working on my resume right now. The deal was that I would start looking [...]

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