English Girl went to uni in 2005 and graduated Summer 2008. She studied a three-year BA in English Literature at a nice Russell group uni and likes books. Now she wants to work in the media - preferably as a magazine journalist but she likes websites too. Check her Twitter feed for more: http://twitter.com/___ellie
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Twittering teargas Apr 05, 2009
I didn't get the appeal of Twitter until I saw something great on the Guardian the other day. Reporters from the paper went out into the protesting crowds, and the bankers' favourite oyster bars, and reported live from the streets of London using Twitter. It was fascinating and utterly addictive - better than telly. I hope all you other media...
Now All I Ever Talk About Is Mushy Pea Sales Mar 18, 2009
It's Paddy's Day tomorrow! Woo! Apparently town will be nightmarish but I don't care. Bring on the green-headed Guinness! Sorry I haven't written for ages - not much to say, jobwise. I have started to look for things to do when my internship finishes - Boyf found a good thing about a copy writer for a travel guide company so I've gone for...
Confessions Feb 24, 2009
I have a confession to make. I went to see 'Confessions Of A Shopaholic'. Worse, I think I enjoyed it. I have to give you a bit of context on this: I met up with other interns and we wanted to go to the cinema, and we wanted a comedy. It was on Saturday afternoon, and, well, this was the pick. But before you get up on me, I thought this film...
Spitting On Your Brand Equity Feb 22, 2009
Hey y'all, it's your emissary from the Irish supermarket world.More-or-less a month in to my internship, I have just seen my name in print, and my workload is about to take off. Er... hurray? So, I'm getting on OK at work. One of the two staff writers has just gone on a long holiday so my editor is thinking about giving me some of her work....
The Bold and the Beautiful Feb 13, 2009
It's been two weeks today since I first set foot in the office and it's going well. It's all hapening over my head at the moment because the February issue's going to print any day now,but I'm pleased to say I'll have some bits in it! It's not much to write home about... In fact, it's quite hard to muster my own enthusiasm, but I have written...
Céad Míle Fáilte! Feb 02, 2009
That, kids, is the view over Dublin from the Guinness Museum. So, I am here, working on Ireland's leading monthly magazine for the FMCG & grocery retail sector - and so far so good. In the office, there's five of us: the editor, two journos, the designer and me. The two journos are young Irish women who have only recently got into the...
All Graduate Staff To Checkout, Please Jan 15, 2009
So, I'm about to take up a ten-week internship with these people: CHECKOUT, Ireland's "leading monthly magazine for the FMCG & grocery retail sector". FCMG stands for Fast Moving Consumer Goods (i.e. food). I like foodand I like magazines. Therefore I feel I cannot but enjoy thisplacement. Woo! If you could work on any magazine, paper or...
Making headlines Jan 10, 2009
The Guardian has written some great articles that have finally noticed the impact of the recession on graduates: Generation crunch: young face crisis in hunt for work I wasn't expecting anyone to sit up and take notice like that, I'vegot to say. Every time I discuss it with someone older than me who'sgot a job, I find myself excusing the...
Postgraduate Study Jan 07, 2009
I have long been suffering The Boredom ofliving at home, jobless - not a phonecall off Reed for a month now, fewjobs I want to apply for online - so I thought the best thing for itwas to learn a few more skills and hop on a postgraduate diplomaprogramme for would-be journalists.But it's a bit fearsome! Shaking off the dust, timidly emailing...
"It's The Credit Crunch!" Jan 04, 2009
In this moment of financial discontent andglobal crisis, here's a fun game to take your mind off the recession.With a friend, or on your own, see who can make the most use of thephrase, "It's The Credit Crunch!". Whether answering serious questionsabout the economy or just explaining to your flatmates why you haven'treplaced that pint of milk...
Free To A Good Home Jan 03, 2009
Get this, gap year students. I'm young, free, and qualified to degree level. The world's my oyster - right? Right. But I'm getting cold feet about going abroad again. I'vefound a work experience scheme for print journalism, but it's inDublin. Travelling and living abroad relies on huge reserves ofexcitement and a thirst for adventure. But...
The holiday's over Dec 28, 2008
Christmas is over and New Year's is yet to come, but in the advent of my next salaried position, I have gone shopping for post-graduate courses. Today I looked at lots and lots of diplomas and Master's courses and tried to decide what was more important - location, cost, accreditation from the Periodicals Training Council or the...
Job done! Dec 23, 2008
That's it, I'm jobseeking again! Just intime for a Xmas Eve lie-in... Although I have to say, I think Christmasstarts on Xmas Eve when it gets dark, and not before - so might feel abit clueless tomorrow. A friend's working a bar on Xmas Eve - in London's most iconicsuperclub venue, as it happens. She's on £12/h and Soulwax are...
Job perks Dec 20, 2008
Me Score Boyf Score Wages +4 Volunteer placement +2 Free three-course lunch +2 Bagels off a photoshoot +1 Christmas parties, too expensive to attend -1 End-of-mag drinks, paid for by the publisher +5 Free bottle of wine +1 Free bottle of wine +1 Total 6 pts 9 pts Dagnammit, he's winning at the moment - and that's not even giving him anything...
Geek and you will find Dec 16, 2008
The other day, in the tea break, one of my colleagues was finishing a sentence and pronounced "culture" all weird. Another colleague asked him what went wrong and he said, "I forgot that, when you're speaking, you can't choose another word when you're in the middle of one". What he meant was, I've been on Second Life too long today and I've...
Temping & running off Dec 10, 2008
Lovely Reed got my a job as a web editor, which was nice of them. Still haven't found out the wages or signed a contract and it's Day Three tomorrow - but who cares, because I'm sliding back to ex-Uni-Town Heaven this weekend to go and Christmas it up with my ex-classmates and fellow job-insecure graduates. Hurrah. I'm also applying for same...
Back in Blighty Dec 05, 2008
Reader, I'm back. I returned to the UK on Saturday - and bolted straight up North to see boyf and enjoy the snow. I reluctantly caught the train home and have since signed with Reed. I really like Reed, their customer service is second to none and their evaluation very thorough. Offered a job on the spot, and have an interview for a web...
Colleagues Nov 28, 2008
Today was my last day at the website. We went out for lunch, and my colleague bought me 'Chinatown' as a parting gift, after I revealed earlier this week I'd never seen it. Working in the office has been so much fun, even if I have had to cobble together conversation pieces with my French colleagues! In the abstract, I will tell you that you...
Leaving/Homing Nov 18, 2008
My séjour is nearly over, now, and I'm feeling pretty good. Paris makes me happy! I'm really enjoying my job: working on a feature to mark the second series of 'Gavin + Stacey' going to terrestial - cue discovering the second series via internet telly. It's called Research, people, so technically it's unpaid overtime! Plus I am between two...
Writing Copy, The Fun Way Oct 28, 2008
If you're an Arts graduate - especially one with an English degree - I recommend writing copy. The money's not that reliable, as you get jobs as and when you like, but if you're living at home and you're not worried about paying rent/bills, this is fine. You can work all day in your PJs, which many people dream of (having done it a bit, I can...
Regr/cession Oct 24, 2008
Peeps, the job papers are BARE. Looks like the only way I can feasibly work in media in the next year is to get a job in.. *puke*... Media Sales. To be honest it might be a lovely job. I'm not completely sure what it entails. But it sounds like cradling a phone under your ear for six months, listening to ad agents remind you that it's a very...
Is It Lonely? Oct 20, 2008
This weekend, Boyf came to visit. It's the first time I've seen him in six weeks - I know, seems sadistic, doesn't it? He's back in the UK and I'm out here. So it was aces to see him. It's so cool to be able to just turn to the people you love and say what's going through your head without having to reach for your mobile! Showing him round...
Paris? Oct 11, 2008
So, what am I doing here? I'm in Parisdoing a three-month internship with a TV and film website. It'sEnglish-language site - my French A-level is rustier than an oldtrombone - and I'm on the editorial. That means I write the chattystuff. I work specifically on TV series under the TV editor. A typical day for me starts at about 9.30am, but...
Métro, boulot, dodo Oct 10, 2008
Ah, Paris. So, I got into work at about half-past nine - not that anyone's here to check up on me. Then I chatted to the other intern,Charlotte, about whether she's going to get a job as a chalet girl when her stage is over. As we're chatting, her boss and her boss's boss walk by on the way out to a "working breakfast"; they insist on...
Intro, and "Aimless Grad" Phrase of the Year Oct 07, 2008
Hey readers. This is What Do You Do With ABA In English?. I'm here to rep the arts graduate experience. In doing so I hope to reassure you that when YOU graduate with YOUR arts degree you will be vaguely employable. So here's the skinny. I went to uni in 2005 and I graduated the summer just passed, 2008. I studied a three-year BA in English...
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