Digital by Default

Category: jobs

  • Getting back in the game…again

    Getting back in the game…again

    The big news this week is that I have accepted a new – permanent – job. Well it is conditional on my security clearance being approved but that shouldn’t be a problem other than the time it takes. This job hunt has been an interesting and somewhat chastising experience for me. The way the UKHSA…

  • Week 13/52

    As I said in an earlier note it has been a long time since I did formal job interviews – until last week my previous panel interview was for mySociety in November 2016 and prior to that ONS in January 2013 (my Defra interview was – let’s call it – semi-formal.) Since those days the…

  • Week 12/52

    I’m back in Blighty and the jet lag is kicking my backside as usual. I left Austin Monday evening – a couple of hours later than planned (a fuel truck crashed and spilled its load at the airport) and after an interesting day (I ended up getting Maced in a 7/11 in a case of…

  • Week 11/52

    The International edition. Since my last weeknote I have travelled to Miami and am now writing this in Austin – fully indulging in my privilege it has to be said. Keen as I am to return to work and get some structure and stimulus in my life again there is a lot to be said…

  • Week 10/52

    As suspected Week 09 ended up being it for me at UKHSA. I could have wrung a couple of extra days out of this week but it just didn’t seem like the right thing to do so I have had a down week as I psych myself up for my trip. As such not a…