The Mock Turtle

Best of luck!

I didn't get the job. Boo. I've asked for feedback.

I'm sorry.

The feedback was helpful. I got down the final four out of 414 applicants. They said it was great speaking to me, they really enjoyed my work sample, but other candidates had in-house experience and "exceptional technical knowledge". They added I have "great copywriting skills and amazing experience" so they are sure I "will be swooped up* in no time!".

I'm up against a LOT of competition for these roles.

* Not sure being swooped up is a thing.

I think getting down to the final four out of over 400 applicants is a great achievement!

A friend of mine is a freelance copywriter and she’s been looking for a permanent job and like you she said there’s a lot of competition right now.

A rejection after interview always feels like a punch in the guts but that's good feedback. Onwards and upwards.

I'm sorry, nine.

Sorry to hear that Nine but well done for getting so far with all that competition!

Something very promising has popped up out of the blue. A British cheese company found my details on Linkedin and want to discuss hiring me as a copywriter on a retainer (and possible even part-time, I think) basis. Writing about cheese! For regular money! From home! This is the dream.

Cheese Good luck!

I told them very enthusiastically that I love cheese.

They're based near you, Pov. Maybe I go there for cheese meetings and bring cheese to you.

Nince, that's fantastic! Everything crossed.

nineseven wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:35 pm I told them very enthusiastically that I love cheese.

They're based near you, Pov. Maybe I go there for cheese meetings and bring cheese to you.

YES PLEASE

That sounds amazing Nine, and I don't think you could possibly write about cheese without copius amounts of samples!

Well done, Nine!

I’m dipping my toe back in as Mr O will be home based for the foreseeable future and we talked about him WFH more once his office opens up as our child care options are so limited here.

A company that contacted me a while ago that I wasn’t interested in got in touch again a week ago. They’re now fully remote and asked if I’d be interested in a chat.

I’m also possibly being put forward for another role but won’t hear for a week as first stage interviews have already happened. I think my visa will be an issue for this one too. So a bit of a non option really.

Well done, Nine!

I’m dipping my toe back in as Mr O will be home based for the foreseeable future and we talked about him WFH more once his office opens up as our child care options are so limited here.

A company that contacted me a while ago that I wasn’t interested in got in touch again a week ago. They’re now fully remote and asked if I’d be interested in a chat.

I’m also possibly being put forward for another role but won’t hear for a week as first stage interviews have already happened. I think my visa will be an issue for this one too. So a bit of a non starter really: lol:

That sounds promising, nine.

Have you one you would prefer over the other, olive?

nineseven wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:32 pm Something very promising has popped up out of the blue. A British cheese company found my details on Linkedin and want to discuss hiring me as a copywriter on a retainer (and possible even part-time, I think) basis. Writing about cheese! For regular money! From home! This is the dream.

Excellent! It was obviously meant to brie!

Lily wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 10:43 pm

nineseven wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:32 pm Something very promising has popped up out of the blue. A British cheese company found my details on Linkedin and want to discuss hiring me as a copywriter on a retainer (and possible even part-time, I think) basis. Writing about cheese! For regular money! From home! This is the dream.

Excellent! It was obviously meant to brie!

The cheese meeting went excellently, especially considering I had less than four hours' sleep. I met the founder (on Zoom) and there has been talk of signing NDAs, coming to see the cheeses etc. They sound super keen about signing me up - we just need to agree on a calendar of work.

They found me as he liked the copy on the website of a whisky brand and looked up who wrote it (me!).