Hi guys, since it’s Friday again (yahoo!) I thought I’d post another entry, updating what i’ve been getting up to of late. I caught up over dinner with a few of the girls from my library course, which was really great fun. Everyone seems to be getting on really well in their jobs, and progressing as they would like. There is even a couple of job-changes happening, where people have managed to land themselves even better jobs, based upon the experience they have gained in posts they originally took up straight out of university. It’s really nice to see everyone content - especially after the stresses of the course, when everyone was worried that there simply was not enough jobs around this area to sustain us all. There are even a few home buyers and engagements! It’s funny to think that the course had such a large impact on us all.

I am also planning on attending the CILIPS Guide to Chartership event at the end of May, so I will report back to you on that after it has occurred. I haven’t been to one of these before, and mentioned it to a few of the girls over dinner so I think some may also be attending. As far as I am aware, the event just gives lots of advice about preparing your portfolio, gaining the appropriate experience, examples of things to do, how to solve any problems that might be faced. It might also be a good chance to ask any questions i need to about the chartership process, one in particular being about my mentor, who is retiring shortly, and so I will need to find another mentor - which I am not really looking forward to because I heard that quite a few people have had trouble finding people to take them under their wing. I’ll just have to wait and see what happens with regards to that.

I am also becoming involved in various projects at work, which is quite good because they are all very varied. I think that I will be involved in one project (if we win it) in report writing, which is good because I have not really had a chance to write anything substantial since I left university. I wonder if i will be starting all my sentences like abstracting, e.g. includes, details, describes… :) or if it will all come flooding back.

I also have to compile the bulletin myself next week, which should keep me busy! I have been shown how to do it and have all the instructions at hand, so hopefully I will manage this without too many hiccups. Think I will have a quick read over the procedure again this afternoon, just to make sure, however! Again, I will let you know how things go with that!

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