My secondment as a project officer is coming to an end, and I return to Toenail branch within a couple of weeks. I’m trying to keep my spirits up by reminding myself that, with the complete lack of important work to do, I’ll be free to look for more career-oriented jobs, and it’s MUCH easier [...]
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it’s a learning experience
Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Citizen Ugly – your workplace and mine
Posted in Uncategorized on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Games about the public service are usually lame. This is an unusually hard-hitting documentary. http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/game_player/index.jhtml?game=266314
An atheist in a foxhole
Posted in Policy, Uncategorized, tagged Australia, health, Policy, speechwriting on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes Minister meets Alice in Wonderland, Myles Peterson This piece did ring a few bells with me. I would however like to raise a couple of points: Our section was under-budget by hundreds of thousands of dollars, necessitating we blow all the unspent money before the end of the financial year. Unfortunately, ”training” did not [...]
My human resources person made me do this.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I return to my position at the Department of Silly Walks under a minor cloud, having completed graduate rotations at the Department of Knights Who Say Ni! and the Department of The Blessed Cheesemakers. The Knights Who Say Ni! were, how do I put it in HR mumbo-jumbo, unimpressed with my communication skills, personal conduct, [...]
