Hello World. This is my first ever blog post. Here is why I'm writing this. I find myself unemployed and in Ireland. My location and the current recession have rendered the job hunt challenging to say the least. I have become a professional interviewee of late and some of the jobs I've been interviewed for include librarian jobs (my number one choice!), jobs in financial services, database jobs and even a job flogging leprechauns at a popular Irish gift shop. I signed a contract for this job before realising that I would actually lose money after paying for the commute to and from work and the occasional coffee or sandwich. Good old minimum wage. It's a pity in a way as I'm sure flogging all things green would have provided a few interesting blog posts!

As I await the outcome of the other interviews I have decided to sign up for '23 Things for Professional Development' which is a kind of online to-do list for professional development. Task One is to create a blog and post to it. So this is my homework. Hopefully I'll have something more exciting to say in my next post - maybe news of an impending library job move to the UAE - fingers crossed that this works out and my blog may morph into something a little less ordinary. Watch this space.