Different

Rather than job hunt this morning I went to the dentist.

All seems ok but I bought an electric toothbush.

I also got a phone call - whilst I was in the bathroom, tut, tut - a message was left. It was the agency trying to get me a contract in Helsinki (and therefore my favourite, best ever agency ever, at the moment).

The news was simply that they were keeping my application on hold for a couple of weeks. Now, this would not normally be classed as good news. But actually, in this case, I think it does count as good news. What's more only myself and another person were being considered at all for this rôle by the client - that's out of eight candidates put forward.

Even better it gives me a chance to read up about technical architecture. There was some mention of this in the job spec. I don't think it's a crucial requirement but a knowledge of it will be helpful.

The BCS recently launched an ISEB qualification in IT Architecture. I'm not sure I'll take the exam but I may get a book or two from their reading list. And to start with, I'll probably look through some websites they mentioned.