Whilst I'm in England I make calls to Germany using Skype. Much cheaper.
Today a company, to whom I had applied on line yesterday, emailed me asking for references. Nothing indicative in that, just what they like to have.
Their email was in German so I wanted to ask if there was any point applying now, when my German isn't that good (in their German written advert they had asked for good English but hadn't mentioned skills in German, so I applied, in English).
I phoned the person who had emailed me.
We spoke in German but I couldn't get a word. Really, I couldn't hear she was saying.
I kept turning up the volume on my headset but it made no difference.
Eventually I realised that the headset wasn't plugged in. I was using the laptop's built-in microphone and headset.
D'uh.
Things improved after that. The lady agreed that I should improve my German but said there was no harm applying now.
A diary based on my latest attempts to get a job; this time in Munich. I'm an engineering graduate (and chartered engineer) with more than 10 years' experience in IT. Over five of these years have been spent in team leading and project management roles both in the UK and abroad.
Friday, January 05, 2007
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