Call from Frankfurt

From the agency who arranged the interview on Thursday.

After quick pleasantries the caller came to the point - he had called me by accident.

Improvement

Several years ago I went to Frankfurt for an interview which - despite being told otherwise - ended up being in an ice cream parlour.

Today I went there for an interview for a freelance IT management job and it was in a god-damn actual office.

Bodes well.

Nice recommendation

Last weekend I was going, on public transport, to meet up with a drinking club with a running problem.

On the platform I bumped into an old friend who was going there.

Sometime during the journey or afterwards I must have mentioned that maybe I could do something in her company. I kinda forgot because, you know, that drinking thing.

Anyway she didn't forget and reminded me on Monday. She then sent a very nice recommendation to her recruiters which I have transposed here:

"Hi,

I have referred my long-time friend The Job Hunter with No Name for (among others possible positions) the Job I could do with my eyes closed if I really liked a challenge job located here: [link to her company's career site] and expect that he will apply for this position directly. 

I have known TJHWNN for over 10 years as a social friend and can attest to his honesty, integrity and reliability. He’s an exceptionally bright guy, very witty and a natural leader. I am certain he would be a good fit for her employer and hope you agree. J

Best regards,

A clearly very deluded friend"

Wow. 

I applied. One of five applications this week.

Gulped

If you are in Germany (or other DACH countries) looking for a job you should, in my experience, use Gulp.de

Today I saw an interesting and suitable job and set out applying. This first involved updating my gulp profile on the site.

Once I had done that I went back to finding the job and just cannot find it.