The job front!

Now onto the job front. Tim hit a fairly major stumbling block.... The British Criminal Records Beurea.

Turns out that York schools employ teachers exclusively through job agencies with each one wanting to complete their own CRB which takes a mere 6 WEEKS to complete. Tim has tripped around the town introducing himself and handing in his resume but no-one wants to know you here without a current CRB. One school was willing to go off his Aussie Police check and gave him 1 casual day. Tim had a great day at Osbaldwick Primary with 32 year 6 kids. The Aussie accent and Flint charm worked a treat ( if only he had his didgeridoo!)

Finally at week 7 the CRB came through and so did the work. CRB came in on the Monday and by that afternoon the next 3 weeks were booked up! Things are looking good!

Tiana on the otherhand had a much easier transition and got a full-time permanent job within 2 weeks of moving to York. Tiana registerd with a job agency and did a few temp days, one working in a local pub for a band going round and getting email addresses for his fan list. By the way if anyone receives a fan list subscription to Pete Lawrie you were there and you loved it :) I was referred to a local law firm, got straight in for an interview and they offered me a full time job as a legal assistant. Minster Law is a large law firm in York specialising in personal injury compensation. Nothing like my job back home but a fresh challenge with lots of new things to learn. My first few weeks have been hectic with Dave, who i am assistant to being stuck in Bangkok due to the flight delays from the Iceland Volcano. I've had to learn things pretty quickly being on my own the past 3 weeks and not really knowing what i'm doing but i've bluffed my way through and am looking forward to his return.

We have been in York 7 weeks now and have enjoyed to transition from freezing cold to mildly cool weather. The sun does shine here, but not consistently. The daffodils are in full bloom all round the city and any hint of sunshine makes the population of York skyrocket. Funny how the first glimpse of sunshine and all the locals are out in their short shorts and T-shirts with their blotchy pale skin on display. It seems they dress according to the calendar not the actual temperature.