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Role playing

Exciting role playing doesn’t just happen in the bedroom, it happens in interviews too.

October 24, 2019 marvinmidlife Redundancy, Interviews, Work

Role playing interviews are becoming common – but do they work?

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interview clothing

Wearing inappropriate interview clothing could cost you the job. What should you wear?

October 24, 2019 marvinmidlife Redundancy, Interviews, Work

What should the middle aged man wear to an interview?

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Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It's a lonely place. 1

Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It’s a lonely place.

October 19, 2019 marvinmidlife Redundancy, Interviews, Work

How it was tumbleweed rather than job offers that rolled in after being made redundant, despite some effort being made

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Feature: Hip Replacement

hip replacement story starting with arthritis
A hip replacement story, from initial twinge to running around post op.

Working lives

  • Resigning from work Think you’re indispensable? Resigning from work might surprise you…
  • Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It's a lonely place. 2 Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It’s a lonely place.
  • Working from home is bad for you Working from home is no laughing matter…don’t let it be the death of you

Health, Fitness and Hips

  • Zwift try something new today Try something new to save your sanity. Surprisingly it was Brussels and Zwift that did it for me.
  • Marvin the paranoid android Marvin the Paranoid Android describes midlife perfectly. Read how, and what you can do differently
  • hip replacement story starting with arthritis Hip replacement surgery and week 1 recovery. It all goes horribly wrong… (Part 4)
  • hip replacement story starting with arthritis Shock decision about having a total hip replacement at 50! 5 things that worried me. (Part 2)

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Ask Marvin Answered…

  • I have been offered a promotion at work but it could mean sacrificing my friends. Should I take it?
    March 8, 2021
  • I’m so stressed with lockdown and Covid-19, I’m literally tearing my hair out. What can I do?
    December 26, 2020
  • Can I skip giving cards and presents this year and just post a Christmas message on social media, or is that rude?
    December 16, 2020

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