Rupert Wolfe Murray Releases 12 Jobs in 12 Months to Urge Face-to-Face Job Hunting
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Updated · Peeblesshire News · Jul 13
Rupert Wolfe Murray Releases 12 Jobs in 12 Months to Urge Face-to-Face Job Hunting
1 articles · Updated · Peeblesshire News · Jul 13
Summary
Rupert Wolfe Murray has published "12 Jobs in 12 Months," a book aimed at helping young people find work by drawing on his year taking a range of jobs.
The Tweeddale author argues online applications have become too bureaucratic and discouraging, and says young job seekers should approach employers directly instead of relying on digital forms.
Wolfe Murray urges parents, teachers and policymakers to push practical skills such as catering, gardening, painting and decorating, saying manual work can provide both a backup trade and a career base.
His book recounts jobs including pizza-making near Ukraine's frontline, dishwashing, shoveling elephant waste and working as a Christmas postman; he is promoting it by book-busking across the Borders.