Reflections of 2022 (Part 1)

What are you most proud of?

I am most proud of myself when I completed as much agency work within the construction industry as possible, especially at the early stages of the year.

I have met and worked with many different people on different sites and the horse were typically 07:30 to 16:30, plus the occasional overtime.

You can find out what I did on different sites at different Recruitment Agencies by checking My Previous History.

What skills did you acquire?

The biggest skill I acquired in 2022 was when I operated a lift, covering all 9 floors of the new Town Hall.

What do you wish you did differently?

I feel that I should have put my foot down more when it came to my job search. I found that as slacking quite a bit especially near the end of the year.

I will be planning more of my job search on a weekly basis. Normally I go through my e-mails and Job Boards every day. However, the latter part 2022, I wasn’t doing I do these as much as I should have done. So for the time being I will be checking my e-mails and Job Boards every other day to get these tasks completed quicker.

I will also be setting dates during this first week of January for Company Hunts to cover the year in Crawley and Manor Royal. There will be 2 or 3 Company Hunts in each area for the year.

I will also be putting my foot down with my Key Competencies, as I really need to catch up with them.

What went better / harder than you expected?

The hardest part for me during 2022 was when the construction work went flat for about the last 3 month, where I had very little or no work.

On the flip side, when I was working on the Evri (formally Hermes) site, one of the Site Managers, Lee, asked me if I could be the Key Holder for the site until a Security Guard arrived. I agreed. Though, I was left on my own and everyone else went home, I did not mind as I learnt a bit more money.

Where, or what, do you feel most at peace?

I feel at peace around family and my fiancée, as my family are supportive of my fiancée. My fiancée is also very supportive of me too.

Blog Links

• My Previous History