Location, location, location

I left my last job a week ago today. I've spoken to a couple of recruitment consultants in the past week and now it seems that I'm having a problem finding a suitable role - but purely on the geographical limitations I myself have set. It seems I'm being unreasonable in wanting a job in central London. I've been told a firm in Jersey (that was originally looking for someone to work in their London office) likes me (babelfish **don't think I'm inappropriate based on the paucity of facts at their fingertips**) and would I relocate to Jersey? It turns out that quite a few companies in my “area” are based near their clients, which mean M4 or M11 corridors, or occasionally Canary Wharf.

So it's change my job spec or get used to driving.

I don't know how fast the guy expects me to drive (and those that know, know it's slow), but I'm not interviewing for a job knowing that if I get it I'll be needing to leave home at 7am just to get there for 9am. When I worked in town (about three years in total) I'd frequently be in by 8, and rarely after 8.30, even when office hours started at 9.30. There's just something horrifically soul destroying about waking at 7 and knowing that no matter how fast you move, or how many traffic tickets you collect, you'll never be at your desk for 9.

I went with the amendment to the job spec.