Hello again Terry said: >>almost impossible to get permanent work. Mum was looking for any type of steady employment and planned to fit in freelance jobs where possible. She's had PA, EA, secretary and administrative roles in the past. The one she was fired from was a receptionist role that paid about half of what she was on in her last permanent role. She could do that job standing on her head. I'm still in shock from hearing the employer's reasoning. >>That could possibly be because my salary expectations are too high. She was happy to take on a lower paid job, within reason, just to have a steady job. >>Then they always ask *that* interview question: "what do you want to be doing 5 years from now?" She's 53. She wants a job that she'll enjoy doing until retirement, a bit of training to keep her skills sharp and a nice bunch of people to work with and for. >>What is the correct answer? I don't know, but I thank my lucky stars I'm not job hunting at the moment!! Which reminds me I have a lot of work to do so enough from me! :o) Best regards, Erica Ferrigno Technical Communicator - Communications Team CPA Software Solutions IP Software Solutions, Patent Analytics, Patent, Design & Trade Mark Renewals Worldwide Trade Mark Searching & Watching, Domain Name Management E-mail: eferrigno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.cpaglobal.com/software ******************************************************************************** The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee; access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient: (1) you are kindly requested to return a copy of this message to the sender indicating that you have received it in error, and to destroy the received copy; and (2) any disclosure or distribution of this message, as well as any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on its content, is prohibited and may be unlawful. ******************************************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************