howtobejobless

Formerly anonymous blogger on the lols of joblessness. Now writer @Guardian. Real ID @ericabuist

[howtobejobless @howtobejobless]

I keep quiet these days, since my cover was blown. But I thought you might like to know, I wrote an essay for an anthology all about you guys.

Yes, you.

#Pyjarmy

xxx

[Erica Buist @ericabuist]

Could not be more delighted to have been selected for @FictionFeeling’s anthology Better Than IRL - if you ever interacted with me, encouraged me and cheered me on when I was anonymously blogging as an unemployed oddball called @howtobejobless, this piece is a love letter to YOU.

[Erica Buist @ericabuist]

I wonder if this would still happen? People call Twitter a hellsite so often but these strangers (who didn’t know my name or gender) literally kept me afloat during the time I was unemployed.

[Erica Buist @ericabuist]

I’m writing about how in 2013 my anonymous blog @howtobejobless got me a job at the Guardian, and how when it happened people IRL were snide but literally hundreds of online strangers cheered like maniacs. Complete opposite of what I’d come to expect.

[howtobejobless @howtobejobless]

Thought I’d just check in to see if things are any better now we’re at high employment.

Oh. Ok.

[Erica Buist @ericabuist]

Dude, 2013 called, they want their obviously awful, aggressively boring takes back.

[howtobejobless @howtobejobless]

Did Philip Green crush a campaign to end unpaid fashion internships in 2012? Because that would explain a lot https://t.co/7iw2OmIkz2

[howtobejobless @howtobejobless]

Graduate loses job with the AA after breaking his leg on his way in to work - and apparently this is totally legal
https://t.co/ClMWAPf4pR
@TheAA_UK

[Erica Buist @ericabuist]

I'm writing a book for @unbounders.
It's about death.
It's sad.
It's funny.
And if you pledge for it, I will literally send you a bag of cookies.
Or call you up and rap Alphabet Aerobics.
Or just give you a book.
Most people will probably go for that.

https://t.co/YR16CZrDly

[howtobejobless @howtobejobless]

Facebook has just informed me that four years ago today was my first day at the Guardian. I've grown so much.

Though I think I might be wearing the exact same outfit today.

[howtobejobless @howtobejobless]

I call this picture "Breaking Into Journalism".

Hang in there, guys.

[howtobejobless @howtobejobless]

It's Blame Young People For Not Buying A House Day again, folks! Avocado toast is so 2016, this year the everyday-but-a-bit-decadent-sounding thing is... SANDWICHES! https://t.co/AeTjfIMewN

[Erica Buist @ericabuist]

Again with this shit? Editors, you don't have to keep giving headlines to every moron who can't do maths so simple it wouldn't look out of place written in crayon. https://t.co/R6VZYdIlAU

[howtobejobless @howtobejobless]

"I found my tribe online" - intro by me about how the How to Be Jobless community lifted me from my bedroom floor https://t.co/9Db0uXBLx4

[howtobejobless @howtobejobless]

Nice piece here by @tashakleeman
The Graduate Survival Guide https://t.co/kXyq2sEzqa # via @HPYoungVoices

[Graduate Fog @GraduateFog]

@howtobejobless TIP: Never ask a fair pay campaigner to work for free. She'll post it on Twitter 😁 😆 😅 😂

[howtobejobless @howtobejobless]

Thanks!
Good luck with the hunt https://t.co/ppy4NPqOEl

[howtobejobless @howtobejobless]

Five reasons coffee is a jobseeker's friend #InternationalCoffeeDay https://t.co/dBBtTGIo9s via @howtobejobless

[howtobejobless @howtobejobless]

@GraduateFog @PinewoodStudios The model seems to be, the cooler the job, the more likely you have to be financially comfy to get in.

[howtobejobless @howtobejobless]

Honestly, the level of skills and experience asked of young people today...

[Erica Buist @ericabuist]

Finally found it: the whitest headline ever https://t.co/BtdgEbidlx

[howtobejobless @howtobejobless]

@GraduateFog It's like a series of practical jokes: have experience you can't have, live on money that's less a salary and more a reality show challenge