Love and dreams! Hi, guys! I'm back here to write about love, work, etc. If you remember, I published some posts where I was telling you about job opportunities, interviews and so on. Well, the thing is that I finally found a job in the wholesale sector after two interviews, one group dynamic and one face-to-face interview with the head of operations of the company. Up there, all right. I live in a small town and I'm supposed to move to a different city far from here in one month. It's what I want to do and the chance I've been looking for during the last years. But there is something in the equation that is not perfect at all: love. Sometimes it's very difficult to conjugate couple and work, love and dreams! What would you do? It's very obvious that some relationships must end, because you both have quite a lot of incompatibilities that you would not be able to 'skip': you are very flexible to go somewhere else and he/she is not (he/she can not leave the town because of work or family), you want to live a lot of new experiences and he/she has already lived most of them. He/she is older than you or/and has kids. It hurts a lot because you both love each other, but sometimes we must think rationally and not only emotionally. And you, what would you do? Is it possible to break up even if you both love each other, even if you have ever had a discussion, just because you don't look the same way at the future?

Update! Hi there! I know I've been messing you up lately with all related to my job opportunities. I must say I finally didn't go to the interview related to a job in the home improvement field, as something else arised. Nevertheless, in the last two weeks I've been called by four different companies, and tomorrow I will be attending an event for a enterprise in the distribution field (group dynamics). I have never experienced something like that, and I'm trying to collect comments and tips about how to face it. I think you are supposed to be polite, participative, creative and willing to cooperate with your colleagues. Have any of you ever attended an event like this? It can become stressful and it's not a good idea to stay shy and quiet, but neither to be too agressive to others. I have also doubts about English, I mean, I don't know if we are going to have some English conversation. I already had to complete some tests, including a little introduction using this language, but it was all sent via email or an online app. So I guess the company have just selected a few last candidates to valorate who of them are the best for the position. Wish me luck! Thinking of speaking English in front of a lot of people make me feel a bit nervous!

More about jobs! Hi everyone! I'm so happy you were so nice at me correcting my texts! I don't know how to thank you for such an altruistic attitude! I'm studying, mostly listening to BBC radio to catch some expressions and to refresh some word pronunciations. It's something typical in my case, I love reading and I understand almost everything, but sometimes I have doubts like... Oh, well, is "wild" pronuanced as "mind", or as "wind"? I'm used to say words exactly how I write them, and English is something else! But it's being funny :) Anyway, regarding my job interview, I wanted to tell you I just got another one for next week! In this case in the wine sector, the one where I'm working right now. It's so curious... You spend months and months looking for a new job and, when you are almost ready to give a step forward, then another company calls you to upset your plans! But well, I can not complain, I will have two chances... Right? If it's not in one place, it will be in the other one. Or not. but I'm optimistc and motivated as I've never been! I would love to find a job where I can practice my English day by day so that I can improve it. I love talking to people and customers, and that's the best way to get fluencer! Wish me luck! Edition: Another important question in life... Would you stay in your hometown, with your family, boyfriend etc working in a position or sector where you are not motivated, or would you go further to work in a position and in a city where you feel fulfilled? Difficult, isn't it? Yay!

How would you describe yourself? I believe I'm quite a sociable and conciliatory person, ambitious and respectful. I trust people and I try to give them my confidence so that I can take the best of them out. I'm hardworker and passionate about everything I do, trying always to learn more about my professional area in order to be completely prepared to face new challenges. Because of that, I keep up with the latest developments in the market with the aim that my company could be very competitive. I've managed up to three people, supervising their activity. I asked them to execute the orders we received through telephone or email. I didn't scheduled their agendas because I was not supposed to, but we needed to be very coordinated to be able to ship the goods on time. As for the rest of my tasks, my responsabilities include organising events, executing commercial orders, billing of the online store, quotations to customers, distributors coordination, web refreshing, purchases, customer service, and many other important duties. I would love to work in your company as it's a reference in the sector and it could give me the possibility to develop my full professional career here. I've always been interested in working in the retail sector, and that's why I'm so excited with this position. I'm willing and motivated to take on new responsabilities and I think i have the skills and attitude you need to make your team more succesful. Thank you for giving me the chance to be here. Hope to hear from you soon.

Job interview! Hi, guys! I need you! Let's see... I got an appointment yesterday to have a job interview next week, and I'm a bit nervous about it! Let me tell you: the position I applied for is in the "Do it yourself" sector, as department manager. I had a prior interview last Saturday in another city, and it went quite well, and that's why I will take part in a second round next tuesday. That mentioned interview was very confortable and easy, as the interviewer was a very close and empathic person and he took me all the pressure off. And you will be thinking... Why are you telling us all this things? Well, I assume next appointment will be held in English, or at least an important part of it, as the job position is in a city in the mediterranean coast (Spain) where a lot of german, russian and british people go on holidays (or to spend their retirement years, directly). As I said before, I'm a bit nervous because even If I've worked using English language in the past, I've not spoken it as much as I would have liked in the last years and I'm a bit insecured. So guys, could you suggest me how to face this situation? Sentences that would be appropiate for a meeting like this? I've tried to get vocabulary about the sector to have idea in case they ask me for a practical assumption, but i'm worried about fluency and nerves! I don't want to panic. It's a very important chance for me and I want to take advantage of it! In next posts I will try to respond to the typical questions so that you can help me if I make mistakes. Thanks in advance! Correcting this post would be great as well :)

Challenges! Hi everyone! I just realized I've been over two years without writing a post here... And now I'm feeling I should do it again in order to not lose my skills! Well, I will introduce myself again: My name is Marian and I'm a 27-year-old-girl from Spain, living in a medium-size village in La Mancha (this is the place where Quixote stories take place and so). I work in the wine sector, and it's among my interests to learn much more about wine varieties, regions etc. I just took a course one month ago to get a certificate in Wines & Spirits, and I really felt that I found a big passion, even if I believe that tasting and valorating is a really hard issue! On the other hand, I need to improve (or at least to keep in) my English, because I need it for work and because it's the best tool to communicate with people all over the world! If you wanna help me go forward to get my FCE, you are more than welcome!! I also love football/soccer. I am super Valencia CF fan and I follow the Premier League as well. Tottenham and Newcastle are my favorites team there!

Paddel spelen Na vijf of zes trainingen heb ik vandaag mijn eerste wedstrijd van paddel gespeeld. Het is heel leuk geweest! Goede gevoelen over de baan, en een betere teamgenoot! Het is gezond om een beetje sport tijdens de kerstvakantie te doen, je voel je veel lichter! Nu kijk ik ernaar uit om weer te spelen. Adrenaline :)

Reflexions about life Good morning from Spain! Well, I must say that I am not on my best right now. My mind can not be quiet and thinks about many things, about too many things. I am working in local politics at the moment while studying a Master's degree to become teacher of Spanish for inmigrants, and the truth is that I have not too much time for both things (I was also taking some English lessons, but I think that it's gonna be better to learn here, in a more flexible way, in order not to get too stressed day by day). I would love to go abroad to teach my language to other people, so I am now in a moment in which I must decide whether to continue full time with my job or to concentrate in my Master's. Difficult, isn't it? Work is the way we have to survive, but we all have illusions and need motivations to go ahead... Thank you for reading, I guess it's easier to write (to get corrected) if you have something to say that you really feel :)

Introduction (II) Hello, people! There are many languages in which I have interest, such as Dutch, Bosnian or Afrikaans. I speak a bit of Dutch but I forgot already a lot since I do not live anymore in Belgium, and I can understand some Afrikaans but I have never studied it. For the rest, I have no idea about Bosnian language, but would like to learn the basis since I love Balkans. At this time you will have realize as well that my English is not that good, so I will also appreciate some conversation in this language. Anyone to help me? I don't bite, really :)