"I didn't enjoy that Christmas at all ...I was facing the stark reality of bringing up my family on the dole..."

Bored

Tim was really bored with his job. It was just routine: get up, go to work, do what was necessary, go home, go to bed…he had been stuck in that job a long time! Deep down he really wanted to travel. “I dreamed of being a truck driver!” he laughed. “Around that time I had this phrase from the Bible going round and round in my head,” he added. “’From his own place he will branch out’. I’d no idea what it meant!”

It wasn’t too long before he found out...

Unexpected interview...

One evening Tim was browsing through his local paper and saw an advert for someone to work from home, visiting companies to check they were managing their product quality in line with agreed standards. He felt a really strong push to send off an application. “I thought it might be a good idea to apply so I could brush up on my interview technique”, he said. He applied, and went for an interview.