Write a letter of application, enclosing a curriculum vitae, in reply to the following advertisement:

Girl Friday Long hours. Endless demands. Brutal slave-driving boss thinly disguised as director of new dynamic multi-millionpound property company in Mayfair.

Speaking just English won't be enough for the executive secretary who chains herself to this job.

She must speak French too. Possibly an additional European language. And be capable of slaving away at both shorthand and audio. Why would any girl suffer like this?

For the pay (£2,000 per annum) that's why. It's definitely way up.

Write a letter to your headmaster, asking him to act as a referee.