"Trying to," they confirmed. "One of your cousins was helping me check through my applications. I must thank her again at some point," they added absently. It was just a mental note, but speaking it out loud it might stick in their brain a little easier.
They nodded. "Oh absolutely, although I'll probably cycle to a different colour again. It doesn't stay the same for long," they said with a little smirk. "And people around the Ministry know me, but not necessarily the sort of people who are going to do interview. They'll already have my name change and pronoun shift to deal with, so one less oddity can only stop me only being memorable for non-job related reasons." They shrugged philosophically. It was definitely a thing that had been playing on their mind since they started making real job application efforts.