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[Orang Utan]

tell me about it. i have lots of experience in quite a specialised area. i'm sure many of those skills are transferable, but i'm having trouble with presenting a CV which outlines this. i think this is where i'm failing.

 

[stuff_it]

tell me about it. i have lots of experience in quite a specialised area. i'm sure many of those skills are transferable, but i'm having trouble with presenting a CV which outlines this. i think this is where i'm failing.

Yeah, it has to be finely tailored to each job you apply for as I've found, more so than it ever did when times were better.

I'd quite like to know what muppet thought up purely competency based interviews as well.

What am I supposed to say if I've generally got on with my workmates so I don't actually have an answer to the old fave 'give a specific example of when you have dealt with a difficult colleague and the outcome, you personally not the team'

Getting sick of being asked which versions of MSOffice I can use (fucking all of them, where do you think I've been the rest of my life, in a cave!?) and so on as well.

 

[chazegee]

Right. New zero tolerance policy to un-registered buskers on the Tube.
I'm back on the market. This will be fun.

 

[Me76]

PA / Secretary vacancy at the Reading Agency here

 

[quimcunx]

If anyone is looking to move to a wee village in scotland for part-time work:

Administrator - Findhorn Office

4 Days per Week
Salary £15,909 per annum (pro rata to 4 days per week)
Trees for Life, the award-winning conservation charity working to restore the Caledonian Forest in the Highlands of Scotland, is seeking an Administrator to join the staff team at its Findhorn office.
We can offer a dynamic and skilled individual this excellent opportunity to make a real and significant contribution to the work of the charity.
You will be actively involved in a wide range of hands-on roles covering:

• Database Management: Including the update of membership details, donations received and direct debits.
  
• Order Processing: Including merchandise, and related Trees for Life products.
  
• Administration & Reception: Including the provision of general administrative support, the answering of e-mail and telephone queries and maintaining supplies of stationary and equipment. We are looking for someone who is resourceful and flexible with an excellent level of organisational and interpersonal skills. In addition you will need to be able to work independently and be able to communicate effectively with visitors to the Findhorn office.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to:
Geoff Hewitt, Trees for Life, The Park, Findhorn, IV36 3TZ
e-mail: geoff@treesforlife.org.uk
Tel 0845 458 305 Fax 0845 458 3506

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: Monday 19th December 2011


Events Organiser - Findhorn Office

2 Days per Week Fixed Term from 9/1/11-31/5/12 being 21 Weeks
Salary Full Time Equivalent £20,196 being £3,262 Pro Rata
Trees for Life, the award-winning conservation charity working to restore the Caledonian Forest in the Highlands of Scotland, is seeking an Events Organiser to join the staff team at its Findhorn office.
This fixed term post is for a person to take overall responsibility for organising events to celebrate the planting of Trees for Life’s Millionth Tree, which is a major milestone in our work and a significant opportunity to promote and raise funds for our future activities.
You will be actively involved in a wide range of hands-on roles covering:

• Organising The Millionth Tree planting day on 20th May 2012, including the celebrity planting of The Millionth Tree, hosting an event for our key supporters, donors and other stakeholders, and helping with media coverage of the day.
  
• Organising The Millionth Tree lecture tour by Trees for Life Executive Director Alan Watson Featherstone, including organising lecture venues, making travel arrangements, coordination with local supporters and distribution of promotional materials.
  
• Organising The Millionth Tree ‘Treelay’ event, a 2-week sponsored event of walking and cycling around the Trees for Life Project Area, including handling communication and advance planning with the walkers/cyclists, supporting the coordination of logistics for the event itself, and helping with media coverage.

We can offer a dynamic and skilled individual this excellent opportunity to make a real and significant contribution to the work of the charity. We are looking for someone who is resourceful and flexible with an excellent level of organisational and interpersonal skills and a proven track record in events management.
There may be the opportunity for additional hours as the project progresses.
To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to:
Geoff Hewitt, Trees for Life, The Park, Findhorn, IV36 3TZ
e-mail: geoff@treesforlife.org.uk
Tel 0845 458 305 Fax 0845 458 3506


CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: Monday 19th December 2011

 

[Lazy Llama]

Hosting Revenue Assurance Analyst FTC CRT 2225

CRT 2225
An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Data Analyst to join our established team based at our East London office on a 12months Fixed Term Contract.

This is a key role both in the team and across the wider Kcom brand. This role is focused on enhancing and improving the revenue opportunities through data / customer management on the hosting CRM system. The role will undertake proactive revenue assurance projects and activities via the CRM system, working closely with Finance, Sales and Sales Admin.

Role responsibilities:
.Reduction of free / unbilled services on CRM as well as cost reduction to the business.
.Identification of revenue opportunities from incorrectly billed customers
.Improved accuracy on billing lines and content for existing customers.
.Identification of renewal and up-sell opportunities
.Data Cleansing
.Produce weekly/monthly statistical information on performance as directed.
.To investigate structural / complex billing queries raised by customers, ensuring that error and issues in process, data and procedure are corrected.

You'll need to have advanced skills in Excel and be able to demonstrate a structured and methodical working technique with evidence of planning and data manipulation. In addition to analysing the data you will act on your recommendations to solve the problems and ensure there is a significant saving to the business. Ideally you will have experience in finance / billing

Personal qualities that we're looking for include strong communication and interpersonal skills both and a proven track record of achieving results.

If you want to apply for this position, click on the following link:

https://recruit.kcom.konetic.net/CAC/Registration.aspx?VacancyID=1920

Salary will be with in the £20,890-£38,997 band (probably at the lower end)

 

[sim667]

Im still facing redundancy and I didnt get the job I had an interview for because of a stupid mistake I made (I neglected to say 'get them to calm down' when dealing with an irate teacher at a college)

Anyway, I'm still looking for alternative work as a AV, Media or Photographic technician, Junior Mac (or IT technician), or working in E-learning. I've got a keen interest in looking at ways we can use more social web stuff in education..... London and south east

 

[Mation]

Anyone got (managerial-level) experience of fundraising at a small charity? There's a maternity-cover post going at my place in London. PM if you want to know more. It's a lovely place to work

 

[Ceej]

Im still facing redundancy and I didnt get the job I had an interview for because of a stupid mistake I made (I neglected to say 'get them to calm down' when dealing with an irate teacher at a college)

Anyway, I'm still looking for alternative work as a AV, Media or Photographic technician, Junior Mac (or IT technician), or working in E-learning. I've got a keen interest in looking at ways we can use more social web stuff in education..... London and south east

Primary school I'm working in is looking for a p/t IT technician - money not great, but nice place to work and term-time only - might be a bit low-level for you, Sim.
It's going on the Camden website / jobs on Monday 19th.

 

[sim667]

ooh thank you. It's a long way for me but No harm in looking

 

[soonplus]

i'd find it quite useful if reed/monster had a shortcut for "admin gimp"-type jobs and to blank out the rest of their sites.

it's a sad state of affairs when you see companies posting adverts asking for eg "swedish & japanese fluent, business degree, 12 years experience in data entry - admin assistant - £12,000 per annum"

i'm sure they could ask for anything and there will be someone desperate enough out there to accept it

 

[stuff_it]

i'd find it quite useful if reed/monster had a shortcut for "admin gimp"-type jobs and to blank out the rest of their sites.

it's a sad state of affairs when you see companies posting adverts asking for eg "swedish & japanese fluent, business degree, 12 years experience in data entry - admin assistant - £12,000 per annum"

i'm sure they could ask for anything and there will be someone desperate enough out there to accept it

Story of my life atm.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Why on earth do people think it's a good idea to send out application forms as PDFs.

 

[TopCat]

Why on earth do people think it's a good idea to send out application forms as PDFs.

It's to stop you changing bits of it.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

It's to stop you changing bits of it.

So how on earth are you supposed to mail it back to them? Especially when it says applicants are encouraged to apply electronically. Anyway being able to change the bloody thing is good, to enable me to get over crap form design that won't let you fit everything in.

Still found a working torrent of Acrobat, which is way better then the bloody third party thing I was using before. Shows IT skills anyway.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Thought fuck it and chased up the people I went down South for an interview with as they said they'd let me know in a few days and didn't. Another rejection. It's getting bloody expensive the last one was £50 of fuel.

Part of me is panicing into applying for anything as the season will be starting soon, so if don't get something now, I probably won't, but I can't afford to keep going to interviews.

 

[stuff_it]

Thought fuck it and chased up the people I went down South for an interview with as they said they'd let me know in a few days and didn't. Another rejection. It's getting bloody expensive the last one was £50 of fuel.

Part of me is panicing into applying for anything as the season will be starting soon, so if don't get something now, I probably won't, but I can't afford to keep going to interviews.

Some places will give you travel expenses to get to an interview. Have you even asked any of them? I've maintained a policy of not asking unless they don't hire me...

 

[craigxcraig]

A good friend has on online toy business and is looking for a homebased sales representative on a part-time/full-time/work what you can basis.

He already has four thousand businesses incorporated into his website and you will be responsible for contacting these businesses to upgrade their 'advert' to premium. Theres a number of others ways to generate comission and is detailed on the attachment through the link below.

Its comission based @ 30% of sales - just need a phone and pc/internet.

http://www.treasureislandtoys.co.uk/SalesRepresentative.aspx

 

[Maggot]

Just heard about this vacancy for a Flash/Graphic Deisgner - It's in Bermondsey.

We're looking for a strong Flash/Graphic Designer for freelance and full time work to do some fun and exciting work for our digital agency based in the biscuit factory, the role will then move to full time if the skills are as required.

You will need to have good experience in Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator and is able show a range of design skills and some experience in 3D animation. The candidate will need some knowledge in digtial covering areas like facebook applications, websites, microsites etc... and would ideally need to show evidence of this.

They will need to producing high quality work for top end blue-chip brands.


If you're available immediately and keen on finding out more, please send through your updated portfolio with examples to seancowden@finervision.com or contact at 0207 394 5544

 

[Quartz]

So how on earth are you supposed to mail it back to them?

It can be an intelligence test: you're supposed to ring them and say that you'd love to submit online, but the PDF form isn't editable, and could they please email it to you in Word format?

 

[toblerone3]

Matchtech are looking anyone who would be interested in a Travel Planning vacancy based in Basildon, starting on 20th February for 5 weeks.

Mouchel/Essex County Council. Personalised Travel Planning. Knocking on doors promoting sustainable transport.

http://www.matchtech.com/job/257527/travel-planner-essex-basildon

 

[Quartz]

Thought fuck it and chased up the people I went down South for an interview with as they said they'd let me know in a few days and didn't. Another rejection. It's getting bloody expensive the last one was £50 of fuel.

Can you not use the Travel to Interview Scheme? Without it I wouldn't have this job.

 

[Corax]

Is this thread still what the OP started? If so...

No specific vacancies, but I'd recommend anyone looking for work taking a look at http://www.jobs.nhs.uk. All NHS jobs have to go on there I think.

I'm referring to non-clinical jobs.

My experience of the NHS is that applicants aren't universally brilliant to say the least, which helps the odds when it comes to getting a job. And although redundancies are happening all over the place, turnover is high so there are still vacancies in most places. If someone can do the usual interview/job skills bit of speaking formally & making the right faces, and they can also work Excel and Word well, they may find themselves at an advantage for quite a wide range of positions.

The thing that keeps a lot of applicants out of a job though, is their understanding of the NHS itself. It's stupidly complex, in a multitude of different ways. I have a suspicion that it's not uncommon for crap candidates to be hired over far more skilled people, purely because they already have a job in the NHS and so understand WTF their interviewer is wittering on about. So if anyone is going to apply for an NHS job from outside, then

1. Do your research.
2. Pm me. I'll help. I should be able to point you towards the things you need to read and understand for the type of role you're applying for at least. Certainly with hospital jobs, a bit with PCTs, less so with mental health.

I'm not slagging the NHS workforce off btw. There are a lot of really good people working for a lot less money than they could be getting elsewhere. But because of the specialised knowledge, jargon etc it can be a bit of a closed shop.

I'd also suggest that once you're in there are usually quite a few opportunities to step up, based on merit more than qualifications. More so than I found when I worked in the private sector.

 

[Orang Utan]

thanks for that corax, i shall look into it

 

[fractionMan]

Test analyst job, bath. pm for details.

 

[story]

A good friend has on online toy business and is looking for a homebased sales representative on a part-time/full-time/work what you can basis.

He already has four thousand businesses incorporated into his website and you will be responsible for contacting these businesses to upgrade their 'advert' to premium. Theres a number of others ways to generate comission and is detailed on the attachment through the link below.

Its comission based @ 30% of sales - just need a phone and pc/internet.

http://www.treasureislandtoys.co.uk/SalesRepresentative.aspx

Has anyone ever done something like this?

Smells scammy to me, but I'd hate to pass on a real opportunity.

How much time does it really take to make these calls? And cold-calling can make a person sink into despair.

 

[craigxcraig]

Has anyone ever done something like this?

Smells scammy to me, but I'd hate to pass on a real opportunity.

How much time does it really take to make these calls? And cold-calling can make a person sink into despair.

Like I said this is my mates business and def not a scam!

He's got a good business but could be doing better. He's already uploaded several thousand businesses to the site and they're already receiving free advertising and he now needs someone to contact those businesses to pay for the premimum service (which I think will cost the client £8/£10pm) for that they get premium spot on the site, when a purchase is made the customer will hear about their business (introducing customer to business through location,) and various other odds and sods.

My mate is a programmer and whilst he has a great sense of humour and is a good guy, he's a programmer not sales!

But you're quite right, cold calling is tough!

 

[Blue Star House]

New prospective employer coming to central Brixton
Listen - Telephone Charity fund raisers required

http://www.listenuk.org
We're always looking to improve our team. So if you are a great
communicator, have bags of energy, and want to raise big money for
charity, you could have exactly what it takes to be a Listen Fundraiser.

We have full and part-time work available. All we ask is that you commit to 17.5 or more hours a week at our purpose-built Fundraising Centres by Holloway Road tube station. Our flexible shifts include mornings, afternoons, evenings and weekends. And we pay very competitive rates, with the opportunity to earn more if you perform well and recruit quality supporters.

If you'd like to join our team, please fill in the details and upload your CV via the link below or call 0207 619 6624.
http://www.listenuk.org/fundraisers/fundraisers-upload-cv-contact

 

[Corax]

Like I said this is my mates business and def not a scam!

He's got a good business but could be doing better. He's already uploaded several thousand businesses to the site and they're already receiving free advertising and he now needs someone to contact those businesses to pay for the premimum service (which I think will cost the client £8/£10pm) for that they get premium spot on the site, when a purchase is made the customer will hear about their business (introducing customer to business through location,) and various other odds and sods.

My mate is a programmer and whilst he has a great sense of humour and is a good guy, he's a programmer not sales!

But you're quite right, cold calling is tough!

He has some rather odd toys on his site.

Alexander Rose Avant Teak Sunbed. Yours for a mere £1,035.



Seriously, that site's a real mish-mash, and the navigation doesn't lead the customer well. I'd think that concentrating on improving that would benefit his business much more than recruiting an army of cold-callers.

 

[craigxcraig]

He has some rather odd toys on his site.

Alexander Rose Avant Teak Sunbed. Yours for a mere £1,035.



Seriously, that site's a real mish-mash, and the navigation doesn't lead the customer well. I'd think that concentrating on improving that would benefit his business much more than recruiting an army of cold-callers.

He's got that on Treasure Island Toys - I thought it was just toys!