barney_pig
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I have an interview!!!!!!
Oh joy!
Now a two weeks to panic about competency questions.
Oh joy!
Now a two weeks to panic about competency questions.
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weltweit
Well-Known Member
Great news on the interview.
There are lots of sites on google if you search for competency questions.. lots of examples to practice at.
captain acab
page 303 boy
ugh, out of work as of last friday - job hunting is something that i really missed being a part of my life. NOT.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Bad luck, .. I am the opposite, was job hunting a long while and now getting used to working again.
Cloo
Banana for scale
It was a really odd thing when I went on holiday (just back from); it didn't feel as though I was on a break from work, more as though I'd just slipped back into my non working life. Guess I'm still getting used to it, even after nearly 6 months.
No news for gsv on last job waiting on, but a few more interviews come up. One's a second telephone interview for big consultancy... apparently they're only going to consider him at lower grade than he applied for, which is same pay as his last role, but it may still be worth it for the training/development opportunities. He's averaging 2 interviews a week, I think, so things are looking positive. Hilariously, being put forward for consulting contract at last but one place he worked, somewhere he'll know the systems better than anyone else they're likely to get.
It all gets a bit trickier now, as we have to drop a lot of the childcare, but he should get at least 3 days (between nursery and my mum helping one day) without kids under his feet during school hours.
No news for gsv on last job waiting on, but a few more interviews come up. One's a second telephone interview for big consultancy... apparently they're only going to consider him at lower grade than he applied for, which is same pay as his last role, but it may still be worth it for the training/development opportunities. He's averaging 2 interviews a week, I think, so things are looking positive. Hilariously, being put forward for consulting contract at last but one place he worked, somewhere he'll know the systems better than anyone else they're likely to get.
It all gets a bit trickier now, as we have to drop a lot of the childcare, but he should get at least 3 days (between nursery and my mum helping one day) without kids under his feet during school hours.
Cloo
Banana for scale
I'd got hopeful he might hear good news from last interview today or tomorrow... but gsv just found out today that apparently these guys insist on interviewing 4 people for each role, and the agent he went through likes only to send 2 people who as appropriate as possible. So the agent says he's put forward two randoms, who he hopes will be seen tomorrow, and then they might get it over with. They didn't go for the other guy they sent at the same time as gsv, so hopefully neither of these guys will turn out to be unexpectedly pefect!
My CRB check is taking a while - it will be at the Stage 4 (local police record checks) for 2 weeks today, so in anticipation of this I emailed my line manager contact asking if I could start sooner rather than later / in some restricted fashion.
Received an email back the same day, cc'd to HR bod asking if they could get me started (ideally) next week and line manager would sign a waiver, the CRB check should be completed soon but was taking a while ...
fingers crossed, could do with the money and itching to start!
... oh and my ex has already contacted the CSA (which is a bit odd as I haven't started yet and officially unemployed...) ... just can't wait to get her hands on the cash eh.
Received an email back the same day, cc'd to HR bod asking if they could get me started (ideally) next week and line manager would sign a waiver, the CRB check should be completed soon but was taking a while ...
fingers crossed, could do with the money and itching to start!
... oh and my ex has already contacted the CSA (which is a bit odd as I haven't started yet and officially unemployed...) ... just can't wait to get her hands on the cash eh.
one of the parents from my youngest school works part-time at john lewis, says its a good place for her and value the workers.
Riklet
procrastinación
Need a new teaching job from September/October in southern Spain. Advice and offers welcome 
Got a Skype interview lined up for Tuesday and a face-to-face interview for about a week's time, when I get back.
I have put this one off for several months and should really have got something sorted by now, but then, y´know, mañana mañana... was working and then on holiday. This next week or two are pretty crucial as a result!
Need to get those letters and CVs out then chase them up. Get behind me, procrastination!
Got a Skype interview lined up for Tuesday and a face-to-face interview for about a week's time, when I get back.
I have put this one off for several months and should really have got something sorted by now, but then, y´know, mañana mañana... was working and then on holiday. This next week or two are pretty crucial as a result!
Need to get those letters and CVs out then chase them up. Get behind me, procrastination!
barney_pig
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another interview! thats 2 in a week.
i am actuslly becoming a little positive, perhaps a better job is possible!
i am actuslly becoming a little positive, perhaps a better job is possible!
barney_pig
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a friends son works for waitrose, and says the atmosphere has changed recently, a really aggressive manangement style being introduced.
I have a start date for my new job Week next monday
CRB check still hasn't been completed but line manager has signed a waiver, hopefully the bloody thing will be done by the time I'm in post
... but this means I have a definite start date and will be on the payroll - WOOT!
Week next monday CRB check still hasn't been completed but line manager has signed a waiver, hopefully the bloody thing will be done by the time I'm in post
... but this means I have a definite start date and will be on the payroll - WOOT!
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
I have a start date for my new job
CRB check still hasn't been completed but line manager has signed a waiver, hopefully the bloody thing will be done by the time I'm in post
... but this means I have a definite start date and will be on the payroll - WOOT!
Cloo
Banana for scale
Other half's second interview went really well today. She's seeing one more person on Monday and then making a decision about who will get to next round interview with her manager, which he thinks he will as they have a good rapport apparently. Third stage Skype interview on Monday as well; it does seem likely one of these two will come off, mostly a question of how soon. Some other interviews in the offing too, and in fact he's not able to follow up all the possibilities because he has to concentrate on the front runners now.
fingers crossed !
barney_pig
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First interview I think went well, I won't know until next week. Next one tomorrowanother interview! thats 2 in a week.
i am actuslly becoming a little positive, perhaps a better job is possible!
Grrr was supposed to start new job monday but looks like its going to be delayed.
I'm waiting for a CRB check to be complete and line manager had offered to sign a waiver to speed things up and get me started. Apparently it's not the right sort of waiver and could be challenged (FFS)... so it's being bounced between HR and line manager atm.
I fucking hate bureaucracy like this. Utter farce.
I'm waiting for a CRB check to be complete and line manager had offered to sign a waiver to speed things up and get me started. Apparently it's not the right sort of waiver and could be challenged (FFS)... so it's being bounced between HR and line manager atm.
I fucking hate bureaucracy like this. Utter farce.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Do you really need the CRB to come through before you start working? Often they allow you to start work before if contact is supervised
It's all sorted now, apparently the waiver wasn't the 'right' waiver and could be challenged - jesus wept, the bureaucracy is breathtaking isn't it?
It's daft because the job will be office based, there is no contact with patients/vulnerable adults/children. It's in a hospital and there will be access to medical records but that is covered by DPA and then it will only be very limited access to patient details (demographics, disease status, treatment etc).
Had an email through giving directions to the actual department I will be in and apparently a contract is on it's way in the post!
WOOT!
It's daft because the job will be office based, there is no contact with patients/vulnerable adults/children. It's in a hospital and there will be access to medical records but that is covered by DPA and then it will only be very limited access to patient details (demographics, disease status, treatment etc).
Had an email through giving directions to the actual department I will be in and apparently a contract is on it's way in the post!
WOOT!
barney_pig
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I have been offered a job!
Oh joy!
Oh joy!
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Good one barney_pig, is it one you want?
barney_pig
Po-cha-na-quar-hip
I had 2 interviews this week one for network rail the other as a receptionist for the nhs, I have been offered the receptionist job, which I will love, but if the railway get back I would take that one as it is much more challenging, has better hours and pays more
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
barney_pig don't expect network rail to make a decision quickly - think it was nearly 2 months from interview to "no" recently for something I applied for...
she was losing all hope and considering returning to london. so im very pleased. they are going to sponsor her visa and all. total change of industry but shes up for it.Similar threads
