The job hunting support thread

[Orang Utan]

I could add a continuation to a paper form but I'm not sure how to do it on one I'm going to email in.
I think you have to account for your life in education jobs, just in case you were once a radio DJ or tv presenter in the 70s and 80s.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I could add a continuation to a paper form but I'm not sure how to do it on one I'm going to email in.

page / section breaks?

separate word document?

I think you have to account for your life in education jobs, just in case you were once a radio DJ or tv presenter in the 70s and 80s.

 

[Orang Utan]

Page/section breaks are beyond by skillset in Word.
I suppose I could provide a seperate word doc, but I wanted one easy to read doc.
But, yes, I think that would be best.

 

[xes]

Have an interview on Tuesday for the Starbucks warehouse shift manager thingy. Shift work, boo But still, it's an interview at least, even if it's just for a practice.

 

[xes]

Just found this useful site which has some practice tests for some of the tests we'll come up against in interviews.

http://www.shldirect.com/en/practice-tests/

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Page/section breaks are beyond by skillset in Word.
I suppose I could provide a seperate word doc, but I wanted one easy to read doc.
But, yes, I think that would be best.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/word-help/insert-a-page-break-HA010368779.aspx for page breaks. I think that Ctrl and return do the same thing (maybe best to try it on a test document first)

 

[Looby]

I haven't heard about the job I applied for a couple of weeks ago.

The interviews are Tuesday and Wednesday next week so I think I can assume I've not got an interview.

They wouldn't still be sifting would they? Especially as the interviews won't be local. They'll be London or regional office I reckon.

I'm gutted but also sort of relieved.
There would be a hell of a lot of driving involved and a 2-2 1/2 hour commute each way the days I'd be in the office.

I did the drive today and it's a shitter.

Most of the trip is narrow roads full of lorries and tractors.

Still gutted though.

 

[strung out]

I have my first proper interview in about 5 years tomorrow.

we've got an excel test (despite me not knowing much about excel), before a panel interview.

absolutely bricking it.

 

[Orang Utan]

Good luck mate! You'll be fine! (and if you're not, you'll learn something)

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I haven't heard about the job I applied for a couple of weeks ago.

The interviews are Tuesday and Wednesday next week so I think I can assume I've not got an interview.

although if the 2 1/2 hour journey is anything more than about once a month, balls to that. especially in winter.

I have my first proper interview in about 5 years tomorrow.

we've got an excel test (despite me not knowing much about excel), before a panel interview.

absolutely bricking it.

hope all goes well.

i still haven't come up with the right form of bollocks about customer service yet. Closing date is Friday. I suppose I ought to get on with it.

 

[strung out]

Thanks! I'll be astounded if I do get the job, given my lack of experience in applying for this kind of stuff, but we've all got to start somewhere innit.

There's a lot of 'commercial awareness' type stuff that I have to do in my current job, which I don't think many other candidates will have. Hopefully things like negotiating large contracts, presenting to corporate clients etc will be valuable skills to have for a university librarian...

 

[weltweit]

Page/section breaks are beyond by skillset in Word.
I suppose I could provide a seperate word doc, but I wanted one easy to read doc.
But, yes, I think that would be best.

Orang Utan, can you not just copy and insert the section on jobs, making that section of the word document longer so you can fit in what you want to say. I have done that with word forms before.

Also, I know what you mean with naff badly formatted word forms. Luckily usually in my sector they accept CVs most of the time because I hate application forms!

 

[Orang Utan]

A colleague is about to go for an interview for a job I am also in the running for.
Do I wish her luck insincerely or say nowt?

 

[chilango]

A colleague is about to go for an interview for a job I am also in the running for.
Do I wish her luck insincerely or say nowt?

Wish her luck sincerely obviously.

 

[Orang Utan]

But I can't!

 

[xes]

Good luck for today strung out!

 

[chilango]

But I can't!

you really should!

 

[stuff_it]

A colleague is about to go for an interview for a job I am also in the running for.
Do I wish her luck insincerely or say nowt?

Slash her tyres and/or nick her wallet obvs.

 

[Orang Utan]

you really should!

You can't though. It's either wish her luck insincerely or not at all, isn't it?
You can't force sincerity

 

[Pickman's model]

A colleague is about to go for an interview for a job I am also in the running for.
Do I wish her luck insincerely or say nowt?

i sincerely wish her luck.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[Pickman's model]

A colleague is about to go for an interview for a job I am also in the running for.
Do I wish her luck insincerely or say nowt?

you've missed the opportunity now to show her you've a shred of decency.

 

[Orang Utan]

A reminder of the thread title for the inadequate and malicious:
the job hunting SUPPORT thread

 

[Orang Utan]

you've missed the opportunity now to show her you've a shred of decency.

Please leave this thread immediately.

 

[Pickman's model]

A reminder of the thread title for the inadequate and malicious:
the job hunting SUPPORT thread

i am supporting you. given my unambiguous support for her you do not have to issue a mealy-mouthed 'good luck', thus saving you from a moral quandary.

 

[xes]

Well good luck to you OU, maybe you can, through gritted teeth, wish her luck? You don't have to mean it so that she gets the job over you, just a sportsmanly gesture, it doesn't have to be sincere.

 

[Orang Utan]

Well good luck to you OU, maybe you can, through gritted teeth, wish her luck? You don't have to mean it so that she gets the job over you, just a sportsmanly gesture, it doesn't have to be sincere.

Yeah, you're right.

 

[chilango]

You can't though. It's either wish her luck insincerely or not at all, isn't it?
You can't force sincerity

y'know basic stuff like solidarity, karma and being a nice guy.

Also You want get the job knowing that you git it for being the best candidate, not cos the other fucked up.

It's a small world too, you never know when what you do now might pay back, for good or Ill.

 

[Orang Utan]

y'know basic stuff like solidarity, karma and being a nice guy.

Also You want get the job knowing that you git it for being the best candidate, not cos the other fucked up.

It's a small world too, you never know when what you do now might pay back, for good or Ill.

Yeah, I know all that. I was just saying how it was impossible to be sincere, if you want the job yourself. But as, xes said, it's sportsmanlike to wish them luck, even if it's insincerely so.

 

[chilango]

Yeah, I know all that. I was just saying how it was impossible to be sincere, if you want the job yourself. But as, xes said, it's sportsmanlike to wish them luck, even if it's insincerely so.

Wishing someone luck isn't the same as hoping they get the job.

You can, and should, hope that they give a good account of themselves in interview etc, yet at the same time hope that you are seen as the more suitable candidate.

So, yeah, it's easy enough to wish them luck, and mean it.