Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
I have an interview tomorrow ❤
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Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
That interview on Friday was hard. I'd done so much prep and knew shit loads about the company through web research, a friend did a practice interview with me which showed up where my gaps were and gave me stuff to work on, I know I looked really polished but my performance was far from it... I over talked and lost track and rambled in places. I know I can do the job blind folded but I still mucked it up.
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friendofdorothy
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Was it really mucked up - did you hear back?
friendofdorothy
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Just heard that two more of my colleagues are leaving! arrgh! bugger how come they got new jobs before me? one has only been there 6 months. hummph.
There used to be five of us covering the role 7 days a week from early til late. One left a while back and hasn't been replaced yet. Someone who used to fill in occassionally has been on sick leave for months. One person normally works in a different role, isn't IT literate and was originally only doing it to 'fill in' and now they do the most shifts.
It takes forever to recruit new people and then ages to do the DBS. I'll soon be the only one who knows how to do the job properly, again. I'm really not looking forward to next year much.
There used to be five of us covering the role 7 days a week from early til late. One left a while back and hasn't been replaced yet. Someone who used to fill in occassionally has been on sick leave for months. One person normally works in a different role, isn't IT literate and was originally only doing it to 'fill in' and now they do the most shifts.
It takes forever to recruit new people and then ages to do the DBS. I'll soon be the only one who knows how to do the job properly, again. I'm really not looking forward to next year much.
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
Not heard anything. And they said get back before Christmas. I sent a follow up but nothing. In better news, OH got a job offer to start in January
friendofdorothy
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Yippee! well done to your OH.In better news, OH got a job offer to start in January
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
Fellow job hunters: how many applications do you aim to fill out each day? I'm getting through two application forms a day atm. I could probably fit a third in but I do tend to feel quite down first thing thinking about another day of job applications. Once I get on with it I tend to feel a bit better but I don't know if I should try and do something else like go for a walk or listen to music rather than fitting another one in, for my state of mind if nothing else. Thoughts thread?
friendofdorothy
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Usually it at least takes me a couple of goes /days for me to do a full supporting statement for nhs / charity type of job. The more I want the job the longer I'll take. I've usually been offered an interview but not then got the job.
Yesterday I decided to stop being so picky and consider looking further afield and even horror of horror full time. So managed to register my cv with a another job site yesterday and did 2 job apps - would have done 3 but one disappeared from the site as I was doing them - but they didn't require a full 'supporting statement' only cv + brief message. It didn't feel very satifying. I only realised after the first one that the site doesn't just send on my cv as a word doc but re formats it and it was coming out all wrong so thats one that I've fucked up.
I really can't imagine how people manage to do dozens in a day, must be really difficult.
Yesterday I decided to stop being so picky and consider looking further afield and even horror of horror full time. So managed to register my cv with a another job site yesterday and did 2 job apps - would have done 3 but one disappeared from the site as I was doing them - but they didn't require a full 'supporting statement' only cv + brief message. It didn't feel very satifying. I only realised after the first one that the site doesn't just send on my cv as a word doc but re formats it and it was coming out all wrong so thats one that I've fucked up.
I really can't imagine how people manage to do dozens in a day, must be really difficult.
weltweit
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I can do two a day, but luckily for me I am not having to do application forms, just covering letter and CV. Nevertheless I customise each CV and the covering letter takes some time. I suppose I could just about do 3 a day, but I haven't usually found 3 jobs to apply to.
friendofdorothy
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Just thinking in general about the process of replying to formal job adverts and just generally contacting employers.
When I was young, eons ago, I wanted to work as a designer in publishing - book publishers were all about who you knew "Oh yah, daddy lives next door to Mr Hamlyn" sort of thing - I was a common northerner who knew no-one in London. This was pre-historic times before the internet, so I'd spend days researching companies (hanging about in bookshops / libraries/ looking in phone books) then spend hours in a phone box with a bag of coins calling them all, dozens of them, begging meetings and interviews. Then trudging around - meeting anyone who would see me and showing them my work. At each call or meeting I'd ask if they knew anyone else I could approach. I had very few formal interviews. Took me about 2 or 3 months to get my first job.
I know a lot of organisations don't accept this informal / networking approach, especially for the type of nhs / charity jobs I'm trying to get now.
Does anyone still do this sort of thing?
When I was young, eons ago, I wanted to work as a designer in publishing - book publishers were all about who you knew "Oh yah, daddy lives next door to Mr Hamlyn" sort of thing - I was a common northerner who knew no-one in London. This was pre-historic times before the internet, so I'd spend days researching companies (hanging about in bookshops / libraries/ looking in phone books) then spend hours in a phone box with a bag of coins calling them all, dozens of them, begging meetings and interviews. Then trudging around - meeting anyone who would see me and showing them my work. At each call or meeting I'd ask if they knew anyone else I could approach. I had very few formal interviews. Took me about 2 or 3 months to get my first job.
I know a lot of organisations don't accept this informal / networking approach, especially for the type of nhs / charity jobs I'm trying to get now.
Does anyone still do this sort of thing?
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
When I was applying in London, I'd spend a bit longer on them and only apply for things I really wanted... Because I've written a few now and many of the competencies they are asking for are similar, a lot of it is copy and pasting from other applications. If I was writing from scratch, i think id struggle to do two a day.... When OH was looking he was sending out 8 short cover letters and emails a day! Maybe that's why he's got a job already
weltweit
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I don't know how it works for the NHS / Charity sector, I am in industry but, I know I should be doing a lot more networking than I am. In the past I have landed jobs by being "around" at the moment they came up and have thus completely avoided having to compete.
chilango
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Dunno. I'm lucky if I find a job a month to (realistically apply for!
Peak recruitment season there might be two in a week if I'm lucky, then 2 or 3 months drought. Even now, supposedly during peak vacancy time there is only one vacancy within 90 minutes commute that's worth a shot. I've applied.
Probably takes me two or three days per application to customise already exist info to whatever format they require.
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
Yeah I used to spend that long on them and would if it's a job that I really wanted... I've not got a job atm so I can put most of my energy into job searching. OH thinks I just be able to bang out more applications in a day. Doesn't seem to fit what you lot are saying though
Sapphireblue
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yeah if i'm job-hunting i do an initial cv and covering letter set covering all eventualities, so actually submitting an application is just tweaking. i would only be applying for fairly specific things though so would only need 2 or 3 versions total.
chilango
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friendofdorothy
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Applied for 2 jobs last week and 1 yesterday and another 1 today.
There seems to be more suitable stuff to apply for now and I'm being slightly less fussy.
There seems to be more suitable stuff to apply for now and I'm being slightly less fussy.
friendofdorothy
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chin up....one rejection. Nothing from the other.
Thimble Queen
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...one rejection. Nothing from the other.
Hope you get home positive news soon.
Well done for getting so many apps in. I've got my fingers crossed for you
I've got a phone interview tomorrow
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Hope you get home positive news soon.
Well done for getting so many apps in. I've got my fingers crossed for you
I've got a phone interview tomorrow
Still not many vacancies around. Filling in a form for a tangential one - but it would mean relocating (a good thing if a pain) and taking a slight pay cut for a slightly less interesting but far more s cure role. Hmmm.
Thimble Queen
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friendofdorothy
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good luck! xHope you get home positive news soon.
Well done for getting so many apps in. I've got my fingers crossed for you
I've got a phone interview tomorrow
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
I've got a second interview for that job later this month
And I've got a few weeks work starting next week carrying out a bit of research. They needed a native English speakers so I got the gig ❤ I've got a big health insurance bill to clear so that will really help.
Hellsbells
World's best procrastinator
Job I'm interested in was advertised today...closing date 13th Feb!!! How likely is it its an internal thing & waste of time applying?
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