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Treacle Toes
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Hi love
Thanks for this. Will be updating my CV this weekend so will put it up wherever seems appropriate.
I am secretly hoping not to find anything too soon because a sabbatical and the opportunity to garden like mad plus decorate the flat would be sublime.
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RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I've been told to list my achievements and responsibilities for each job :vomiting smiley:
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
indeed - some employers might be wary of taking on someone who shows signs of being able / willing to sod off if they get treated like shit.
or a computer. some places / agencies use some sort of software to scan CVs for the 'right' buzzwords. I managed to get a rejection e-mail in less than a minute a few years back...
weltweit
Well-Known Member
That is a positive ratio of hits to applications, you must be doing something right !
Thank youThat is a positive ratio of hits to applications, you must be doing something right !
I think it's beginners luck.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Long may it last !!Thank you
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I am really quite depressed after the last rejection. I don't know what more they could have wanted. I've requested feedback but don't expect to get it.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
You just have to get on with applying for the next one, as if this setback hadn't existed at all.
Sometimes rejection from the jobs we think we are well suited for can be hard to take, but you don't know the full circumstances, perhaps there was just one other person slightly more perfectly suited to it than you! Or perhaps you had a lucky miss, perhaps they are awful employers and you wouldn't have enjoyed being with them at all.
Didn't get the job from the interview on Friday but I'm actually relieved despite obviously feeling a bit rejected because I didn't really want it deep down despite it being good money ect. Also I've got interviews this week for jobs I want way more so I'd have had a massive dilemma if I got it. Plus I saw someone I used to work with and it reminded me, you know what, I'm great at what I do. So feeling ok.
Advice needed jobhunting support people. I've been offered work with an agency but I've got interviews this week for permanent work which I still want to go to. I suppose I could kind of string the agency along but do you think it's ok to say to them that I've got more interviews this week and I'll let them know for definite on Friday? I did get a really good vibe off them and they seem like good people but I'd kind of rather have something permanent.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
I have a feeling that if you have first interviews this week, you may still not know the outcome by Friday, because the employers may want second interviews. Sorry that does not answer your question about putting the agency off or not ... but on that I don't know.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
blargh. it's always the 'last resort' job that makes the offer first.
how quick do agency want you to start? is the agency job going to make it difficult to get to other interviews? is it the sort of thing where you're contractually not going to be able to leave quick if something better comes along?
not sure it's a great idea to tell them you have other interviews / want to wait, as they may well have other people they can send along to whatever job it is (depends what the job is, how quickly they want to fill it and how many other people they are likely to have on their books who could do it.)
what are the implications of turning down this agency job? You're in a better position than me to know
a) what are the chances of other agency work in your area (geographical and job) if the other interview/s don't come to anything?
b) can you afford to take the risk of turning down the agency job and take the chance of ending up not getting anything straight away?
c) and if you're on the dole, will they sanction you for turning down the agency job?
I'm not expecting you to answer any of this here in detail or even at all, just my thoughts on how I'd handle the decision.
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
I've just put an application in for a job that sounds right up my street. And it's walking distance from home! Fingers crossed x
Treacle Toes
Time
Good luck mate!
I have two weeks left at my current place. I am frothing at the mouth thinking about all the stuff I can get done in May as I now plan to take the whole month for me!!!
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
Good luck mate!
I have two weeks left at my current place. I am frothing at the mouth thinking about all the stuff I can get done in May as I now plan to take the whole month for me!!!
Yes mate! A month off sounds amazing. Hope you get some lovely sunny days for gardening and stuff xx
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
Well... I got an email back from that job. Apparently, they'd already hired someone by the time they got my application 
But they would like to talk to me in a couple of months when they are hiring again... So that's kind of positive. Better than no reply or just one of those standardised email jobbies.
But they would like to talk to me in a couple of months when they are hiring again... So that's kind of positive. Better than no reply or just one of those standardised email jobbies.
sovereignb
Well-Known Member
First interview ive had in ages today and it was a bit of a disaster. Though my friend reminded that interviews I've had in the past have been successful and the only time I remember me not getting one, I didn't really want the job, somewhat similar to todays one 
Still woulda been a nice confidence boost.
Still woulda been a nice confidence boost.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Did two interviews yesterday, didn't get one of them, need to do some thinking about the some stuff for the next stage of the other one.
Cv is out with recruitment agencies, one seems keen to place me with jobs I'm not suited for despite me having conversations with him explaining what I am and am qualified to do.
Cv is out with recruitment agencies, one seems keen to place me with jobs I'm not suited for despite me having conversations with him explaining what I am and am qualified to do.
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
sovereignb
Well-Known Member
This is my frustration with recruitment agencies. I dunno if they are getting shitter/more desperate to place people anywhere or I'm becoming more demanding as my work experience expands.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
So. I met someone at a tech event who is hiring. Very cool nonprofit organisation and very much the kind of thing I want to do, from an unexpected but very welcome angle. I got through an initial technical test and phone interview and am due to go in for another technical test and an interview with presentation.
I am all of a dither.
Every time I read what the team does and the job description I'm like "hell yeah" but it would not be a good commute for me at all. At present I'm working part time with a short commute and lots of flexibility to work from home. I've chosen not to apply for other jobs in that neck of the woods because it would involve me having to motorbike across the City at rush hour five days a week. Not fun for an agoraphobic.
I think they would want a full-timer, although there's also scope for freelancing, and that might work better from the commuting point of view... but then I can't do the job straight out of the box, I'd need training and I can't imagine anyone takes on freelancers and trains them. In theory they're the sort of organisation who should be flexible about reasonable adjustments and what not but in practice who knows.
The other thing that isn't helping is that I'm still having occasional labyrinthitis relapses and having to cancel important things - it's not a good time to be applying for jobs but sometimes you have to grasp opportunity...
I am all of a dither.
Every time I read what the team does and the job description I'm like "hell yeah" but it would not be a good commute for me at all. At present I'm working part time with a short commute and lots of flexibility to work from home. I've chosen not to apply for other jobs in that neck of the woods because it would involve me having to motorbike across the City at rush hour five days a week. Not fun for an agoraphobic.
I think they would want a full-timer, although there's also scope for freelancing, and that might work better from the commuting point of view... but then I can't do the job straight out of the box, I'd need training and I can't imagine anyone takes on freelancers and trains them. In theory they're the sort of organisation who should be flexible about reasonable adjustments and what not but in practice who knows.
The other thing that isn't helping is that I'm still having occasional labyrinthitis relapses and having to cancel important things - it's not a good time to be applying for jobs but sometimes you have to grasp opportunity...
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
If you don't want to use a motorbike across the City (can't say i blame you) is the tube not an option for you until you find your feet and then see if they will agree to some home working after a reasonable interval?
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
It's an agoraphobia thing, I can't cope with public transport, panic attacks etc. If I could it would actually just be a half hour train journey with a short walk at either end. It's not something that's going to magically clear up.
Rush hour tube certainly not the place for an agorophobic!
Ruby, if you want to share (only at district level) where the job is and where you are, people might be able to come up with suggested routes
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Crystal Palace to Shoreditch/Moorgate. It's got worse on a bike because the terrorist barriers they've put on London Bridge makes it impossible to filter. It's also too far to cycle, well, I would do it as a fun expedition but it would take too long as a commute.
It's also not just about agoraphobia but quality of life. Do I really want to work full time with a long commute? I'd be mad not to check it out though.
The agoraphobia thing is a huge disadvantage and limits the jobs I can apply for considerably.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
They wanted to interview me this Weds but it's not enough time to prepare a presentation so I've asked for another date. I want to feel prepared, and settled in my head about what I would need for this to work.
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