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Post by Robbing the Dead on Jun 26, 2007 20:29:03 GMT
I have got back from Mother(fucking) Russia and now need to find a job for the summer, but it's proving difficult. I worked for Customs over the last two summers but this year they aren't taking on any summer staff.
I want to temp, but all the temping websites are rubbish. All the jobs are either too long or they want lots of experience. I just want some data entry shit!
Can anyone give me job hunting tips?
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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Jun 26, 2007 20:56:38 GMT
Aren't there temping agencies that you can walk into, if the web sites are gash? Or can you try the job centre? I'm no help actually. Sorry.
I need a job too, but am away at awkward times over the summer which makes it slightly difficult. The garden centre turned me down because of that, and probably because I half said the word shite on the phone to the lady. I may just try for a Saturday job when I'm back at uni, to pad out my embarrassingly empty CV. Plus I hemorrhage far more money there.
Are you finished with Russia now? Did/do you enjoy it out there?
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Post by pauliepoos on Jun 26, 2007 21:00:11 GMT
I'd at least go to a few agencies and tell them your circumstances and see if they have anything to offer. And you can always say no should they offer you something you don't want. And you have the option to lie and say you're available for longer than you are.
Admittedly this does mean interacting with a recruitment consultant on a one to one basis, but take a deep breath before you go in and you'll be fine I'm sure.
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Post by [james] on Jun 26, 2007 22:14:57 GMT
I've spent the last three weeks trying to find summer employment but to no avail. Admittedly my CV doesn't scream 'Hire me!' but it's decent enough and I'm willing to sleep my way up the employment ladder. The only place to get back to me is the Post Office for which I have a phone interview on Friday but I fear my breasts aren't sagging enough to work there.
How did you work 'shite' into an interview, Dunkley? Was it prefixed with "Garden centres are a bit -"?
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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Jun 26, 2007 22:29:14 GMT
I've spent the last three weeks trying to find summer employment but to no avail. Admittedly my CV doesn't scream 'Hire me!' but it's decent enough and I'm willing to sleep my way up the employment ladder. The only place to get back to me is the Post Office for which I have a phone interview on Friday but I fear my breasts aren't sagging enough to work there. How did you work 'shite' into an interview, Dunkley? Was it prefixed with "Garden centres are a bit -"? Nope, I love Garden Centres. They're like theme parks for poor people. So many people spend the day at the one I applied for, it's massive. It was when the lady asked how I knew the person who'd recommended me, and I said that we went to school together, "but due to uni we don't get to see each other so much which is a bit shi te."
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Post by FeelsLikeKellyCrabtree on Jun 26, 2007 23:17:26 GMT
I've spent the last two weeks looking for jobs to start in August and I tell you it's so hard.
The best thing to do it print off shit loads of CV's and take them around all the recruitment/temping agencies near to where you want to work. In my experience looking for jobs online, you only end up with an Inbox full of emails from fish4jobs.com etc
Good luck though, I know how it feels!
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Post by frapperia on Jun 27, 2007 0:44:26 GMT
I too am away at awkward times over the summer and can only work till the end of August, which makes finding extra work hard. I already work in the evenings, but really could do with extra dosh from day work. However, the temp agencies around my area fill up very very very quickly and because work were shocking shite at telling me my summer shifts (which turned out to be shit too), it was too late to join by the time they got back to me.
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Post by SheSaysThat on Jun 29, 2007 19:58:57 GMT
Job centre, job centre, job centre. They always have tons of data entry jobs on their computer, and apply for anything that looks remotely doable. Not, like, tiling a kfc or anything like that, which was a bit of a random one that i printed off. And recruitment agenices, especially for students, fill up for summer work in january (!) so start applying for next year.
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Post by frapperia on Jun 29, 2007 20:05:45 GMT
Eugh, joining the job centre is a last resort. I went into Office Angels today and they were uber welcoming, actually. I last worked for them in 2005.
I had to redo the tests but it was fine (/conceited). Apparently my copy typing and data entry are outstanding. I got 96.67% in my spelling test too. I wonder which word I missed, sob. That will always niggle at me. So hopefully there is luck for summer work there. As I sat there, I watched them fob off numerous people who came in hoping for summer work. I guess it's just too late if you're not already registered.
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Jun 29, 2007 20:08:29 GMT
Balls! I was fucking out of the country!
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Post by LoveMusic on Jun 29, 2007 21:05:55 GMT
I applied for a summer job i really wanted this week.
I didn't get it
Its ruined my results day
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Jun 30, 2007 13:48:43 GMT
Employers are cunts. Their adverts are always like "we want a super-star receptionist", or "you will be dynamic, have 25 years experience, have 110 wpm typing speed". Also why do people advertise jobe for 1 year contracts in the "temp" section. If someone wants to work for one year, they'll just get a normal job and not tell the boss they intend to leave after a year.
There was a great advert for a receptionist on the UCL job site along the lines of "quiet reception, no phones, free internet access all day". That was it. Of course I applied for it.
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Post by [james] on Jun 30, 2007 14:03:48 GMT
I had an interview for the Sainsburys night shift yesterday (I'm at the point where I'll take any job) and the Duty Manager just said 'I'm not going to bother with the proper 20 question interview. It's putting things on shelves, it's not hard.' It's between me and some Frankenstein-looking weirdo so I'm quietly confident!
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Post by Cherubic on Jun 30, 2007 16:09:16 GMT
There was a great advert for a receptionist on the UCL job site along the lines of "quiet reception, no phones, free internet access all day". That was it. Of course I applied for it. I think that was my student job. It was great. Actually it was better, as we did have a phone, but nobody ever rang up with anything I could help with, so I got to be really obstructive for my own enjoyment every half and hour.
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Post by FeelsLikeKellyCrabtree on Jul 1, 2007 11:50:58 GMT
When I was a student and looking for weekend/evening work I used to love it when potential employees would say
"We really liked your CV/application form but unfortunately we're looking for someone with more experience."
The way they'd squirm and Umm and Ahh when I asked them how I was supposed to get experience if no one would employ anyone without it was brilliant.
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Jul 1, 2007 14:53:45 GMT
Exactly. They all want experience, but if none of them take people without experience, how are they going to find people with experience? Wankers.
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Post by Becky on Jul 1, 2007 18:12:16 GMT
Ah yes experience. That's my current problem. I have work experience, since I've been working full time and studying part time, but I don't want to do admin forever. Having just graduated, I can't really actually apply for graduate jobs because I have too much work experience for them, and am told to just go for the othe rjobs advertised in the companies. Unfortunately, I don't have the right kind of experience to actually get any of these jobs, so I'm basically relying on luck. Not that I'm putting a lot of effort into job hunting right now. I should do but I'm lazy.
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Post by frapperia on Jul 1, 2007 18:52:33 GMT
I'm scared about coming back from travelling and hunting for a full-time job. Graduate trainee schemes in my line of work only take one or two people each year, and I think I'm somewhere in the middle experience wise for just a normal job without the graduate trainee element. I don't feel like my current job teaches or stretches me at all, and I'm pretty certain getting a full time job will be an enormous culture shock and I'll have to work a hell of a lot harder. I can only cross my fingers and pray for something to work out.
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Post by polyannapolyfilla on Jul 4, 2007 11:56:39 GMT
So my job woes are escalating dramatically. Its almost nice to read about everyone else's. I had two written warnings in a week last week (mainly for lowculture / facebook crimes). Its a situation now where they're waiting for a teeny mistake to sack me.
I've been applying for jobs on Bapla, publishing news, the guardian and the bookseller for the last month. Also been sending my cv to recruitment agencies. I got down to the final two for a job at Christies... and that is the only response I've had. In a bloody month. Its getting to the point where I feel unemployable.
Seriously... I'm desperate. Does anyone have a mildly interesting job for someone who has a history of art degree, can waffle on about modern culture of the 20th century for years and who can string a sentence together? I also pour a mean pint of guiness as a side line.....
Rant over, normal service will resume shortly.
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Post by Adrian on Jul 4, 2007 12:46:06 GMT
Publishing news! I used work there (well, in their basement). I didn't think anyone read it.
Have you tried the Society of Young Publishers? They have a facebook group - and have a weekly jobs email and database.
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Post by bauerbotherer on Jul 4, 2007 13:04:54 GMT
Publishing news! I used work there (well, in their basement). I didn't think anyone read it. Have you tried the Society of Young Publishers? They have a facebook group - and have a weekly jobs email and database. A I used to work for The Bookseller - arch rivals of Publishing News! Much better circulation.... The job ads are notoriously over subscribed and a lot of the CVs don't get much of a glance, especially in the larger publishers. You might be better off targeting the smaller companies but then they'll pay a pittance. There used to be a couple of decent agencies that advertised but I'm not sure if their reputation is still as good as a few years ago.
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Post by Cherubic on Jul 4, 2007 19:09:01 GMT
I really like my job. This is subject to change, but for the moment it's really interesting.
We're currently getting some interns in and I'm planning on lording it over and generally being patronising towards them .
This is very smug and unhelpful. Sorry.
Although if I read anymore Hollyfiction at work and laugh like I did yesterday I'll get crash!sacked and be in the same boat as everyone else.
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Post by frapperia on Jul 4, 2007 19:22:40 GMT
So my job woes are escalating dramatically. Its almost nice to read about everyone else's. I had two written warnings in a week last week (mainly for lowculture / facebook crimes). Its a situation now where they're waiting for a teeny mistake to sack me. I know the feeling, and it's not nice, is it? I got a written warning (with no verbal warning prefacing it) recently for a matter that was no way serious enough to warrant one. Depressing as hell, and all adding to general job paranoia, upset and hurt. Are Facebook/Lowculture reading serious enough breaches for a written warning, lawyer types?
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Post by xenomaniac on Jul 4, 2007 19:25:41 GMT
Jesus, I can't even imagine but you'd have to do at my place to get a written warning. Come work for the NHS, you get loads of holiday, a great pension and its nigh on impossible to get sacked.
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Post by FeelsLikeKellyCrabtree on Jul 4, 2007 19:35:30 GMT
Jesus, I can't even imagine but you'd have to do at my place to get a written warning. Come work for the NHS, you get loads of holiday, a great pension and its nigh on impossible to get sacked. Unless you carry a rucksack and tick
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