Good idea! Dishonest but it's better than saying i was fired.

Goodness me, get over it. :rolleyes:

What is the pay like? I have an interview with them soon but I don't want to leave my current job for less pay! Thanks

Most profesional jobs have an expectation of unpaid overtime. 2 weeks notice is plenty, I know grads who regularly get called in to work weekends on a days notice.
If it is that distateful, make a complaint or quit. However, I'd say stirring it up over one day is unlikely to be good for you in the long run.

Why do an MA course when a BA course is a waste?

What should I wear to the Nissan Assessment Centre?

And thanks, so is yours :E what is it from?

I dont believe in signing on i dont want free tax payers money ,i have worked for the royal mail,the hilton hotel and dpd warehouse parcel company in birmingham,sorry about the grammer its just my dislexia and i have adhd problems,but i have a good cv with losds of work experience i mainly work nights ,i cant find a job and i have a baby soon on the way so i dont know what options to take.if i go to college i dont know what to study.i have a scrapyard i have brought for 25k partnership but its not running at the moment so i dont know where to turn to money as i want to do everything legal

I already looked on google and there only seems to be advice on sales advisor jobs- this is for Head Cashier..

Whats a good alternative?

I think it's fine. I have a CV that's based more on the skills I have than on just the chronological work experience, e. g. I'll have something like

June - July 2011
Receptionist at Hotel Such and Such
At this job I learned to manage time effectively as I had to attend to several tasks at the same time. I also learned how to deal with the questions and requests of clients in a friendly and efficient way.

This is just an example, but in some cases, a skill-focused CV (where you would use the word 'I') is actually better suited than a purely chronological one - for instance, if you have no work experience that's particularly relevant in itself to the job you're applying for, but you do feel you learned some things at your previous jobs that would be useful in this job.

I agree.
I have always worded things like this as well and have been fine.

Doesn't matter. Both parents are in high up director-position roles and tell me it doesn't matter; uncle recently retired early after being president of a company and told me it doesn't matter, his wife is a recruitment consultant and said it doesn't matter. I know the party-line here is that it's a big deal and you simply cannot do it, but as for me I will take the advice of people who earn over 100k a year and have been hiring people for over 25 years. If it does matter to that person hiring, you probably wouldn't want to work for them anyway - brb not hiring someone for saying "I did xyz".

Has anyone else applied for this? I had my telephone interview this morning and just received an email saying I'm through to the assessment centre :)

Got rejected didn't even get an interview

I am facing a disciplinary hearing on Saturday and have been sent back to work, is this protocol or are they prepared to give me a warning only? they say its a trust issue but then why have they made me work if they don't trust me?..

Wise words, coming from someone who hasn't got a clue of what my work history includes and my current job, naive to make assumptions I think.

I have just finished uni and have an interview for an admin job which requires me to complete a word and excel test, the job is a fairly basic administrative job so I'm hoping its not too complex although I did stupidly say my Microsoft Office skills were good...(despite not using excel since school!) I've tried looking up basics but the formulas all seem so confusing!

Any advice about what to expect would be great.

You mentioned that you want to work as a theatre usher, but need experience. Apply to be a cinema usher first - you don't need experience for that. The first job that I got,after my A Levels and with no experience (not even volunteering) was working as an usher in an Odeon cinema. I really enjoyed it to be honest - I got to watch films and have pick and mix, and quite liked working with people all day.

Anyway, you would be able to get a job in a cinema (just apply to all the ones near you, and be positive, especially in the interview). That will give you relevant experience for applying to be a theatre usher or tour guide or whatever it is you want to do.

Short of that, I cannot help you. Reading the thread I genuinely can't tell if you are just trolling, because you must be one of the most negative and pessimistic people I have seen. The world is tough, and all jobs have negative aspects to them. No one is above hard work. We do what we can to better ourselves by learning new skills and gaining new experiences, and to be honest, if you are not prepared to put in the hard graft to get to do something you want to do in the long term, I don't think you really deserve to have that "dream job", whatever it may be.

No one is entitled to any kind of job, you have to work for it.

I'm a Special Constable - if you have any questions then don't hesitate to ask :)

Hi guys, my names craig! I've just signed up to this great site. I was just wondering has anybody had a telephone interview for Tescos graduate scheme? ..

As tonight at 6pm i had my first ever telephone interview. It last 42 minutes. The lady in question asked various questions about the company. My career aspirations. Which were focused on the BUYING aspect of tesco's.

I mentioned that within the seven months of working for tescos as a part time employee i earned a values award, which she said 'very good' ... i know nothing major but??

What tescos five key strengths were. In reply to this question i mentioned, PRICE, EMPLOYEE'S, CLUBCARD SCHEME, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, and i couldn't think of the last strength? Which i apologised for stating my mind had gone blank?

At the end of the interview clare mentioned, don't worry you did well! And you will hear back once we have passed the information onto your manager in Tesco.

What signs could i pick up that the interview was a success?

Would like any feedback on this subject.

:)

I can definitely relate, but I worry more about never getting out of working several part-time jobs. At this point any full-time position would be grand...

the awful truth is if you get a 2.2 from warwick you probably should have worked a little bit harder.
There's usually some provision for rounding up a %age point or 2 to the next classification, dunno what it is at warwick off the top of my head.

The hidden assumption behind these threads is that you'll find it easier to get the marks at a lower ranked uni but I don't think that's necessarily a given.

Personal Details:

Name
Phone Numbers
Email address

Education & Qualifications:

Establishment attended
Course - Grade achieved

Working Experience:

Place
Date from - Date to
Role
Relevent experience

Personal Statement:

Example:
I am hard working indivual with a passion for .................. I have pervious experience in .................... This has assisted in the developement of ...................... skills.

Use that as a rough guide .. Hope it helps :)

I would think it best to find a path you want.

ie HR Management, you will need to look for development opportunites, perhaps apply to HR graduate schemes such as HuntressGroup, most banks and big corporations also have HR schemes.

Just an idea; if all this fails try to look for other jobs where progression is more viable.

I'm appearing my IGCSEs in January 2014. I am weak in maths and I hate maths, but I find physics very interesting. If you talk about career, I'm interested in the medical sector as I love Biology, and if I dont get into medical school then I want to be an airline pilot (I'm already a flight simulator pilot lol :$ some real life pilots say that flight simulator is more difficult than real world flying lol)
I have appeared Maths GCSE in January 2013, and I got a C... Should I keep my C and concentrate on other subjects or should I resit maths? Thanks for helping, I'm really confused as to what I should do

I lack qualifications, that's the bad part, and no experience either :)

If I could, I would even work bellow minimum wage, but I am not allowed, which is pretty bad.

I have to beg McDonalds I guess, I hope they are kind enough to take me on board!

Heya all,

I got a job as a warden.

How expensive is it to house share in London, must be a fair bit. Are the university halls available over summer.

Has anyone received confirmation on their references being checked?

Hello all :) I've been offered a place on the Graduate Store Management Scheme starting in September after attending an assessment centre in Birmingham in March.

Has anyone had any news on where they're going to be placed yet? We were told on Friday that we'd hear back within the next 10 working days....

This question may have been asked before, but i was wondering.
When it comes to references, can the person doing it give you a bad reference?

No, they can't give you a bad reference in the sense of it being negative about your personal character, but they can be factual and they have to be honest. For example, they can state the facts of things such as your attendance level e.g. 50% or something like that.

If this gap isn't due to a medical illness, and simply leaving a job and taking a break before taking another?

Ha well done for gaming the system, hopefully I can do the same by 'moving' out of London!

Would really like some information from those who are outside of London if this sort of thing exists where you are?

My placement is at a Library, so they seem to be pretty relaxed about me going to interviews which will stop me from completing my 30hrs. I had an interview this morning and called in to take whole day off :p. I guess they just count me as having done 8hrs today as I was scheduled to do... otherwise it is mathematically impossible for me to do 30hrs!

In my interview today I spoke about working at Library and how it makes me better qualified for the job... he didn't seem to care whether or not I was working there 8hrs a week (which I would like to do) or the pointlessly over the top 30hrs.

My job at the moment is to find a job, not working at the Library for £1.70/hr with a bunch of hysterical women earning 5x what I'm earning!

A national disgrace.

Choose something you're good at and have some aptitude for. Other things like interest,prestige, salary and desire etc. carry different weighting with different people, some people value being interested in their work and others don't. Just like some want to know they are making a difference and others don't care and just want a paycheck.

Personally, I chose mine because I have always had aptitude for maths and numbers, find business interesting and enjoy interacting with new people.

I am filling out an application form and it wants me to list my "current or most recent employer" as a reference.

The last time I had a full-time job was this previous autumn, but for the last five months or so I have been working five part-time jobs, all of whom are still my current employers. None of them are very relevant for my position and I haven't worked many hours with any of them. Who should I put down as my reference? The employer from the previous autumn, or any of the current employers?

Should I even tell them that I'm working this many jobs?

What do the other 90% do to get into this sector after their degree?

Hi

I applied for a sales consultant role and received an email saying I passed the initial test and now need to complete the online testing program. I clicked on the link and it takes me to the Carphone warehouse career site and not the test :S I've completed all other tests including the personalty test.

Would you consider offering to work for free?

the placement year isn't guaranteed.

I love my job but I hate my colleagues.

Got advice from experienced recruiter that you should not leave your job without one lining up. It will make you look better if you "show" that you are not desperate but want to see what opportunities are out there.

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I can't take a break, I have to keep applying or i'll be unemployed for too long and it'll be harder than. I have taken breaks for like, 1 week before and it doesn't help as i just feel really guilty.

And i am taking a short course, it's not so much being bored, i cankeep myself amused, its the being skint, and just being unemployed generally.

I've already had my cv looked at by the jobcentre and NCS.But thanks anyway.

EWTD regulation opt-out only allows you too work more than 48 hours a week. You cannot opt out of daily or weekly rest periods.

Opting out allows you to do, as an example, 5*12 hour shifts but you still have to have 11 hours between shifts and take a weekly (longer) break.

The senior manager was entirely correct to aend you home after 18 hours and to point out that daily and weekly rest periods are required.

Also what sector is the job in as there may be further restrictions either in law, other regulation or as part of the contract.

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Hello there, let me start by introducing myself.

I'm Craig and I'm soon to finish my degree in mathematics. I am absolutely hating it and have come to accept over the three years of my degree that i'm not 'smart.' I am studying maths at a good top 20 university purely from hard graft at a levels and through these three years. I'm scraping a 2:1.

Now I've been feeling depressed all this year when considering my future career, I have no desire to work in any finance related career and am not particularly creative either.

I come from a very sporty background having been top 20 in england for tennis as well as top 10 in squash at u16 level. So i guess I have the option to go down a sporty career but I feel I want to make a difference

Having really dug deep to examine the skills and interests I have, I wondered if it was possible to still pursue a successful career within the psychology sector.

My interest in psychology has come from having an autistic brother, which I have been charged with responsibility for the past three years. I also spend a lot of time with my sister who has had deep bouts of depression and I have helped her through it...


Now I have absolutely no qualifications in psychology. No a level, no university credits. Barely any writing practice over the past five years (maths degree, maths, further maths, i.t a levels). Am I merely dreaming of getting into psychology with no realistic chance?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

hi, its looking likely that I'm going to come out of university with a 2.2 law degree and im really worried about getting a job. i have worked hard and ive just messed up misinterpretting the questions on some of my exams. i've also really hated my course and just know i've not been very good at it. i have the oppurtunity to start a new course from 2nd year. would it be better to stick with my 2.2 in law or spend more time/money getting a 2.1 in another subject such as business?

I see your point and I agree. Surely there's two sides to every argument, though? What if employers see my CV and think, "oh, he was there for half a year, he's probably good, let's get him in for an interview".

The employers that will instantly assume I was an idiot with anger issues (or something else that made me unemployable) aren't the ones I'd want to work for anyway, I guess.



I'm not sure how good I'd be at controlling a class. I enjoyed teaching at university, but somewhere along the line I seem to have lost my confidence in myself...

I can only answer part of it, regarding people coming into my university. And a bit about self-employed sales.

We've had a few of them come in, and sorry to sound negative, but nobody really listens (at least in my lectures). A few people take the leaflets, most go into bags and bins and as far as I know, nobody has taken it up. Paying to go volunteering isn't something most people will do unless their parents will pay for the trip (I assume it's one of these companies that charges you £3000 to go and paint a school in Tanzania or something), and consequently it's a very, very hard sell. You'll probably struggle to sign anyone up on the day, but you might have a chance of someone thinking about it and coming back a few weeks later.

The problem is, this isn't selling a pencil. It's selling a massive financial commitment, and these days people are far more likely to go online to do their research when looking into this kind of thing. Cold leads are very, very difficult to convert into high-value sales. Saying that, although I'd never consider paid-for volunteering, if I was planning something like it, I'd rather speak to someone who had done it before. So that's a positive point you'll have over others in the same job.

Have you checked the commission structure? Would you have to sign people up there and then, or would it be more a case of relying on people mentioning your name if they sign up later? Self-employed sales always rings a few alarm bells for me, because companies tend to do this when they're unsure whether the sales agent will generate enough income to cover minimum wage. I ran a sales team many years ago (selling an easier product than this) and all my agents were self-employed, commission-based, and sometimes they'd make £0 all week. Travel expenses didn't always cover the full trip either, so sometimes people would lose their time and their money.

It might be worth trying it out for a while - I can only speak from my own experience, and you can always quit if you're having no luck.

This is by far the best response that I have had so here is a little more about me I live in Reading that is quite a small city and has a lot of Imgrents here Gerkers and Eastern Europeans. I don't mid this the problem is it that these Penelope seem to take up all the work because they seem to work harder for less. I have tried almost everything to get a job I even went to the job center and before I left said how about you give em a job here doing what you do. I know I could do it and i was told no It didn't go down too well with them.

It seems that if you are white English man it's too bad enjoy your life on the dole.

Well after having done 3 years of chemistry and management, I can say this is sound advice. I have managed to secure a job with Deloitte, but I am pretty sure I could have done that anyway if I did straight chemistry. By second and third year I could really notice that I was doing less chemistry as labs and exams began to rely more and more on subjects I haven't covered in as much detail as my peers. I end up not even going to my business lectures as I view them as a waste of time because chemistry is so much more difficult (though often more enjoyable). Anyway, if I could go back to myself 3 years ago I would have just stayed on the straight chem ...
TL;DR - decided to read some old posts and saw you were right :)

They said that they do half essay subjects half science. That was one example of how you can do both that I thought of.

The email needs to be simple and clear, so something like

Dear HR Manager

Please find my CV and covering attached, in application for the [job title] position advertised in [wherever]. If you have any further questions or need the documents in a different format, please do no hesitate to contact me.

Many thanks

Your Name

You need to attach two documents, your CV and a covering letter that explains why you want the job, why you want to work for this organisation and why you'd be good at the job.

Have you thought about starting a beauty blog? Some girls do it as hobbies but a lot of women take it up as a serious job, as you can get paid for advertising products on your blog if you can draw in a big audience. I know a few girls such as LLYMLRS have achieved social media representative positions within some cosmetics firms through having a blog. Of course, this is quite rare but if you were to try for a couple of cosmetics jobs, it would be good to show that you've taken an active interest in cosmetics through your blog.

Hi guys i have passed my interview with carphone warehouse and was asked to come in two days letter to sign an agreement.

Now i have to go to Preston or London for training.

Is this an assesment or just info about the company to help you get used to how Carphone warehouse work?

As i dont even know if i have the job tbh lol but think i have as ive signed a document saying employee agreement.

Can any1 please help i would really appreciate it?

What salary are you on

I aksed one of my lecturers if she would mind providing me with a reference for job applications. She agreed, but asked me to draft an ideal reference for her to work from :S

Has any one else had a similar experience? Or could give me advice on what to write?

Hi, I want to inquire how was your interview? Did u get job?what type of questions did they ask? Thanks in advance.

basically, there was a group of 15 people and you go to the place, they ask you for a photocopy of your id and the original and they double check it and stuff. Then you go into the room which is classroom size with chairs arranged in a horse shoe shape. The interviewer stands in the middle and you get given forms to fill in to choose when you want to work, what stores you're avaliable for etc. Then they collect these forms, your cv and a the copy of your id.

Then the actual interview beings. It starts off with them asking you what you know about zara/indetix - so just stick your hand up and give them some general facts and figures (i can send some notes i made on the company if you want, just pm me). Then you will watch a short video on indetix and then the interviewer will ask for feedback and just basically ask more questions about zara/indetix, so it's good to know as much as possible about them (the interview is more about indetix than zara tbh).

After that, the interviewer gave us scenarios such as "a customer has asked you for opinion on a dress she looks awful in but she thinks she looks amazing." what would you tell her etc. No right or wrong answer imo but good to back up your answer with a good reason. Then she asked that the same said customer came back the next day with the ripped dress as it had been too small for her. The customer is livid and wants a full refund, how would you deal with this customer? Those kind of questions.

Some other people have mentioned they were put in small groups and asked to come into design an outfit for a celebrity etc.

Also at the interview, a big emphasis is put on what is on trend for this summer, what's in for next autumn/winter so make sure to do good research on trends/designers etc.

And yeah that's about it, my advice is just to try and say as much as possible, just have your hand up at all times but not come across as annoying if that's possible.

If you want any more advice or some notes i made on zara, just pm me.

Good luck!

Okay ... were you finding this difficult too? Also where can I purchase it from?

Thanks!

Im looking to soon go back into education.
But one thing that has my fear is employment, and keeping myself in education.
And so I ask, while at Uni, did you have very much employment opportunities in the area around your place of study. I have my security Licenses So I hope I can do that a few nights in the week for extra Income. But does working while at Uni cause a major stress?

Smaller companies usually means more responsibility but often means being overworked and a faster pace and sometimes with less pay and next to no benefits.

Large companies means its harder for you to make an impact but it also means you normally don’t need to work silly hours and get all the benefits that come with working in a larger company.

Opportunities to progress your career is better in a larger company but a smaller company with more responsibility will get you a better footing in a larger company.

Larger companies look better on a CV simply because of how big and thus potentially successful they look and then there’s the brand recognition. Future employers both at the same level as the large company or smaller will have the mentality "If this guy is good enough to work at ... company he’s certainly an attractive match for working here". Sometimes it doesn’t go as far as that but can still be an encouragement to the potential employer.

With all the above mentioned I would consider a company with 300 employees still big so some of the points about small companies will not apply so much.

I get bullied at work, and I am just going to quit.

There is no chance of the bullying going away.

If I try to get another dead end job like working in a supermarket, I would not need a reference anyway would I?