The Graduate Discussion Thread

After accepting zero hour contract job 2 weeks ago I signed off and now I am back to square one I have been
given only 1 shift this week less than 10hrs.
Screw those b*** for f*** people over I thought I was going to work more hours hence why I signed off from that degrading useless job centre. I received my payment and it seems like I was underpaid for the amount of hours I worked the previous 2 weeks.

I'm sorry to hear that.

It's incredibly annoying how the government claim that there are an increasing amount of jobs, but most of them are zero hour contracts (which aren't obliged to offer you a minimum amount of work).

Have you asked the employer whether they'll be offering you any more hours?

After accepting zero hour contract job 2 weeks ago I signed off and now I am back to square one I have been
given only 1 shift this week less than 10hrs.
Screw those b*** for f*** people over I thought I was going to work more hours hence why I signed off from that degrading useless job centre. I received my payment and it seems like I was underpaid for the amount of hours I worked the previous 2 weeks.

Ok I'm trying to become an administrator. I have experience of doing administrative duties for almost a year now but I don't know why I can't get any interviews whatsoever for an administrative role?

It's so god damn frustrating. Any ideas on how I can get one?

My role is fairly administrator-y I work at a university. Try jobs.ac.uk ?

2nd March, I don't think they've held all the interviews yet.

Hopefully, as I know it'll definitely be short term i'll do more or less anything just to have some money coming in. Anyone know of any decent agencies? I've emailed Adecco today, which I remember you recommending to me before.

I've found that agencies you can actually go into are better.
If you're in the right area Tate are pretty good, though mostly admin. I've got temp work through them a couple of times, and only waited a few days the first time, and a week or two the second time.

I've just decided a new role to apply to, sent off my cv to a few places over the weekend and already had a call back this afternoon! I don't know whether it'll get anywhere (or if I'll even actually enjoy it) but it's quite exciting

Yeh i've heard of Tate, they've definitely got a branch where I live. Do I just walk in to their office? I didn't think I could do that!

I've found that agencies you can actually go into are better.
If you're in the right area Tate are pretty good, though mostly admin. I've got temp work through them a couple of times, and only waited a few days the first time, and a week or two the second time.

I've just decided a new role to apply to, sent off my cv to a few places over the weekend and already had a call back this afternoon! I don't know whether it'll get anywhere (or if I'll even actually enjoy it) but it's quite exciting

Oh ok. I may try this.

Do they only do temp work or do they do contract work as well? I'm trying to look for a contract role or a minimum period so that I can seam into another job easily.

They do contract work too (and permanent stuff).
My two jobs - one was 3 months, the other was part time and I left as I had a better job to go to (which then fell through, but that's a whole different story). I had been there for around 3 months and they were talking about making me permanent, so it's entirely possible.

It's also worth mentioning that I had no office experience before I started with them

Science journalism internship at the New Statesman. It's my dream job and I couldn't stand the thought of getting rejected and having to work in retail again. I'm also a little obsessed with the person who's interviewing me so I might fan out.

Applying for an admin job at UCL. It's saying a section is limited to 2500 words and I have to do 3 of them.

Do I have to actually do close to 7500 words or what?

What's the job? Also, are you sure it didn't say characters? That's a lot of words

Just a general administrator job. It says this below