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Help with CV
Hello, Could anybody point me in the right direction for a good website to help me with my CV? I badly need to update it, but it's not very good anyway and I could do with some help with it's content. Any help would be great, thanks
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Work holidays?
Hi there, I hope you can help me? I started a new job in October 07 and before I started, I already had three weeks worth of holidays for 08 already booked. My employer was happy to honour these holidays and officially authorised them. Now, one month before my first holiday is due, a member of staff has quit leaving us…
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Home work ideas.
Hi First time poster here. Wasn't sure where to post this, hope I've got the right section. Anyway, I've been in receipt of IB for about 10 years and my last letter from the DWP said I was exempt from the PCA due to one of my conditions. I have just read an article where a disabled man with learning difficulties had his…
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Change of name Deed poll and CRB Checks
Hi, If someone changes there name through Deed Poll, and goes for a job with there new name with a CRB check being carried out, what happens if that person has a criminal record in there old name? Because for all I know there is no national register of change of names, and it requires the person themselves to inform the…
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Change of contract with NO notice
I work in a butchers/bakery shop, on a Wednesday and Thursday, 9am - 6pm with an hour for lunch. I found out tonight (from a friend I work with) that when I go in tomorrow, I'll be expected to take half an hour for lunch from now on (they started it on Monday, it's not just me, it's everyone but I've only just found out)…
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Advice Please - "Job" Going Pear Shaped
Hello all Mods sorry if I posted this in the wrong place I couldn't spot the 'employment' type board... :o Long story short... DH and his best mate started a new job a few weeks back, but contract started on 19th Feb (don't ask me why the start date was set for after he started, I questioned it at the time and OH wasn't…
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Looking for advice from any English Teachers
I have an interview for my PGCE this week and I am so nervous. It has been eleven years since I was at college and then only thirty-five per cent of my degree was in English (the rest was in Archaeology) I am looking for any useful links you may have for online sites which relate to the English curriculum. And of course…
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after a payrise, but don't know which way to go about it
ive been working as a carer for 9 months now, when i joined i was told that i would beable to work on my nvq 4 and that after 6 months id have another meeting to asatain wether i have gained the experiance to quantify getting a payrise. i had 5 years in experiance in care before but this was the mental health side and this…
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Sleep in hours and holiday pay?
I work one in a residential home one night a week, starting in the afternoon with a sleep in in the middle and 2 hours the following morning. I am a lone worker during that time. I actually work (and get an hourly rate) for 9 and a half hours and then a flat rate for the 8 and a half hours sleep in. I am on call during the…
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Covering letter please help!!
I am in the process of applying for an admin job, i have to attach my cv to a covering letter and email it, but i am struggling in what to put and how to start off - i am not working at the moment. they want to know present or last salary. Please help!!!
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February 29th - an extra days pay?
This is my first post so hello to everyone. My colleagues and I have a question about the 29th of February. We get paid at an hourly rate but are paid monthly. Since the 29th of February falls on a Friday we are essentially working an extra day. What are the legal, or moral, issues regarding this? Should we get paid for…
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Green jobs for the uninitiated!
Hi I am in a 30hours/week accounts assistant role and hating every minute I am there. I sort of drifted into accounts (at very low level) about 15 years ago and have neither got out of it or moved up the ladder since - last 13 years have worked p/t as children meant I chose to put work lower on the priority list. Now 43…
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leavers interview
Hiya I have handed my notice in at work because I just do not like my job, (this is either the best thing I have done, or the most stupid thing I have done lol) I have tried, been there 18 months, but it's not getting any better and for the sake of my health and sanity i feel that I should get out while I can still walk…
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Remploy ?
Nevermind.......
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Rights after maternity leave
Hi, My wife & I were wondering if anyone would be able to help? :confused: We are thinking about having children & are trying to plan ahead. My wife currently works full time & will go back to work part time after maternity leave. She has worked for this employer for 5 years. Does her employer have to give her the same job…
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What is the normal job offer process?
4 weeks ago i was offered a job, by telephone. However, i didnt want to hand my notice in until i had something in writing. well 2 wks passed and i hadnt heard anything, so i rung up their HR dept and they said they dont send confirmation until they have received references back. ok i thought. another week goes by, and…
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Supermarket- pay rate
My local supermarket (one of the big four), is advertising for staff, in various departments. I was thinking of applying for a job with the night shift ( to fit in with school runs etc ), but need to know what rate of pay to expect to calculate whether it would be worth it, ( already a higher rate tax payer, child care…
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Wage Reduction
I was wondering if anyone can offer any advice or experience? My friend works for a large company that at the moment seems to be playing hardball and pushing people out. They have basically said they want to reduce their basic wage by a significant ammount. Is this allowed ? I was always of the understanding that they…
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Application Forms
Why, oh why do they make these forms with very little space to write in. How do they expect you to give them the information they want, when there's only a tiny space to write it all in? And as for asking for a photograph, is this the norm? It's been ages since I had to fill in an application form? Why can't they just ask…
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Have been taxed on expenses, advise please
Hi, not sure if to post this here or on tax board, but hope someone will know the answers to the following 2 questions: Am currently working for an agency, and apart from hours worked I am also paid a mileage allowance for travelling. Should this be subject to income tax and deductions? I think I was taxed on the lot last…
