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job centre 'travel to interview' scheme stopped!
wow...I have been to 3 interviews which cost me £75 last week thanks to the rip-off train fares, and I was hoping I would be able to claim the money back, but it looks like the travel to interview scheme has stopped... I mean what is the government doing? trying to make it as miserable as possible for those who are poor?…
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Obtaining an old P60
I hope someone is able to help me, I was made redundant in January 2010 and was on job seekers allowance until I found new employment - I started there on 30 March 2010. Can anyone tell me where I can obtain a copy of my P60 for the year 2009/2010. Both my current and previous employers tell me that it will not be from…
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Police Medical cost
Hi , wonder if anyone can help. My daughter is applying for a Police special constable role. she has passed her fitness test and now needs a medical and eye test. She has contacted our Doctors practice who wants £77 for the exam . she only works part time at the moment and as special constable work is voluntary this seems…
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How much notice do I give? Not returning after Mat Leave
Hi Hope you can help me, I am currently on Maternity Leave, of which I have eight weeks of SMP left. I am not returning to this job as quite frankly can't stand it nor the people and couldnt think of anything worse, sorry i digress. How much notice do I need to give? I never was issued with a contract of employment. Is the…
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sound advice needed about Fnd work placement?
Does anyone know the facts anyone work for the JCP? I am due to start my 4 weeks work placement as i am coming to the end of my FND. At my last one i choose the placement and i worked in our family business. The provider was happy with that. Now fast forward and my advisor (different one) has said she dosent think i should…
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Huh, Job centre giving me more money after signing off?
Just checked my bank balance and the Job Centre have paid £266.20 into my account for some reason... I signed off last week, got my remaining money, then they paid this! I was on Job seekers for 3 months. I'm going to leave the money in the account, but was just wondering if anyone knows why it went in? It's 5 weeks worth…
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Top Jobs
Hi All, I graduated a while back in computer science (ten years ago), I have been working as a programmer since then but my job is going to be outsourced soon. What would be a decent paying job for a person of my background? Thanks :)
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Could someone be so kind as to review my letter of resignation?
Hi, even though I'm temping with a recruitment agency I thought I should hand in my notice personaly (which I will do verbally prior to handing in written notice. Could someone spare me a minute and review it. Many thanks in advance. Dear xxxxx Letter of Resignation As required by my Contract of temporary employment via…
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How do I convert jobs where I have been paid per hour into annual salary for job app?
I am filling in a job application that is asking for my annual salary... My last job I was paid £8 per hour...do I calculate my annual salary based on what I actually received? or what I would have got if I had worked fulltime? If so anyone any ideas how?
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How long to wait after an interview before contacting employer.
OK, had my first interview on 25th March with local community organisation. Seemed to go well but as it was my first for over 10 years it was a bit difficult to tell. Since the interview I've heard nothing, and have assumed that I haven't got the job, but I would like to ask for feedback about how they felt I performed on…
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Help with funding for course whilst on income support
I'm coming to the end of my L2 AAT college course and am hoping to continue on with L3 in September but I have been told by the college that the funding has been cut and is now only available to those on Job seekers allowance not to people on income support. Ideally I will find a job that will support me to continue as my…
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pension planning
My brother has been made redundant and is starting up his own business. His pension pot stands at about £110000 which he cant touch until 60, he is55. Would people advise making monthly contributions to the pot or start a monthly drip feed into stocks and shares isas perhaps income first to lower the risk. Any advise would…
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new part time job
After taking early retirement due to several knee replacements I have managed to find a part time job which is what I was looking for. I worked for the same company for 36 years so I dont know how this works. The job is 3 days a week starting on the 21 April Thursday Friday Saturday working in a garden nurseries. I did not…
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Tax liabilities for freelance work
Hi there, I'm not currently in paid employment as I'm serving as a full-time dad. As a trained journalist, I'm interested in finding a little freelance work through the Elance website to supplement our family income. Because of the nature of the work, it'll be fairly irregular. And I don't imagine I'll earn very much -…
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CV questions
* My email has an underline in it _ so I have taken off the function that makes it underlined so that you cant click on it and send an email from the document, you would have to copy it or write it yourself. Is that ok? * I have been working as a childminder part-time for 3 years while I have helped taken care of my…
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Help!! Redundancy & Pregnancy advice needed
Hi All, Our company has today announced that over the next 24 hours they will be making extensive redundancies. My dept is due to have more details about specific positions being cut tomorrow morning, but it his highly likely that my position is under consideration. I am pregnant, and intended to wait until I have had my…
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Holiday refused advice needed
I am an Assistant Store Manager for a leading UK footwear retailer. I have 2 weeks holidays abroad booked from 14th August to 28th August, which were booked last year. I recently sent my holiday request form off to my Area Manager who needs to approve my holidays. I have received a phonecall back stating that the first…
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Better Salary or Job Happiness?`
I am going for a second interview for a job which I really want to do. Trouble is the salary is about 4K less than I am on now so I would only be on about 14K per year. Now, I hate my current job, I don't get on with the boss and dread going in every day. Is the extra money I am making worth the unhappiness I feel? I have…
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Application Answer, your feedback
Hello everyone , I have applied at currys and wanted to have some feedback from you guys to know what you think of it. I have screenshots of my answers. Please let know if you think the answer I have provided are good and if not tell me what could have been the alternative. Thank you. please zoom the picture a bit to read…
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USA IT Salary Survey 2011.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214739/Salary_Survey_2011 Nice to know we are getting shafted on this side of the pond. Even worse for me - I'm being simultaneously penetrated twice.
