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There ARE jobs out there! - UPDATED
Whilst figuring out what to do next with my career, I've been applying for various jobs, within my field and outside of it. OH suggested I sign up to some of the agencies. I signed up to Adecco on Saturday, got a call on Monday, and was in a job by Tuesday. It's temp to perm. I was suprised too, having heard all sorts…
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company sold but not our shop, how can i stay?
hi all the company i work for was bought by a competitor this week the OFT say that my shop is to close to a shop of the new companies so one of us has to be sold again, it will be sold with all staff to another competitor, this will be decided in a few weeks the only way i can see me staying with the new company and not…
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Redundancy Taxation
Hi, I was made redundant last week and was given a full breakdown of my redundancy which is as follows: Total redundancy pay £476.00 Pay in lieu £1428.00 Holiday Pay £476.00 Total £2380.00 I was given a a redundancy payment of £1999.20 with 20% taken off in tax for holidays and payment in lieu. However, I was given to…
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What would you advise in this job hunting situation?
Arrrg just typed this whole thing out and stupid computer went and lost it!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: Anyway here we go again. Sorry for the length of this post. I'm looking for some help on behalf of OH. He's currently working at a local theme park, not earning a fortune and it's getting him down. It's only a…
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Should I try and sidestep?
I'll try and keep this as brief as possible. I trained at university to be a journalist and specialised in online journalism. I graduated and had a good portfolio under my belt but the recession hit and I had to grab a job fast. I ended up falling into media/advertising sales which had a lot of the elements of the media…
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unemployment and going self employed
Has anyone unemployed thought about trying to set something up and if so what help is available in your area?
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Working in Luxembourg
Hi, I got a call from an agency today aboutr a job in Luxembourg. They say they will pay me 45k Euros + 5k bonus. I thought great because this is a lot more than what I get now. I have tried to do some google searching on the cost of living out there, but haven't found very much Except that it is very expensive and has…
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Colleague who has no conception of personal space
Here's a new one. There's a new guy in the office, (transferred from another department), who doesn't seem to understand the notion of personal space. For example, this morning he needed my assistance on something and walked up to my desk, but instead of stopping at the edge of the desk he was so close I had to look almost…
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Help with LGV training???
Hi all, My partner is out of work at the moment and he loves driving. I was thinking of getting him on a LGV training course. So he can have the experioence and maybe find a job in this field, as he really enjoys and has always done driving jobs but cant seem to find anything at the moment. Can you please shed some light…
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Entitlement to compassionate leave
My partners Grandma has just been taken to hospital (been ill for a while but not sure whats wrong yet). She lives in wales and my partner and family in North Yorkshire. He works at the same place as his father and often has problems with holiday as they are very difficult about time off regardless of the reason or holiday…
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would you continue to look for jobs closer to home?
Sorry this is a bit long and probably a bit muddled but will try and put it down clearly! I work in retail and orginally the store i worked in was 30 minutes away from where I live, I got on really well within the company taking on extra tasks and getting trained up for promotion. Unfortunately the store I was working at…
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Work Program and Ageism
Hi I have 2 queries that I guess are loosely related... I actually managed to get an interview a couple of weeks ago for a sales management position. However, I believe I have been discriminated against in terms of my age, I'm 60 in a few weeks. The guy interviewing me asked me all sorts of questions about the ages of my…
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Dilemma
Hello after almost six months of grief due to a redundancy, and countless internal job interviews, last night I got a phone call from a Head of Department offering me a one year contract within my company. Huge relief... but I am a bit stunned and still wondering... this morning I had another interview which I didn't have…
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Job Applications
I have a job advert at the Job Centre at the moment. I've had a lot of responses with people sending CVs and letters, I requested a CV to be sent and some people sent a covering email, and some attached an application letter and some did both :) . The things I would like to say to these people are this: 1 Please tailor…
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Salary increase in stages?!
I'm hoping someone from a payroll or HR role may have encountered this before. It may be something specific to our company in which case I apologies for asking! I recently recieved a promotion which obviously came with a base salary increase. The new base salary was stated in the contract as X amount, the percentage…
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What kind of jobs in the City pay bonuses quarterly?
Normally banks pay bonuses annually I think, around the start of the year. But I know of someone who gets a bonus in the City every quarter. Is that normal? Just curious.
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Being self employed- some help please
I have an interview for a temporary/contract role today, and the recruitment guy said: would you like to be on payroll or do you have your own company to go through? I have always been an employee up to now, and the role is only for 6 months. Is there any advantage to having my own company as I guess after this 6 month…
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What do you say in a job interview...
...when they ask about your weaknesses? Its always a difficult question, and I wonder what people come up with, and how they qualify it?
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Help starting out as a Partnership
Can someone please help me with setting up a new Partnership, everything else in the business is being sorted my job is the accounts. Am I right in thinking that a partnership is run much like a self employed basis and you prepare a Profit / Loss for the company and at the tax year end the Profit of the business is split…
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Dont know what to expect from the work programme
Im being sent on the work programme in a few weeks time. Im already volunteering at an advice organisation and an Art gallery.....I mentioned this to the adviser and she said sorry it makes no difference who your volunteering for you have to go on the work programme....so basically it seems there is no choice who you…
