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social care and childcare qualifications
what are the most recognised qualifications i should be looking at and where is the best place to enquire about them please ? evening/ weekend or online courses i did nneb when i was at college but dropped out to do business admin instead which i never used, im older and more confident now and would like to give it another…
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re training as an electrician
hi im a 45 year old plasterer doing the job since i was 16 and am looking to retrain as an electrician for my formative years.have read a few threads which although useful leave a few questions unanswered.i could probably afford to pay my own tuition fee's,am also partner in a building firm could this be used to my…
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6 jobs in 7 years with some gaps in between
What's the best way to explain this to potential employers? Most of the jobs have been call centre type rolls where turnover is around 1 year anyway but in this tough climate I feel any potential employer would rather take a long-standing candidate who has just been made redundant rather than a 'job-hopper'. I also have 2…
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Job centre training workshops/programmes???
Just want to know if anyone has a good thing to say about them?? Or wether I'm just wasting my time!!
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Quit my job and gone freelance!
I work in SEO and social media, and for the past few months I've been building myself up to leaving my job. I've got a lot of experience and am (I like to think) very good at what I do. There were a few reasons why I decided to do it. The first one being my boss was a !!!!!!. He promised a few bonuses on things and didn't…
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aarrghh just found my job but....
closing date is today!!! Hopefully they won't mind the application going in at 11pm!!
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Do i have to accept a cheque for my salary
Hello, My Boss pays my salary each month by cheque, ive asked him to set up a bank transfer but the guy who actually owns the company (its a franchise) has said he isnt interested. the problem im having with this is that my bank account is overdrawn and paying it in there not only means that i lose a portion of my cheque…
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Great New Job! although past sickness & work related stress history
I have just been offered a great new job. Although I have been sent occupational health forms to complete asking about my health history. I left a previous employment over a year ago with a compromise agreement, following five months off of work due to depression and stress that was work related. However 'work related…
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Psychometric Tests For Simple Retail Jobs
What do you all think about these online psychometric tests that a lot of the big retail employers are using now to sift out job applicants? Personally, I HATE them. No matter how much emphasis I put on my customer service skills and enthusiasm for retailing, I can never pass them, a fact which I am really baffled about…
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Job Opportunities
Just thought I'd post my brother's recent experiences as advice for others. My brother worked freelance for 3 years but 3 days a week for a packshot photographic company (this is where you take shot after shot of eg handbags for a big department store website, not very exciting but hey ho!). In January this year they got…
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How Do You Cope With Endless Job Rejections?
When you get job rejection after job rejection, how do you cope? How do you keep from getting too enraged about it? And how do you sustain your belief that you WILL eventually get a job?
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Claiming returned direct debit charges
Hello, My employer recently messed up my wages meaning that I was heavily underpaid, this resulted in them taking ages to correct the issue and pay me the other £400. This resulted in some direct debits being bounced due to not having enough funds in my account. I phoned them up and they refused to pay the bank charges.…
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Got a new job, but tied in to current job with training costs to repay
Hi All Just looking for a bit of advice. Today I have been offered a new job that is within 3 miles from home (currently working 20 miles away)and has great opportunities for me to develop my career. The problem is that if i leave my current job I would have to repay back my last three years course fees that my current…
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security work SIA licence ?
im currently reading up about it online, do you have to pay to complete the application, im looking at the gov website ?
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Maternity leave return and flexible working application-Help Please!
Hi All, I will be returning to work next month from maternity leave and have submitted a flexible work application. I currently work a 4 day week ( where 1 day can be from home) and have requested to work 2 days a week and one day from home on a trial basis. I am very worried that my application is going to be rejected…
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Advice needed re working hours
My son works in the local pub. He is 23. he has worked there for 18 months. He does 6 hours a day 7 days a week. sometimes he works a 12 hr shift if someone doesnt turn up for work. He doesnt have a contract. His young son visits him [and us,my son lives at home with me and DH] once a month on a saturday sleeping over and…
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Keeping occupied at work ...
hello, I've started an internship this week with a volunteer type place which I am finding to be very sloooow .... so am looking for things to do. I otice they run a number of courses but they are not well attended so I was thinking of suggesting some ideas for the under- utilised conferance space we have. I have come up…
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Half paid for an online course
A few months ago I went a bit crazy and paid for an online distance learning course. The course consisted of two qualifications, a level 2 and a level 3. I was sold them as a package. However, I failed the level 2 exam and therefore technically cannot complete the level 3 because of this, unless I keep paying for resits…
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Should I say about job offer?
The situation is Im currently temping for a company through an agency, I was given no length of time the role was likely to be for but was told they do employ a lot of thier temps. This seems to be the case as around half the staff there have temped through the agency before. A few days ago I spoke to the manager, I was…
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Covering letter for job with no person specification
In the paper today there was a job advertised at a solicitors for a receptionist/secretary. The advert states the hours and where to send the CV but no such job description or person specification. Would it be wise to email asking for a person specification, if not what shall I put in my covering letter as I'm not sure…
