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Strategy for job applications
Happy new year all - I hope you're all finding much more interesting ways of bringing in the new year than myself!! I was hoping to get some sage advice from people here as to how to approach the application process for two positions, one of which reports to the other. To clarify, two jobs are going with same company. On…
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NHS Band 4 job interview "written assessment" test?
I have an interview for a Band 4 Occupational Therapy Assistant/Technician post and have been advised that this will involve a written assessment test. Can anyone take an educated guess at what this might entail? I work for a different NHS trust at the moment but I didn't have to take a test for my current post. Thank you…
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Going back to work Self-Employed with a Mortgage
Going back to work Self-Employed with a Mortgage Please could anyone help me? I am unemployed my wife is claiming ESA and is claiming for myself witch will be coming to an end in the next 6 months, I want to work and not go back JSA as in the past. At the moment I get help with my mortgage and get fortnightly payments of…
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Voluntary work
Hi all I work full time in a bank (boooo!) but feel I want to give something back - have a useful "hobby" so i've applied to some charities to do some voluntary work for example childline and the samaritans (i don't think i'd be so good face to face so i've gone down the telephone route) anyone else have experience with…
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Do I try to move 'up the ladder' already?
Hiya, I posted on here a while back when I was having probs finding work and 1st off just wanted to say thanks to those who helped & supported me then. I have now been in work since the 1st week of November and am really enjoying what I am doing, the only hitch being really that I had to take a position which was a side…
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Stuck on job application...
I'm in a middle of a job application, and I'm stuck! :( What is the difference between "proven communication ability" and "confident in communicating with a broad range of individuals using various methods"? Basically these are in the personal specification, the first one is under "Education/Training/Qualifications" and…
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Job dilemma - Barratts or Tesco!
Hi, Just after some impartial employment advice from my fellow money savers! My wife works for Barratts shoe shop but yesterday landed a job at a new Tesco's store. The Barratts job is more "her" (can dress smart and wear make-up) and she is unsure how she will adjust to supermarket work. However, Barratts are now in…
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agency workers rights?
I've been working for an agency for the past 4 months, working for a nationwide company. What are my rights? I believe there are new rules/laws governing agency workers? Any advice appreciated.
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Tribunal reason
Hi I have a query I am hoping someone can help with. I won't go into great detail but I am leaving my job because my employer fails to adhere to any of its own policies. As an example, I was recently refused a day's leave because there were already too many off - this wasn't a big deal as I only wanted the time off for…
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Should I complain?
I am at a place similar to A4E and i'm currently doing an apprenticeship. Anyway, I have to see an 'advisor' every month. Mine used to be a woman but now it is a guy who is around 25ish, quite good looking and stuff but tbh I am not interested as I have a boyfriend. Anyway.. Just before christmas I had my first appointment…
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Different terms and conditions for the same job
Hello All, Wasn't sure if this was the right board to post this on but it's about as close as I could get. I'll start out by saying that it doesn't affect me too much, but I know some colleagues are beginning to feel demotivated by it so I just wondered if anyone had an expertise on the subject. Basically, two departments…
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ASDA and Bank Holiday 2nd January 2012
I work for Asda, and this year Asda has decided that our store will be open Saturday and Sunday as normal. Because of this they have also decided that 2nd January 2012 is not a bank holiday and are refusing to pay anyone time and a half. They are instead treating it as a normal day and expecting colleagues to work their…
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How to lodge a complaint with administrators
How does one lodge a complaint with the company handling administration procedures? The company that handled the process we have just gone through briefed the front-line team completely inapproriately, advising them to tell the general public that we were unable to take payments because "our systems were down" rather than…
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P45 after administration process and new employer
Our company recently went through administration and has recently been bought - so we have a new employer. All staff have received P45s with December pay slips, presumably because we have now ceased to be employed by the company that went into administration. I know I should know this, but what happens now? Does the new…
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Request for medical records
Hi everyone. I have been off work for approx 5 weeks following an appendix operation. All doctors certs have been sent to my employer. I have received a letter from my employer requesting my medical records as I am now classed as on "long term" sick leave as my absence has been more than 4 weeks. They also offer the…
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A Warning
I should be surprised and these are people that should know better but I'm not. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/30/police-sacked-facebook-posts
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Sole Trader - Buying a Car
Hi, it is time for me to do my first online tax assessment. I am wondering if there is anything I need to do when buying a second hand car and claim it on my tax assessment? Can I do it at all. I am a web designer sole trader.
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Can I refuse to work in this cold?
I work for a charity as an administrator. Weve recently moved to a new building which is freezing. Every window and door has a draft coming through it. I have 3 heaters on but it's still only 10 degrees in here. I'm sitting here in a wooly sweater with a hot water bottle up it and still freezing. I don't want to lose my…
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Angard(royal mail)
My son got a temp christmas job with royal mail (angard) which I thought brilliant. How wrong could I of been. First they gave him the wrong rate of pay. Then they paid him but took that much tax off him it was nearly half his wage. Then the next week they gave him a different rate of pay so he got even less This week he…
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can my employer do this???
hi my employer has now decided that we will not be paid double time for bank holidays when we work a night shift 10pm til 6am as they class after 8pm as being this next day's shift. is this right????
