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Graduate Training Schemes
This is something I never considered before. I think it was because I thought you'd have to have a relevant degree but most simply ask that you have a minimum of a 2:1 in whatever degree. Anyway, can anyone recommend some good Graduate Trainee Programmes? I'm interested in anything that will allow me to be creative, I like…
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Unpaid leave help please
My wife goes into the hospital on Friday for an operation and will be in hospital for a least a week, The doctor advised us that when she returns home someone will need to be with her at all times for a least a week, so as i have used up all my holidays i have no alternative but to take a week unpaid leave. So i went to…
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Back to study...
Hi all, Brand spanking new here, and as a newbie, I have a question! I was working for the last 2 and a half years, and have just decided to start University (September). I'm 21, my salary was approx £15600. Anyway... I left the Job end of August, so received 5 taxed pay amounts from my employer since the beginning of the…
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Any suggestions for a resolution to this
I work in a fairly large team - probably 40 of us all told - and we are in open plan offices, sub-divided into "pods" of 6 or 8 desks. We all have differing heating requirements. Some would like the windows open all the time for fresh air, and the radiators on to warm the room, not heat it. Others of course, want the…
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Possible sanction scare... please help
Hi guys. I would like to ask for help because 2 weeks ago, my adviser showed me a list of work openings and asked if there are some things there that I would like to apply to. I picked 2 and so she gave me a print-out of them jobs. The first one, I applied for but the second one turned out to be until 12midnight which…
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cant get a job so annoyed
had a job in greggs and another as a promoter and leaflet distributor, went for interview recently at sainsburys and didnt get that, was disappointed, where else is good to apply where they will train me? i thought i would have done ok at the sainsburys test, i was in a room on my own for it.. im a media uni student so…
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JSA claim closed because of HRT problems.
I apologise, if my english is not very good. I am from Estonia and have been living in UK since April 2011. I was working for a 15 months, but left job because I had a back pain and other health problems which is unusual in my age. Also we had a quite big discrimination there. Everyone got permanent contracts, only single…
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Jobseekers and unpaid internships
I'm doing an unpaid internship at the moment (recommended to me by the Jobcentre), but I had my benefits cut when I started it. However, I have recently been told that this shouldn't have happened, can anyone help with this/does anyone have any experience? I'm working 40 hours a week so it's full time and lasts 3 months.
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Off work due to stress and no sensible return to work plan
Hi everyone My wife has been off work for 5 weeks with work related stress and is now looking to return to work but lets go back a bit in time... She had an admin/office sales role but was kind of forced into a field sales role as her job was amalgamated into the admin team and it was a case of take this job or take…
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Letter of Grievance
Hi, I haven't been paid for four months and I have been advised to write a letter of grievance to my employer. The company has been experiencing financial difficulties and I haven't had contact with them for a while, I am not sure whether I am still employed or not as I have not received any communication from them. These…
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how can you earn £100 per week -any idease??
Hi I need an income of £100 per week to support my other pension income - I am 55.I don't want to work for anyone else I would prefer to earn it off my own back but must earn £100 after tax. Does anyone out there have any good and genuine ideas? Is anyone do something similar - how is it going in the current climate?…
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No wages received/how long does BACS take
Never been in the position before and really don't know how to approach this - I'm rather embarrassed whilst trying not to look desperate I suppose - this relates to my day2day 1st job at the mo I was thinking I was due to be paid last week - 24th Oct so a week has passed and well no wages have appeared !!! I wanted to…
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Is there a company where they ring you when jobs become available...?
Is there such thing as an agency you register with and they help you get a job through telling you when jobs in your expertise become available. NOT like Adeco where they are like all the other companies where they help with your CV's and improve so and so etc. NOT when its a job searching company like reed etc online…
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Apprentice BT engineer or Gas Apprentice
Good morning I currently work as a Team Leader in the Customer Service Industry and all my work experience is Customer Service although i need a change. I am interested in the above jobs but dont know how to go about it. All i see is training courses or college. I just want a £15,000 job as a trainee gas engineer or to fix…
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Commuting to Work
Just curious as to how far people would be prepared to drive for a job paying £18-19k a year? It's worth mentioning that the job is shift work. Earlies 6am-2pm and lates. 4pm-midnight.
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How to get a job when you can't drive
People are telling me not to restrict my search to a 5 miles radius but to 10, even though 4-5 miles is pushing it in terms of making it on time and the regularity of buses after 5pm here. How can I get a job that starts before 8-9am when buses don't start til 8am, if it's located 10 miles away and there's only one every…
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Job Seekers Allowance
Does anyone know if I will be eligible for JSA in this situation please? I am British, but I have been living and working abroad for around 5 years. I had some temporary jobs in the UK in the past, amounting to a total of around 2 years, during which I was paying NICs. I have never claimed any UK benefits before. On 15th…
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Disciplinary hearing
A colleague at work has asked me to sit in as his witness during a disciplinary hearing. I have no problem with that, just a few concerns about the way it has been done. The meeting as at 4.00 tomorrow afternoon, but he only got a letter handed to him at work this afternoon, about 3pm - I thought that employers had to give…
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Can I refuse supervision?
Just a quick question. I have been told that I must have regular supervision with someone who is less qualified than I am, who has no training and who I believe to be incompetent and not in a position to do this. Can I refuse supervision from this person and ask to receive it from somebody else? I believe that supervision…
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Re: Bad News - Need lots of help peeps!
OH has just been poo'd on from a great height. Employer has advised him to either go self employed or he has no work for him. OH went in requesting redundancy and his boss has said he's not entitled to any since it was a 7 day notice contract! He had a contract in 2002 stating 28 days paid notice and the company has been…