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Nhs Interview
Hi, After 20 years of being a receptionist i have finally plucked up the courage to apply for another job.I have been shortlisted for an interview as a ward clerkess. Any tips? Im so nervous as ive only had the one job that im in just now. I really want to give this my best shot as its perfect for me. Thanks Janette xx
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Fixed Term Contracts
I have been on continually renewed fixed term contracts since February 2012 with my current employer. The current one is due to end in March 2015 which means I will have had this type of contract for 3 years. I have read in the past that employers can only do this for 4 years and after that have to either give you a…
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Days off at work question
Hi i work 24 hours a week on my contract it is not specified what hours/days i work. For the past 3 years i have always had a tuesday off but now my manager keeps changing my schedule and only giving me 2 weeks notice to what i am working. Can he do this? TIA :)
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What to expect from an initial assessment session?
It is for an admin job. Just wondering if anyone knows what sort of questions will be asked etc Thanks :)
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school nurse assistant interview
hiya, so i have an interview on friday for a school nurse assistant, anyone have any ideas what they could ask in the interview? i havent had a proper informal interview for years, any help would be greatly received, thanks
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A change in Career Funding options
This may have been covered before but I am trying to change career but finding funding or charities willing to help seem thin on the ground, is there a secret site I don't know about?
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re training
hi i am trying to get back to employment after raising my children, i have a HGV licence and current tacho , but because i haven't driven for 10 years i need a refresher course can i get a grant for one of these?
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Repayment of part of salary??
Hi On behalf of my son. My son is salary paid and has been offered another job, better pay etc etc. He works as a chef and has been doing around 25 hours a week over the slow winter period because its quite a seasonal place he works at, but he has been paid his full (35 hour) salary. His firm has told him that if he leaves…
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Hard to answer questions
I recently had a horrendous interview and I'm kicking myself because I really wanted the job. However, I think that some of the questions were really difficult to answer unless you already worked for the organisation or in a very similar role elsewhere. They related to what you would do in certain situations but I think…
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Final Warning - NEW DEVELOPMENTS
My son's girlfriend has been given a final verbal warning about her work. She has been told she is too slow. When she tries to go faster, she makes mistakes. She is a kitchen assistant in an Old Peoples' Home. She has Aspergers' Syndrome for which she claims DLA at the low rate for Care and Mobility. As far as we know she…
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Secret Shoppers
Hi, does anyone have experience of secret shopper jobs. Specifically, as they are self employed jobs I was wondering how you go about paying tax and national insurance.
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sonographer salaries
hello how much do sonographers make? I see they can have locum contracts for 50GBP per hour, which is extreme amount but do they have sufficient hours? or minimum guaranteed hours? and how many? any hint from the inside? thanks!
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is MA degree on CV in a way of getting receptionist, admin jobs?
Hi I have been unemployed for like 8 months but wanted a career change from vile retail environment to admin or reception. I was applying for months and months with no result but had my MA degree in Fine Art and HND Graphic Design on Cv. Just recently thought of removing all my higher education and here we go, landed…
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Apprenticeships
Hello, A few questions I have. - Do you have to sign a document to be enrolled on a apprenticeship? - Do you have to have some sort of paperwork detailing you're on an apprenticeship? - What would an "internal" apprenticeship be like? Would I do modules like a normal apprenticeship? Thank you
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Problems with employer
I am looking for a bit of advice. Basically my husband worked for a plumbing company that had two bosses. Both bosses had other companies that dealt in different areas that were separate to the company my husband worked for. From the end of last year my husband started having problems getting paid. He is paid monthly on…
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Job dilemma
Hi all, Looking for some advice with an issue I have. Basically I received a call last Friday from a recruitment agency who had seen my cv online, they have offered me a 3 month contract as a field engineer working from home, they needed an answer the same day though and needed a commitment from me I would see through the…
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Advice/reality check on dismissal for gross misconduct
A friend started work at a respite care home run by charity. 6 month probation period, no probs, reviews all good. One colleague seemed to take dislike and reported him via whistleblowing policy. He was suspended and eventually dismissed on cumulative grounds of several unrelated and unreported incidents. I went to hearing…
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Can work choose your holidays.
Went to work last week and in the office is a calendar, and each staff member has their annual leave already planned out on it for the coming year till April 2015. None of the staff have chose these holidays themselves, our holidays,all of them, have all been pre-chosen by our employers. Obviously, some are no good for…
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Accused of theft
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Need a Career Change, any advice?
I'm 32 and have worked in admin pretty much forever. For the last 4 years I have worked as a Document Controller for an Oil and Gas company, and for the 3 years prior to that I worked as an administrator for BAE Systems. My problem is that I pretty much hate my job, and hated the last one too. I have no interest in the…
