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Can I withdraw from my new course
Hi all basically what it is I recently signed up for a new plumbing coarse with a company named Trades gateway & agreed to pay £165 per month for the next three years totaling at £7098 I signed the paperwork on the 25/9/15 However I have recently heard of bad reviews on this particular course things such as, people not…
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Cover letter help ?
I'm currently working full-time in a Nursery and wanted to apply for some retail jobs. I'm just wondering what I should write for a cover letter, I've never had to write one before. I'm stumped on what to write for availability because I haven't left yet, don't want to leave until I have a job but also I need to owe a lot…
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Stress at work
Hi, I started a new job with a small company in May. I have been off work since 11th September due to stress. I do have a sick line. My boss is a bully and it is not easy to reason with him. During our last meeting he tried to coerce me to resign. I am reluctant to attend another meeting where I expect to be be-rated once…
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Long term sick - employer wants to see me
Hi I've been off work sick since February. My SSP finished earlier this month. I've got a brain tumour (cancer) which is terminal, but the prognosis can be anything from 1-5 years. At present, I'm signed off sick until the end of December, and I've got my next scan in November/December to see if there's any regrowth of the…
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Starting up my own business - fed up of working for employers. What steps to take?
Evening everyone, I have been thinking about this for a little while now and i think i would really like to venture into starting my own business. I am getting fed up with working for someone and i want to be my own boss. However, the issue being that i am a total newbie to business so just came here looking for advice on…
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Jobs in Canada
Hello everyone. Does anyone have experience applying to jobs in Canada? How many applications do I need to send out before I stand a chance of getting an interview? Any resources that anyone can suggestion which might help in preparing job applications? :) I will appreciate your response guys!
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A question on self employed income?
Hi I'm self employed and carry out work for clients. I get paid a fee as well as a mileage claim. For example if my fee is say £80 and my mileage claim is £10 (they pay me for mileage claim over a certain number of miles) so my total invoice is £90. My question is for mortgage purposes to show self employed income going to…
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Mencap interview: support work!
I have an interview coming up for a support work position with the company named mencap. It is a group interview and then a formal independent interview if I pass the first stage. Ant advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! :)
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Career advice required – Law – I have never got off the ground - Long post
I tried to start my career almost 12 years ago and am still trying to get a foot on the bottom rung of the ladder. I know there is a glut of law graduates and not enough jobs. Where I work now as an administrator, I have seen the selection process when they get applications for advertised roles and know it can be quite…
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Finished Work Pragramme
Hello, Just wondered if anyone could advise me of what happens once you've finished your 2 years on the work programme, as I have heard so many different stories, you have to attend the job centre every day, and they are very nasty to you and make you apply for every and any job. I am very worried of what is to come, as my…
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how to explain away the cash in hand work i've done to jobcentre?
i have to go to the jobcentre this week and i'm bricking it because i've done cash in hand work sporadically with someone i know and i want to put him down as a reference, but what would jobcentre say about this work? the work was over a period of a few months recently but was kind of 1 week on, one off, then i didn't work…
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PAYE Employee - Additional Earning Options..?
I'm employed full time as a PAYE employee. I've got a few opportunities to earn some extra money doing various work for other people/companies (it's not for competing/rivals etc so that's not where my question comes from) Just wondering where I stand on my position in terms of receiving payments and taxes etc.. There might…
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Job Descriptions
Hi all, I am after a bit of advice. This year I started a new job working for an educational establishment in a role which the job desctiption and interview described involving international travel to promote our institution at exhibitions as well as project management during which I would lead teams and deliver on…
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Please Help!! Tax question, hours being reduced, turning 21!
Hello, this is my first time posting on the forums but I've been reading them for a while. I'm hoping someone can help me as this community is so great at supporting each other! I currently work for a self employed small business owner in a grooming salon. They took me on full time (30 hours (minimum wage £5.13 ph) at the…
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Standby Rights
I have two jobs. My first I have standbys as part of my contract where I have to be on call till 10am if I get called in before that time I have to go in. I don't get paid if I don't get called in but I have to often refuse work the days I am on standby at my second job as I don't know if I will be free to work for them or…
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New employment: Probationary period
So, I started work on 1st April. My contract says the first six months is a probationary period, during which I can be got rid of with just one week's notice. It says "At the end of this period, you will be informed if you have successfully completed your probationary period. We reserve the right to extend your…
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advice about new job needed please
Hi everyone. I know I keep posting questiones, sorry if it's annyoing .I just needed some advice if possible. Iv'e just got a new job and completed my weeks training. I start tomorrow and first week tomorrow. However, I wanted to know if I can get any support. I intend to sign off tomorrow before work as I have about an…
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Starting again
Hi So after a decade as a Chartered Accountant i want to leave and do something not involving finance - no budgets and forecasts etc. I find it too stressful and I had a complete meltdown at work the other day because of a small mistake I had made and no one else cared about. A couple of years ago I had a period of severe…
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Resigning due to poor management decisions - advice needed
I am thinking about resigning from my job, the third time this year. Each time I went back to my job and worked my butt off because I believed things would get better, the second time I almost quit they offered me a promotion to team leader, which I accepted - but things have not improved. Its mostly down to management I…
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Court Citation- work related
Hi all In my post there is times that we are involved with the police for various reasons and have to attend court. I have been cited to attend but as it falls on my day off (only day off that week) my employer is refusing to sign off the expenses form, stating that as I am not working I can't claim or it would be fraud.…