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Christmas Sales Work With The Big Stores - Knock Backs!
Is anybody feeling angry and frustrated with the way in which a lot of the big department stores are responding to job applications for Christmas sales work? If so, I can share great empathy with you here! I have often applied for seasonal sales jobs, and knowing how much they need staff for this busy time of year, used to…
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List of other benefits available to jobseekers
Hi, I was made redundant at the start of the year and am claiming JSA and Council tax benefit. I am not entitled to housing Benefit as I finished paying off my mortgage last year. This was very lucky as paying off this large sum placed me back to near zero capital hence fortunately making me able to claim benefit once…
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The Monty Python World of Job Agencies
When dealing with employment agencies, have any of you ever got the feeling that you have just stepped into a Monty Python-like sketch? For example: job advertised+but doesn't actually exist+send us your CV (when you've ALREADY bleedin' well sent it!)+etc. If these agencies weren't so damn annoying, they would be so…
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Training Grants
Dear all, My wife has been working for her employer for the last 13 years. For the last 5 she has been the company book keeper. As a result of her boss downsizing the company she is being made redundant. She is pregnant and he will pay redundancy and SMP. She will be looking to go back to work in July 2010. While she has…
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Holiday entitlement.
I work full time at the moment and have 26 days annual holiday per year. I also have 8 days bank holiday per year In October when i hit the big 60 i will go part time at work just doing 3 full days. I presumed that i would get 3/5ths of 26 days but my boss informs me that i will get 3/5th of 34 days. is this correct. I…
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Women in Wealth Seminars
I saw a notice in the back of the paper the other day about this: www.womeninwealth.co.uk They are holding seminars at hotel suites all over the country and I was thinking of going along to one in Glasgow. Does anyone have any information on them and what the seminar is actually about? I'm always a bit wary of these things…
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Volunteer work
My wife is still out oif work after 6 months of jobseeking, every job she applies for she either gets no replym,or doesn't even get an interview just a 'on this occasion...'letter. Most of the jobs she has applied for have been in retail, and the last 2 jobs she has had have been in shops ( one a booze buster, and one a…
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Would you pay a lot of money to volunteer?
Hello, I am after some opinions on my situation - thanks in advance for looking! I always worked on good jobs, got a good postgrad degree but didn't work in the field since completing my degree due to family reasons (child ill, then the second one came along). So basically have been out of profession for the past 3 years.…
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Christmas Jobs
Hi all, I just wanted to start a thread about Christmas jobs, as I'm sure there are a lot of people out there who will be after them, and we can keep each other updated about who's hiring, whether to go on their website or ask in store etc. I am planning on going round my local town centre asking about Christmas jobs on…
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Disciplinary Hearing Help??????
Hi There My partner has just come back from his hearing in a right state, It was for gross negligence. The hearing was rushed, the people asking him the questions did not allow him to respond fully asking for yes no answers not allowing him to elaborate and discuss the mitigating circumstances, he said he felt intimidated…
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JSA Stage 4 and New Deal
Had my six month review a month ago and was told that I had moved to stage 3. I asked what that meant, and didn't get a clear answer. The following week got another apointment with upstairs. I asked the other day what it was for, and got told it was my six month review. I pointed out I had had this, and after much…
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How to work out hourly pay?
My friend who is in her 30's works 40 hours a week (8.30am - 5pm with a 30 minute lunch) and she gets paid £10,500 per annum, we're not sure if she's being paid min wage so we're trying to work it out. But we can think of 3 different ways to work out the hourly pay! 10500 / 12 = 875 / 4.33 = 202.07 / 40 = 5.05 per hour…
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HELP - My employer is taking money off my salary
Hi everyone I’m working for a high street cloths retailer. I have been holding a manager’s position temporary for past one year as my manager went to handle another store in the city on temp basis. Recently my previous manager came back to my shop in March 2009. When she got back the HR of my Company didn’t tell me…
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Graduate who wants to be an IFA. Help!
Hello all, recently graduated with a 2:1 in Accounting & Finance and currently just sent off my latest submission for Certified Financial Planner Licence. I hope to pass it this time. I'm having a real hard time getting ANY job thats related to where I want to end up in. What jobs should i be looking at and which are…
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Question about agency holiday pay please?
I wondered if anyone knew the answer to this, I've searched online re agency employment rights etc, but couldn't find anything that covered it? At the beginning of this year I started a temp to perm job through an agency, which was supposed to be permanent after 3 months. In the end I was made permanent with the employer…
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Daughter hasn't been paid and needs help a.s.a.p.
My daughter is a student and works part time in a supermarket and has to clock in and out. Her clocking in card has been playing up and she has reported it on several occassions and was given a number to type in instead. She forgot to take the number with her and her employer has refused to pay her £180 of her wages :eek:…
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Ex-Employer keeps making payments on purpose (one surprising story, or maybe not)
So my wife gets an interview for my company to work at another site in London and nails the job. It was a 3 month contract automatically renewed for £21,000/year. Come the last days of the third month, two days before my wife goes on (agreed) holidays she's told that they won't be counting on her in the future, for no…
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how to find out if company gone bust
Hi sorry if in wrong area, how do you find out if a company is no longer trading, or if they have done a runner? have checked out companies house but nothing to gain from there, whois shows as web address registered till 2014, but none of the websites work and no longer at address any ideas? and sorry if in wrong area :-)…
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Book keepers - can I pick your brains please?
I am part qualified AAT and have been doing accounts work in offices for 10 years. I currently also do the books for an ex employer using their Sage software on my PC at home and he just brings me the paperwork every 3 months. I also recently started doing part time accounts work for my recent ex employer and do this in…
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O God I think I've been ripped off !! Have I got any rights now?
Hi all. I'm sorry, I don't know if I have posted this in the right forum, but it is about training ... After being made redundant a good while ago - I decided to retrain as a book-keeper. Because I have a small daughter, and living where I do without being able to drive, physically attending college was out of the…