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Heh, oh well, I'm not one to go emailling people who pm me unless I've spoke to them via the forum as well.Not an expert, but I try and contribute and I'll always listen. Middle child of middle child parents. I drink way too much coffee.
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Burlesque_Babe wrote: »I really don't think I stand a cat in hell's chance of an interview even though they wrote to me to ask if I'd still be interested after they re-advertised. It is a really, really senior manager's job and I think they will struggle to find anyone who fits the whole JD- it's very diverse!! I fit half of it, but not the other half!
Go for it. You can't expect to fit into a job exactly - there's always a learning curve. Always.Burlesque_Babe wrote: »yeah, but the other bit is wayyyyyyyyyyyyy out of my league - I don't even understand what it is!!!
Almost every job above a certain level is confusing and intimidating until you start in it. For example, if I'd screwed up last night, 200K+ people would have been without internet this morning. Would that have been "out of my league" when I started? Of course. But having said that, I'm the only person who has ever done that kind of work for my employer. I grew quite rapidly into that role, because I was the person who did that sort of thing...IYSWIM...Burlesque_Babe wrote: »It really needs splitting into 2 jobs - 1 job being the department specialist (it's Family Services) managing the strategic and data side of the service, service provision etc and the other job being the marketing, research and Customer focus areas. It's a weird bolted together job.
Just looks like a professional meeting goer combined with a bid writer. Even the "work" stuff is just "oversee"."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
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Heh, oh well, I'm not one to go emailling people who pm me unless I've spoke to them via the forum as well.
It's the best way...otherwise how would you know what you had in common with them?"Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Evening.
Sounds like you had a good time SRM
BB, I'm sure I saw on TV that Evans had some sort of a discount offer on
You could always buy something and then return it if you find something better on ebay before the interviews. Official DFW Nerd Club - Member no: 203.0 -
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BB, there is 20% off at Evans, in store and online.
Only problem is that it ends tonight
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Evening.
Sounds like you had a good time SRM
BB, I'm sure I saw on TV that Evans had some sort of a discount offer on You could always buy something and then return it if you find something better on ebay before the interviews.
Whitty, you were right 20% off today only I think it includes sale items too though :j 0 -
Pap, according to online it ends tonight.
PAP....now you have edited yours, my post looks like gibberish :rotfl: Official DFW Nerd Club - Member no: 203.0 -
flippin' heck whatatwit - cheers for that, I saw the 20% off and didn't read when it ended. I might order some stuff, go through quidco now and send it back if I don't like/doesn't fit etc
In other news i've just found a creme egg lurking in the freezer :T"Stay Wonky":D
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Almost every job above a certain level is confusing and intimidating until you start in it. For example, if I'd screwed up last night, 200K+ people would have been without internet this morning. Would that have been "out of my league" when I started? Of course. But having said that, I'm the only person who has ever done that kind of work for my employer. I grew quite rapidly into that role, because I was the person who did that sort of thing...IYSWIM...
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You don't work for talktalk by any chance Z? I got put through to a very nice Geordie chap last week...makes a change from the other call centre:rotfl:Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:0
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