Eating healthily for £25 a week

Ames

Thanks everyone.

I don't think it's quite into that many thousands, because for the first few months she cooked for me most nights. That had to stop though when I went on my diet, I started seeing a health trainer on the friday, and over the weekend she baked three cheesecakes and a huge bread and butter pudding. Which I didn't think was very supportive! Plus, as I've said, she needs to keep her weight on while I need to get it off, so we have totally different dietary needs.

Thanks everyone for saying that I need to start looking out for myself, it's what I plan to do.

If she talks to me again I'll get her those books, hopefully she'll read them and pick up some tips.

Ames

Oh, and her first job will be paying at least 18k cos that seems to be all she's applying for, at least it's all she's told me about. Of course, there's no mention of the decades she'll be waiting for a job so highly paid...

floss2

Ames wrote: »

Oh, and her first job will be paying at least 18k cos that seems to be all she's applying for, at least it's all she's told me about. Of course, there's no mention of the decades she'll be waiting for a job so highly paid...

She'll be lucky.....if she has little experience and no voluntary work on her CV she will be lucky to get past the first sift of applications.

greenbee

floss2 wrote: »

She'll be lucky.....if she has little experience and no voluntary work on her CV she will be lucky to get past the first sift of applications.

True... I'm sifting right now...

floss2

greenbee wrote: »

True... I'm sifting right now...

Know the feeling - did some myself last week! Most of our vacancies require qualifications AND experience - whether gained in public, private or voluntary sector.

greenbee

floss2 wrote: »

Know the feeling - did some myself last week! Most of our vacancies require qualifications AND experience - whether gained in public, private or voluntary sector.

... and its also nice to have something to talk about during the interview - I find it hard when people run out of things to say after 15 minutes. Voluntary work, even if it may appear not to be relevant to the role is always something you can use to demonstrate ability (or the interviewer can use to find out more about you). I also think it says that you're a more interesting, responsible, well-rounded person!

GettingHitched

absolutely, volunteer work is very much sought after...if it came down to it, who is more employable the "sponger who couldnt be bothered" or the "get up and go, who did some voluntary work/charityshop, did something while unemployed"

LilacPixie

I sift occasionally and graduate applicants with no experience or work history will not make it past the first sift. We do not have the resources to take risks on an unknown quantity.

Plus I like to see a CV thats full, graduated May 2009 and this is say October... what has the applicant done in this time... oops nothing on the CV which to me implies lazyness comparent to similar applicant graduated May 2009 and has had an unpaid position for xyz community project responsible for ABCD. The one who took the unpaid position is showing enicietive, s/he is showing they want to further their skills basically they look like someone I would want on my team because we have no time for hangers on or people who expect opportunities to fall into their lap.