Maigrir en March (losing weight in March!)

xxvickixx

Hello - I weighed in Wednesday but not been in to update yet - 1/2 pound loss for me this week.

Well done to all the other loosers and sts.

Vicki xxx

tara747

Come on all of you, we can do it!!!! Let's have a really good weekend.

Congrats to the losers!! Alexnikov, you will get into the 12stones soon xoxo

samace83

Hello fellow losers and maintainers
How we all doin? Haven't been on the forum for a week - I had a bit of a one in the docs last week and I've been sooooo determined this week I've sort of forgotten to come on the forums! doh! Sorry bout that.
Anyway Dragon can I be put on the losers list please? My total for March so far is -4lb
Bring it on......
*spreads willpower to the forum members*
Have a good weekend peeps
Sam x

lostinrates

Well, I'm pretty sure I'm maintaining.

we had a pet bereavment today though and I want to grief eat...

I'm resisting....

Amanita_2

lostinrates wrote: »

Well, I'm pretty sure I'm maintaining.

we had a pet bereavment today though and I want to grief eat...

I'm resisting....

((LIR))

Sorry I haven't been around much

I've actually almost hit my first target - I've lost nearly 5lbs this week.

I don't recommend giving up eating but I'm seriously stressed at the moment and if I'm stressed I don't eat. I'm forcing myself to eat but I have no appetite and feel sick when I do.

Can't wait until 6th April and don't even get me started on recruiting employees - is it really that hard to follow the specified procedure when applying for jobs? It would seem so <sigh>. Do people not proof read CVs anymore? Of the 40 or so I've had in the last 2 days NOT ONE is 100% perfect.

So far not even one worth interviewing. Goodness knows what will come in over the weekend.

AdrianHi

Amanita wrote: »

until 6th April and don't even get me started on recruiting employees - is it really that hard to follow the specified procedure when applying for jobs?

Short answer, actually yes it is. (or was it a retorical question? )
I'm an IT contractor, have been for 14 years. I change work location on average twice a year and apply for probably 20 to 50 jobs a year. And there in lies the issue, if I have to follow a special different procedure for every single job I'm applying for I will go bankrupt before I get one and miss the one I can get because I'm spending so much time following someone elses special procedure.
Having to provide references before even having an invite for interview is my number 1 grip and I won't do it any more as I've lost references in the past due to unreasonable volume of requests for said reference - 20 to 50 times in a year rememeber!
There is no excuse for a CV with poor grammar and spelling though, and writting a good CV is a real skill.

Remove the barrier of some "special procedure", just ask for good CV's well matched to your requirement, then the busier better people will send their CV in

Amanita_2

AdrianHi wrote: »

Short answer, actually yes it is. (or was it a retorical question? )

Remove the barrier of some "special procedure", just ask for good CV's well matched to your requirement, then the busier better people will send their CV in

The "Special Procedure" is simply send me a CV by post or email with a covering letter......!!

It should take someone 2 minutes to attach a CV to an email and send a Dear Amanita , I would like to apply....

Hardly rocket science but letter writng is a key skill I'm looking for which I can't judge from a CV alone. I am also looking for someone who pays attention to what they are asked to do and can follow simple instructions. If they can't do that then however good the CV they are no good to me.

lostinrates

Amanita wrote: »

The "Special Procedure" is simply send me a CV by post or email with a covering letter......!!

It should take someone 2 minutes to attach a CV to an email and send a Dear Amanita , I would like to apply....

Hardly rocket science but letter writng is a key skill I'm looking for which I can't judge from a CV alone. I am also looking for someone who pays attention to what they are asked to do and can follow simple instructions. If they can't do that then however good the CV they are no good to me.

''tailor your v to each and every separate application'' is almost brandished on my heart from DH's massive application send out a few years ago. He spent 8-12 hour days applying for 5-15 jobs a day! Sometimes it is harder. Incident;y, even though I've been ''out of work'' for seven years now I still have different saved versions of my cv for quick adaptation..:o

bramble1

Looking on track to lose at least 1lb this week, but, i've just stuck some cupcakes in the oven, so this weekend could all go horribly wrong!

bluebellbunny

Have just done my weigh in and unsurprisingly have put back on 1 of the 2lbs I lost last week (back up to 10st7lbs) oh well, there's always next week eh? Am a bit worried though since as well as attempting to get BOOTILICIOUS again I am going to give up smoking on Monday -YIKES!
Here's looking forward to a week of hell!!!!! :eek: If I can do this, I can do ANYTHING!!! :j