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4,000 apply for a 20-hour £140 job

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  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    marklv wrote: »
    No great surprise - you always get a large number of people applying for a part-time jobs, mainly pensioners and women with kids. What I'm interested in is how many people are applying for £50k+ management jobs.

    I would be more worried about how many £50k+ Management jobs are out there?
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  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    i've just called John at J's Decor 8 shop on Stoke Newington High Street and the job is still open.
    all the people interviewed weren't suitable so the vacancy is still there.

    John's number is 020 7502 2283


    Does it include free board & lodgings?


    Their health care plan is excellent....
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  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    i've just called John at J's Decor 8 shop on Stoke Newington High Street and the job is still open.
    all the people interviewed weren't suitable so the vacancy is still there.

    John's number is 020 7502 2283

    So about 4000 people were unsuitable. Something does not add up here.
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    ILW wrote: »
    So about 4000 people were unsuitable. Something does not add up here.
    don't blame me, that's what he said - phone up the shop yourself
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    don't blame me, that's what he said - phone up the shop yourself

    Wasn't blaming you, the whole story seems a little fishy.
  • 1984ReturnsForReal_2
    1984ReturnsForReal_2 Posts: 15,431 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    Wasn't blaming you, the whole story seems a little fishy.


    Maybe they sell that dodgy paint....
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  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    edited 29 July 2010 at 12:12PM
    ILW wrote: »
    Wasn't blaming you, the whole story seems a little fishy.
    apparently they've now taken the word 'gullible' out of both the Oxford and Collins English Dictionary.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Seems to have got a load of free publicity for the shop though. Maybe the owner has a relative who is in PR.
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    andyroberts1967 wrote: »
    A lot of these people could be public sector workers who work flexitime. In my job, if I want to and my manager agrees, I could compress my working week into 4 days, and work my full time job from Tuesday to Friday - thereby freeing me up to work the part time job on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Not that I would relish the thought of working 7 days a week!! But I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of applications were from the public sector.

    Lot of people also only have a part time job anyway. So 2 jobs provides a full time income.
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    chucky wrote: »
    i've just called John at J's Decor 8 shop on Stoke Newington High Street and the job is still open.
    all the people interviewed weren't suitable so the vacancy is still there.

    John's number is 020 7502 2283

    I wonder how credible the story is?

    We have a shop name and online agency putting through 3500 applications yet no one employed

    I wonder what is happening, could not be free advertising again surely. :)
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