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lexilex wrote: »

Congratulations, really happy for you :j

Thanks everyone for the advice regarding the credit control/events jobs.

I've taken the weekend to think about it and I think, despite my reservations, I am going to go for the credit control job. I babysat for the manager of the other office (one company, two offices) over the weekend and she asked how I felt. I told her I was really nervous about it, and she said don't be, the woman who is in the position at the moment learned it all from scratch, she began in a receptionist role. It's made me feel much better.

I still haven't let the events company know. I'm due to start in credit control next week, and the events start date is the week after, so if it really is completely awful I can still fall back on that.

I will still apply for jobs, and do the daily search, but it will be nice to just be able to apply for jobs I want to do, rather than anything which is what I have been doing since christmas.

Who knows, I might enjoy it, but if not, it's a job. I'm there 8 hours a day, only a couple of days a week to begin, and then I come home and don't have to think about it. I'm just grateful to be getting paid!

Good luck everyone. I'll keep checking in, and hopefully not just to moan about how completely awful credit control is!

Good luck Lexilex, I hope that you find credit control isn't as bad as you thought! If you do enjoy the job you can go into any industry, and get a foot in the door with pretty much any employer you like.

I'm currently waiting to get a start date for my new role- I'm really excited about it!

katkim

Well done on making a decision, Lexi. It must have been hard.

Well done Linda, congrats on the new job. It sounds like you're going to take to it like a duck to water

I'm trying to compile a portfolio of work to send to the Singapore job at the moment. I haven't looked yet to see if there are any new jobs posted - I don't know why, but I can't face the job board this morning!

Fruitloops

All the best lexilex I'm sure it will all work out great for you. :T

lexilex wrote: »

Congratulations, really happy for you :j

Thanks everyone for the advice regarding the credit control/events jobs.

I've taken the weekend to think about it and I think, despite my reservations, I am going to go for the credit control job. I babysat for the manager of the other office (one company, two offices) over the weekend and she asked how I felt. I told her I was really nervous about it, and she said don't be, the woman who is in the position at the moment learned it all from scratch, she began in a receptionist role. It's made me feel much better.

I still haven't let the events company know. I'm due to start in credit control next week, and the events start date is the week after, so if it really is completely awful I can still fall back on that.

I will still apply for jobs, and do the daily search, but it will be nice to just be able to apply for jobs I want to do, rather than anything which is what I have been doing since christmas.

Who knows, I might enjoy it, but if not, it's a job. I'm there 8 hours a day, only a couple of days a week to begin, and then I come home and don't have to think about it. I'm just grateful to be getting paid!

Good luck everyone. I'll keep checking in, and hopefully not just to moan about how completely awful credit control is!

looby75

well I had my interview today. I was told it was going to be a group interview but it was actually a one on one with a roll play situation :eek:

The roll play bit was fine but in the interview afterwards I felt like I was repeating myself a lot.

Won't hear anything for a couple of weeks as they have more interviews to do on this Thursday and next Thursday too.

stephyt23

Well I went over to Birmingham for my agency appointment at 11 this morning. Was asked if I was free this afternoon to work! Just done 1 til 6 at a nursery and am back there tomorrow from 8.30 til 1


One thing I have learnt this afternoon is to keep looking for a school job which is what I want as there;s no way I could manage full time in a nursery again.... waaaay too noisy :rotfl:

DCFC79

stephyt23 wrote: »

Well I went over to Birmingham for my agency appointment at 11 this morning. Was asked if I was free this afternoon to work! Just done 1 til 6 at a nursery and am back there tomorrow from 8.30 til 1


One thing I have learnt this afternoon is to keep looking for a school job which is what I want as there;s no way I could manage full time in a nursery again.... waaaay too noisy :rotfl:

well done, :j:T

looby75

well after going over the interview in my head now the nerves have passed I know I don't have a snow flake in hells chance of getting the job.

I missed so many "selling points" I waffled on so much much and I was totally unprepared because I was expecting a group interview.

p83wanad

I need a Fairy Jobmother of sorts to kick my !!!!! into gear or something because I'm not getting anywhere on my own.

I've been applying on and off for jobs online for the past 2 years and I've only managed to get a couple (two really short term ones and another data entry one from home) but nothing substantial. I'm just so put off because 95% of the time is like throwing my CV into a blackhole. No rejections, nothing at all. I just never hear anything back. So I've come to the conclusion that I'm an useless human being. I've been here 2.5 years (I'm from Latin America and so is most of my education/experience which doesn't seem to count for much over here because the system is very different) and I just can't seem to be able to break through.

I'm also thinking my foreign (Spanish) name is counting against me for some reason. Maybe if I had an English name I'd get more noticed?

Dunno.

Is it possible to get some sort of coaching via the Jobcentre? Thing is, my husband works, I pretty much live off him and he's on good money. So I wouldn't get any benefits, but I could definitely use face to face advice... Can I just make an appointment to talk to someone? Would it be worth it to sign up as unemployed even though I don't qualify for benefits? I've tried going to agencies but I just get the same old song 'leave your CV and we'll let you know...' Not very helpful ; ___ ;

November5th

My interview *Oh dear*

I really thought the job I interviewed for on Monday was the one for me, I crammed and updated myself for three days straight, passing relevant tests I found online 90% plus. I was really prepped and ready.

The interview was a fifty minute test first and I got thrown completely, a lot of the questions were simply not relevant to the job and on issues that I had not been asked to consider and were not in the job spec, at all. I actually knew the answers but it wasted time and I did not complete the test with many questions missed out that I intended to go back to. The questions were all over the place, with no questions about the two mainstays of the job.

My interviewer showed up, took the test and said they would look at it later, however, there were many theoretical questions, (only a few skill questions) that ideally should have been asked in the interview.
I was then told that they are filling two roles and were not sure which one they wanted to interview me for! I reminded them of the job I wanted. Now I had a problem, with not enough time to complete the test, I had to indicate to the interviewer my knowledge not only of the skills and strategies I had planned to show, but also my knowledge of the not job specific questions that were on the test to show I was not an idiot. I did OK but in just thirty minutes this meant I had to speak fast, and more than I would normally, giving no time to just try and click with the interviewer. We came from the same background, it should have been perfect!
Then, the weirdest part, he indicated something about the role, changing the job title, that I would be doing, which, in effect, would have made me his boss! This led to me indicating how I would have his back and be a resource for him as this was the job I wanted to do. He really seemed like he didn't care much for interviewing and was building 'a team', but seemed so careless of it.
The sad thing is, I really clicked with one of the team, who I chatted to when she handed me the test, as she also comes from the same background, and could really see us working together.
It is a great company and I just cannot believe that after perfect, perfect, prepping I got fouled on this test!
However well I interviewed, that will have sunk me.

The silver lining may be that it has annoyed me so much I am upgrading my CV as it has actually shown me that I am worth more, and that I knew more than the interviewer! Passing all those online tests online was a boost and I would recommend doing them as a break from job hunting.

Rant over, but wow.

Drea

p83wanad wrote: »

Is it possible to get some sort of coaching via the Jobcentre? Thing is, my husband works, I pretty much live off him and he's on good money. So I wouldn't get any benefits, but I could definitely use face to face advice... Can I just make an appointment to talk to someone? Would it be worth it to sign up as unemployed even though I don't qualify for benefits? I've tried going to agencies but I just get the same old song 'leave your CV and we'll let you know...' Not very helpful ; ___ ;

I'm not sure if there will be anything like it in your area but I am working temporary with a charity who help people back into work. We are linked with the job centre so maybe a good idea to ask them if there is anything similar? We help with CVs, applications, moral support

November5th wrote: »

My interview *Oh dear*

Rant over, but wow.

Sorry to hear that I wouldn't assume the worst yet though!

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I still haven't heard about my interview last week. They said they'd get back to me the beginning of this week, is it still too early to give them a ring? The waiting is horrible!