Horace's Biting the Bullet Diary

greenbee

The good thing is Horace, if you have a budget and requirements, agents can always find other things for you.

Personally I LOVE my metal windows and just have blinds and interlined curtains to help with insulation in the winter...

Horace

Whoop whoop whoop - I have been approached by the agency Randstad as they have seen my details on Caterer.com - the upshot is that I have an interview with them on Wednesday morning because they have a couple of event sales jobs that they want to put me forward for - the jobs pay £14-£16K which is fine by me because when you have been living on less than minimum wage for quite a while then this salary seems like riches.:D

Greenbee - as parents would be buying the house, they have exacting standards that have to be met.

greenbee

Great new Horace... Although I can see that house hunting to your parents requirements is going to keep you busy too. Have a look on sites like rightmove and primelocation etc to see what else is available...

LondonGirl252

Horace wrote: »

Whoop whoop whoop - I have been approached by the agency Randstad as they have seen my details on Caterer.com - the upshot is that I have an interview with them on Wednesday morning because they have a couple of event sales jobs that they want to put me forward for - the jobs pay £14-£16K which is fine by me because when you have been living on less than minimum wage for quite a while then this salary seems like riches.:D

Greenbee - as parents would be buying the house, they have exacting standards that have to be met.

Good luck!!!!!

Horace

I have been asked to take along details of 5 jobs that I would like - there is one that is quite basic but haven't included that one but I have found 4 others that are not basic and could net me a decent wage. I have found one that I would absolutely adore to have although I do not have the degree they are asking for, I do have the knowledge and some of the experience they are looking for. Time to start including the PR work that I spent 2yrs doing on a voluntary basis for a National Motorcycle Club, and mentioning my man management skills having managed staff in the past. I know about CRM systems and email marketing as I have done both and have a CRM system at home (although I have been to lazy to use it). Some jobs would involve a bus trip (city centre) but others would require me to drive to them - one is in a not very nice part of town and I was there for an event last year and was forced to park in a side street (it is in an area where shootings are rife:eek:).

Now I need to sort out my CV - must remember to print it on white paper not yellow.

beanielou

Not too sure about that dodgy area :eek:

Horace

Interview went well this morning - I have been given my CV to rejig and re-submit but I now know what I need to amend to make me sound sooper dooper. The agency is great - more proactive as opposed to reactive. Most of the agencies in town have said that I am unemployable but this one has said they look at the qualities of the person as well as what is written on paper.

Things are looking up - you never know you could be chatting to the next Conference Manager of a new hotel being built in Brum:D

I got myself a nice cake to celebrate (just carrot cake but from my favourite cafe) too.

Must remember that when I go to the eye hospital on Monday that I take £3.80 for the bus because the fares have gone up - I shoved £3.60 in the the machine today not realising the price had gone up. At least I can travel on the bus all day for £3.80.

beanielou

That sounds promising then

Horace

Yep, after faffing about with my CV I have submitted it to R*ndstad and emailed them to say that I would want an absolute minimum salary of £16K (this is because I have seen a job with a starting salary of £14K rising to £16K..now I would accept this job if offered but only at the higher rate). Ideally, I would like more but i am trying to be realistic.

I have been to sign on today and saw my personal advisor and he as put me on a 4 week, 3 day week training course at the local college that I must attend. This will give me some qualifications and get me into work mode because I have been unemployed for a while now.

Got nagged the other night about my breakfast group but I can do without the criticism because I had acted upon their advice before and look where it got me..on the dole!:mad:

I am waiting to phone the Benefits Delivery line as I need to ask for a Proof of Benefit Letter and then I can submit that with my divorce papers (I still need to complete them) - but I cannot get through on the phone and I could not use the phones in the jobcentre because they were in use - people seem to be permanently glued to them.

Got leered at by a drunken chav at the bus stop - I had started to walk home but then remembered I had a birthday card to post so turned round and then got nobbled by the chav. He reeked of beer and urine and demanded to know my name so I said I was called Fred..then all I could hear was him and his chavvy mates cat calling after me down the road. Coming back I stayed on the other side of the road and used a different pelican cross to avoid them.:mad:

Aesop

grr to the chav, good luck with the job, hope you get an interview and then the job.

pft to the person talking about your breakfast group. what do they know?