A new 'tougher' thread... and so it continues

BitterAndTwisted

Byatt wrote: »

Have you seen the application forms now and what they want from a person!? Plus they want a personal statement for each position, and because I lack confidence, I don't believe I have what they want.

Here's a bit of advice: read the full job description very closely (yeah, like you don't do that now) and also pay attention to the profile of the person they're looking for. Put in your personal statement some of the important words or even the same phrases from both of those, and where possible provide evidence of how you qualify. If it makes it easier for you use the form and highlight the skills and attributes to help you compose it.

Honestly, just being able to string a comprehensible statement together in plain English should get you in the 10% of CVs that don't go in the bin. Plus, employers love hearing those words and phrases quoted back at them, like they're the Holy Scriptures or something equally important.

You might want to treat that tip with some distrust as I've been filling those blessed forms in and writing personal statement after personal statement for a long time now and still no job. Yet.

meme30

Just wanted to to say Good luck and give Hugs to those that need them.
Have had three NSD's this week but i realised that that meant I didn't cross the doors! I need to go for a walk or find something to do other than shop!
I do take the Grandkids to school but I need to do more. Gardening not back-friendly so may-be I could think about pots?
We get our BB from S-y. The phone costs £5 with £13 for the line. Our unlimited BB is £7 a month. Their web-site lets you build a package to see how much it costs before you buy it.
Don't like R****t M*****h but it's the cheapest version for me.

SDG31000

Morning all

gailey please take it easy for a few days. Your body needs as much rest as possible otherwise you are going to prolong the course of the infection. Trust me, I've been there. Doing laundry with a temp of 40 while hallucinating is not fun.

Good luck with the CV Byatt

I have two days left until DH is back from his course and it can't be a moment too soon. I have reached the "Want to sob hysterically" stage of sleep loss. I know that nothing is going to help until DH is home, so chances are I will be cleaning the oven at 3am and trying not to curse too loud at it's makers.
My families visit went well thank goodness and my nephew is a gorgeous, smiley flirt. It was good to get cuddles, but I'm glad that I'm not getting used as a trampoline on a regular basis.
It is peeing it down in Leicester today and I have to go to the gym this morning and to collect new eye drops for DS1 this afternoon. Then pizza making for dinner and, if I can get DS1 off Skyrim, I might try to persuade the monsters to watch a film with me tonight. It will probably have to involve explosions/fighting, but I can live with that. I might even get something off Filmflex. DH is away spending money so £4 is allowed without guilt.

I hope everyone's days go well. Take care xxx

orangesmartie

GreyQueen wrote: »

:question:Ok Elementary Question of the Day.........what is this thing called Quidco and how does one "go thru" it? Sorry to be dense but I've never bought or sold anything online, don't know my aspidistra from my e-bay and am a bit flummoxed but keen to learn.

Quidco is a site which is like a portal to shopping websites. Go to https://www.quidco.com and have a look around - for example in the search box (top right) type in 'Comet' and you will see what cashback deals comet are offering on their purchases. The idea is to entice you to spend with a particular retailer by getting cashback on your purchase, making your item cheaper.

So, you can use it like a search engine to find a particular produce, service or company and then you can see all the different 'deals' that are available. the deals may be a % of the item cost as cashback (as with ebay) or it may be a flat rate depending on what you purchase. There may be other deals such as free delivery or a % discount off your final total with a particular retailer.

The deals/cashback/discounts etc are offered by the retailer, through quidco, quidco is acting as an intermediary.

In order to use quidco, you have to register. The process is very easy but you do need to provide them with some personal details.

Any purchases made through quidco are 'tracked' and the money shows in your quidco account. However, the payout times of retailers to quidco can vary (from days to months for some products, like insurance).

In your preferences (when you sign up) you set the amount of amount that has to be in your account before quidco pay out. So if you set your preference to £50, you won't get it paid out until there is £50 in your account.

Also, quidco charge an annual fee of £5. This money is deducted from your cashback. So, you don't have to pay them upfront. But when you do get cashback of say £105, you will receive £100 and £5 will go to quidco. They don't take the money unless and until it is there.

Hope that helps

short_bird

Up to 100 auction style, this weekend.

And it's raining in South Birmingham. Well, the reservoirs need it, even if I don't:D

mardatha

Our exchange looks like a shed in the middle of a field with sheep and coos scratching themselves on it, if that helps GQ - prob not though
Reading all the guff they require of you to give you a job all I can say is thank god am retired!

grandma247

This info is good, I actually had a go with a leek in a dish a couple of months ago and it did start to grow. I think it would be better to put it in a pot or in the ground though as water does not have the food it needs to grow. It was an interesting experiment though. There is a site called garbage gardening but have not time to look.

Has anyone heard how the new univers@l credit will affect people yet? I had an email in which someone explained it in simple terms and it was not good. It seems that if dh is not earning much more by 2014 I will be made to find a job and will be expected to apply for and take anything the job centre says! I just hope health is taken into account. Getting it without strings attached is linked to how much you earn. Dh would need to be earning over another £100 a week. I can see that families who get by on a couple of part time jobs are going to be up the creek because they will have to go full time or get more part time jobs and just how many jobs will there be?

gailey_2

Morning guys

Thanks for well wishes feeling better after an early night still little crap but better than yesterday.

hard to rest with kids

done school run but we all slept in until 8.05 so was 5min late for school.
Seem to be forever late no matter if im up early, get things ready night before getting me dressed, 3kids in buggy and school rushhour is a nightmare.

Hubbys on early as taking eldest to cheerleading tonight.

Noticed on yahoo today bankrupcy is trending. guess quite a afew are searching that option.
We just trying to stay afloat, get everything paid and not go down the dmp route as hubbys monstor loan ends june 2015 then hopefully we be completly debt free so have between now and then to pay off overdrafts and credit cards.

my personal aim is this year is to clear
£600 catalougue -brought furniture and cheap netbook as out laptop broke.
get my overdrafts down to £1000 so £700 to pay off.
cleared my loan and credit card last year


have xmas savings pot
have sales savings pot
rainy day savings pot
buy stuff and make stuff throughout year take pressure off

get a part time job.

reduced household budget by beiung more careful.

maybe pass driving test.

I been collecting the sun for holiday tokens and was finance articles in middle monday think it was about how kids affected by the downturn that their parents more stressed and moody.
Think theres some truth in that hubby has been stressed out and bit short on patiance.

Tried to cheer him up by running him nice bath with candles and chocs.
making his fave tea
buying him few reduced treats when I see them

Do feel like im saying no to my 5year old a lot as too expensive,
But am teaching her value of money and to hunt the bargains-skills for life that one!
This year going to encourage her to save as still remember once a year my aunt taking me toys r us and me emptying all my pennies on the counter for toy of my choice.

On fb was teklling everyones xmas pics as some kids had obscene amounts of pressies under tree .
Mine dont get huge amount but make sacrafices in other ways just payed all 3clubs rainbows, gym and cheerleading for the term and came to £80!

shes got a 6th birthday parked at leisure centre next month but picked the cheapest leisure centre and im self catering.

Most of kids clothes are 2nd hand bargains ebay, nearly new sales, charity shops, carboots ect.
Hope to take them on holiday this year as dident go anywhere last year due to getting new well 2nd hand car.

we try do few cheap daytrips probably do 3-4 expensive ones per year
Do park and picnics a lot.

Would rather spend money on building memories rather than lots of cheap pressies they forget.

The challange for me is ensuring she appears to have everything her freinds have but lot cheaper and they do not go without.

Pleased with how its going this month.

got new bedside table for girls room off ebay for 99p
A baby zebra toy with 50 for 4.99 to go in mil garage as hes 1 in april

Hoping toddlers 3rd birthday in spetember be cheap as sumemrs carboots season and hopefully get a lot then.

Got eldest some trousers yesterday in local charity shop and they too big only school ones guess she grow into them.But looked at other stuff toys and adult stuff and its very expensive!
Might have to travel to nearby suberb for more competative prices.
rarly have much luck with kids stuff.

Off to nct nearly new sale sat they usally mad but good.
cant wait for carboots to start.love fact can go there witha tenner and come home with lots and kids feel like they get a treat even my 13year old stepson loves it but we lucky we have some huge ones here.

On lookout for 2nd pushbike so maybe can get around bit quicker with rucksack and do reductions at evening and carboot minus the kids!

Still need to meal plan next few weeks
still need to start planning the garden

not overdoing it today laundry hard as washing machine keeps coming up with error code but do need to go through clean laundry mountain fold and put away.
I was even doing laundry when in labour with youngest as gave me something to focus on!

Hope everyones ok and wrapped up warm that winds very cold.

mardatha

"Would rather spend money on building memories rather than lots of cheap pressies they forget."

Gailey that's very wise x

gailey_2

mardatha wrote: »

"Would rather spend money on building memories rather than lots of cheap pressies they forget."

Gailey that's very wise x

Thanks mardatha its time spent together on hols and days out they remember more . ask eldest what she had in total for xmas and its only jan she would struggle to remember.

As fot the clubs want her to have hobbies, shes made a few freinds and is getting very good at gym working towards new badge think its teaches her some disipline.

Rainbows is younger vesrion of brownies and is cheap and great as shes part of community, doing parades and mnaking messy crafts outside the house!

HELP- MY NUMPTY HUSBAND HAS BEEN STUPID.

Got reduced chicken and white wine pie yesterday in co-op from fresh section. put in fridge planned to do for tea tonight.
Hubby exdited about pie to 3/4 of it in his lunchbox.
But its uncooked can only be cooked in oven he just has microwave at work. Just rang him when discovered and hes ate a 1/4 of it already!
Will be be ok?hoping he brings rest back and cook it later.
why do men not read instructions. I dont even think it looked ready to eat clearly needed cooking!

So hoping hes not sick!