you know when all you lovely people give advice...

bobbadog

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

well day one of looking for a new job and i have started with the nhs jobs website, i am looking at all admin/secretary jobs avalible but most of them ask for 'RSA II typing skills or equivalent' anyone know what that is is it still worth me applying

I did RSA 1, 2 and 3 at an government funded agency called 'Starting Off' near my home in Northampton - didn't cost anything and I went there for 4 days a week. They helped me to find my first admin job at a recruitment place. I think you can do RSA word processing, text processing and audio typing - they all run alongside eachother. Am positive you can find these courses if not for free, then for very very cheap. They taught me to touch type - just a book of exercises really - will see if i still have it laying around somewhere for you PAP. x

Oooh - think the equivalent would be to be able to type at a speed of 35 words per minute, accurately. So long as you're PC literate which you obviously are I don't think this would be a problem. If you joined a recruitment agency at any point they'd test you for free as part of their signing on process. Yes it's worth applying, so long as your CV is shipshape and you sell yourself in other ways x

elantan

lyndsey jane just read the message you left on the palst page (started at the end and was working my way back to where i left off) very touching truthful and inspiring ...can i add my name to paps and pester you about excercise etc ?

postingalwaysposting

thanks john lewis they have just made my day, do you know that post ages ago (well sat/sun) about the free £5 gift if you use a code while online @ john lewis (new customers only) well i did it and i never in my wildest dreams thought they would honour it but... they did :T it was just delivered :rotfl: i have now got a new kitten notebook for my xmas box :T and it looks of great quality too... still i wouldnt have payed £5 for it in real life... this is my first every freebie from this site and i am loving it i have now signed up for a lip gloss and a nail varnish and i am going to set my self a challange ~ get my sister a xmas/birthday gift (basket thing) that didnt cost me a penny :rotfl: now i have 39 xmas gifts :rotfl:

edit: oh and they sent it in a huge jiffy bag so thats one more for the ebay pile

*zippy*

I used that code too pap, mines not arrived yet, but hopefully it won't be long then if they honoured it.

postingalwaysposting

*zippy* wrote: »

I used that code too pap, mines not arrived yet, but hopefully it won't be long then if they honoured it.

zippy look on the thread on the frebbies gone but not forgotton board lots are getting thier items now, also check your john lewis account mine says dispacthed and once it gets to that stage its apparently legally binding so they have to honour it

*zippy*

Thanks pap, I just checked and its been dispatched

postingalwaysposting

well its that time of the month and its payday on tues :T so i am going through my soa again :rolleyes: i was going to do this the weekend but i have had to go onto a new notepad this month so i dug that out today :rotfl: now all looks ok untill you look at my account balances now :rolleyes:

so here we go... accounts today
bills ~ -£43.80 :eek:
spending ~ -£27.11
savings £42.27 :rolleyes:

now i had a letter today from lovely natwest saying i will be charged for going over my overdraft thanks to me not cancelling that standing order, i have also phoned sainsburys and they said that their bank should push it back as my account is now closed or i have to phone them next week for a cheque :rolleyes: but £30 of that will now be swallowed through natwest :mad: so i cant count it really

so soa ~
£100.00 ~ mum
£70.00 ~ bt (i am hoping they will reduce this soon as there is no debt on this account now :rolleyes:)
£11.00 ~ house insurance
£3.28 ~ bike insurace
£48.00 ~ bus cards
£6.00 ~ deno
£180.00 ~ driving (i so wish i could scrap this :rolleyes:)
£18.00 ~ xmas savings
£300.00 ~ savings (sig)
£50.00 ~ me money

sub total ~ £786.28

reinstate accounts ~ £70.91

total ~ £857.19 :eek:

now i have no idea if i will hit this ammount this month but i do have 7 1/2 hours overtime and 7 1/2 hours double time but i did have 6 hours sick (i have no idea if they will pay this) so all the overtime should tally £119.70 (thats without the tax they will no doubt take :rolleyes:) add my basic will give me a total of £832.29 :eek: £24.90 short hopefully my brother will give me back the £21 he owes me and i have £1.80 here but i am still £2.10 short :rotfl: more if the tax man takes a huge cut :mad:

I also want to phone the bank up on payday and cancel both overdrafts, £100 on my bills and £50 on my spending account as this really is debt in all honestly... its a shame as i cant get an extra day in before payday, but as cutoff has been and gone it would be pointless anyway next month will be super tight :rolleyes:

tesuhoha

Pap, I think that you should write a letter to your bank and ask for your charges to be refunded. I have done this on several occasions and it has always worked. Something like this.

Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your letter of ....date.... informing me that you have deducted charges from my account due to the fact that I went over my overdraft limit. This was due to an oversight on my part as I forgot to cancel a standing order to an account which has now been repaid. I am afraid that I think your charge of £30 is excessive. I am attempting to keep my finances in good order but it is very difficult for me to do this when you deduct large amounts from my account in this way.

I have not budgetted to lose this money and would therefore be very grateful if you could return my £30 to me as a goodwill gesture. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Thank you for your assistance.

Yours sincerely



Name

Pap, that is the kind of letter I write and it has always paid off apart from the last time when they said Id had too many refunds. However, you have nothing to lose by writing to them and you might be £30 better off.

postingalwaysposting

thanks tes this is my first ever charge ever so i think i will write a letter who do i send it to though? my local branch or head office?

ps can i 'borrow' your template

tesuhoha

Of course you can borrow my template; thats why I wrote it for you . Write the letter to the address on the letter that you received from the bank telling you about the charges. Also address it to the person who signed the letter. So if it was Andrea Hobbs, Customer Services Advisor for instance I would address it to her personally - Dear Ms Hobbs etc and put on the envelope for the attention of Ms Hobbs, Customer Services Advisor