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Speculative phone calls

Claire_MUFC
Claire_MUFC Posts: 248 Forumite
in Employment, jobseeking & training
Anyone have any advice on making speculative phone calls ? Been told I have to phone 10 companies before next work programme appointment on Fri.

Looking for like admin or retail work. Only companies I really know are the big ones where they have jobs advertised online anyway

With the smaller ones, I don't know any to be able to say I'd love to work for them.

Phone book there's that many I don't know where to begin. Just open at the start and phone the first 10 ? Haha
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  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    Claire_MUFC wrote: »
    Anyone have any advice on making speculative phone calls ? Been told I have to phone 10 companies before next work programme appointment on Fri.

    Looking for like admin or retail work. Only companies I really know are the big ones where they have jobs advertised online anyway

    With the smaller ones, I don't know any to be able to say I'd love to work for them.

    Phone book there's that many I don't know where to begin. Just open at the start and phone the first 10 ? Haha
    No why use the phone book? Use the net? Look on LinkedIn or Google an area of the city where you want to work. See what pops up

    Having said that unless you have the name of a person you may not even get any further than the switchboard/reception.

    I don't think cold calling would work as we would never take calls where I worked and if someone did get my number direct it would be 'sorry we have no jobs'. I had no time to talk to people.
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  • Claire_MUFC
    Claire_MUFC Posts: 248 Forumite
    AP007 wrote: »
    No why use the phone book? Use the net? Look on LinkedIn or Google an area of the city where you want to work. See what pops up

    Having said that unless you have the name of a person you may not even get any further than the switchboard/reception.

    I don't think cold calling would work as we would never take calls where I worked and if someone did get my number direct it would be 'sorry we have no jobs'. I had no time to talk to people.
    To be honest, where I live isn't that big haha, so don't really mind which part of town I work in

    Yeah, my advisor has got me doing it as one of her other candidates phoned a few places and has got either a work trial or interview set up by doing it, forget which

    But yeah it is something I'm gonna feel dead awkward doing, no names or anything. So just be receptionists I guess
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    Claire_MUFC wrote: »
    To be honest, where I live isn't that big haha, so don't really mind which part of town I work in

    Yeah, my advisor has got me doing it as one of her other candidates phoned a few places and has got either a work trial or interview set up by doing it, forget which

    But yeah it is something I'm gonna feel dead awkward doing, no names or anything. So just be receptionists I guess
    You are only looking where you live? You have to be looking up to 90 mins away from where you live.

    You really need to get names or you wont get far.
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  • Claire_MUFC
    Claire_MUFC Posts: 248 Forumite
    AP007 wrote: »
    You are only looking where you live? You have to be looking up to 90 mins away from where you live.

    You really need to get names or you wont get far.
    Looking here, and some other surrounding towns. Obviously taking into account transport costs too

    With retail and admin was just thinking of phoning schools and hotels round here. Even if they aren't interested long as I get a phone number and name who I spoke to proves I phoned haha

    Not easy really to find names in places
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    Claire_MUFC wrote: »
    Looking here, and some other surrounding towns. Obviously taking into account transport costs too

    With retail and admin was just thinking of phoning schools and hotels round here. Even if they aren't interested long as I get a phone number and name who I spoke to proves I phoned haha

    Not easy really to find names in places
    It is pretty easy to find names
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  • Claire_MUFC
    Claire_MUFC Posts: 248 Forumite
    AP007 wrote: »
    It is pretty easy to find names
    How ? Found names of companies but not who works for them and doing what haha

    Smaller places are especially hard
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    Claire_MUFC wrote: »
    How ? Found names of companies but not who works for them and doing what haha

    Smaller places are especially hard
    PM me the names of the companies you are looking at and where and lets see
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  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    Also are the WP paying your phone bill? If not id ask to do this at their offices.
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  • Claire_MUFC
    Claire_MUFC Posts: 248 Forumite
    AP007 wrote: »
    Also are the WP paying your phone bill? If not id ask to do this at their offices.
    Just DM'd you

    And nope, they aren't paying my phone bill. Doing it on my mobile which I get unlimited calls on anyway :)
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    Claire_MUFC wrote: »
    Just DM'd you

    And nope, they aren't paying my phone bill. Doing it on my mobile which I get unlimited calls on anyway :)
    Lucky you can pay for a mobile.

    Yes I got the PM but I thought you said you have some names of companies
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