One of the reasons people can't find employment....

gettingready

Ringo - I have done 4 years of contracting but with the new rules (you will know which ones), makes absolutely no sense to continue.

With very specialised, narrow field - not many permanent jobs come up locally so a case of wait for something suitable to come up.

In a meantime, killing time here on and civil jobs website..

Time to walk the dog, all the best

usefulmale

pioneer22 wrote: »

Then stop posting in my thread.

People with dyslexia are more likely to make spelling errors, grammatical errors omit, repeat or fail to use punctuation.

Dyslexia isn't just about getting wrords the wrong way round.

FYI

Dyslexia is considered a language based learning disorder and is thought of as a reading disability but it also impacts a student's ability to write. There is often a large discrepancy between what a student thinks and can tell you orally and what he can write down on paper. Besides frequent spelling errors, some of the ways dyslexia affects writing skills:

Essays are written as one paragraph with several long, run-on sentences
Using little punctuation, including not capitalizing the first word in a sentence or using end punctuation
Odd or no spacing between words
Cramming information on the page rather than spreading out
In addition, many students with dyslexia show signs of dysgraphia, including having illegible handwriting and taking a long time to form letters and write assignments.
As with reading, students with dyslexia spend so much time and effort writing the words, the meaning behind the words can be lost. Added to difficulties in organizing and sequencing information, writing paragraphs, essays and reports is time consuming and frustrating.

Erm, no. I think I will post what I want, where I want, thank you.

I think everyone would agree that none of your posts on this thread show any of the signs of dyslexia you have so helpfully posted.

Oh, another point. These days, a university education means squat really. You can get acceptance letters to some of them in Christmas crackers.

When I used to watch University Challenge as a comprehensive school student back in the early 80s, most of the questions were centered on Maths, the sciences, and engineering. You know, stuff that really warranted a university education. I still got some of the questions right though.

Watched the program again last year and most of the questions were about who painted what, theology/mythology and authors. The few science and technical questions were barely A level standard.

Lastly, you omitted to say what it is that you are fit to practice.

gettingready

pioneer22 wrote: »

Why not? Especially if one has a questionable history.

Because nobody does it - simples.

Questionable history?

Who said one has to have continuous work history for years? You?

Some people I know (myself included) took a break from work at some point because they did not HAVE TO work non stop. Had enough financial resources to be able to afford it. Or to take less paying job to give their brain a break.

And no, this does not HAVE TO be explained on CV or even at interview stage as people are not robots and are entailed to have private life.

Bet you snoop FB accounts too?

pioneer22

gettingready wrote: »

Because nobody does it - simples.

Questionable history?

Who said one has to have continuous work history for years? You?

Some people I know (myself included) took a break from work at some point because they did not HAVE TO work non stop. Had enough financial resources to be able to afford it. Or to take less paying job to give their brain a break.

And no, this does not HAVE TO be explained on CV or even at interview stage as people are not robots and are entailed to have private life.

Bet you snoop FB accounts too?

That's why your unemployed and don't have a job/can't get one.

[Deleted User]

You know, you lot might get on a bit better if you didn't make things so person (or, realise that the opinions of random strangers online are fairly meaningless)

pioneer22

usefulmale wrote: »

Erm, no. I think I will post what I want, where I want, thank you.

I think everyone would agree that none of your posts on this thread show any of the signs of dyslexia you have so helpfully posted.

Oh, another point. These days, a university education means squat really. You can get acceptance letters to some of them in Christmas crackers.

When I used to watch University Challenge as a comprehensive school student back in the early 80s, most of the questions were centered on Maths, the sciences, and engineering. You know, stuff that really warranted a university education. I still got some of the questions right though.

Watched the program again last year and most of the questions were about who painted what, theology/mythology and authors. The few science and technical questions were barely A level standard.

Lastly, you omitted to say what it is that you are fit to practice.

I had to work hard to get into uni.... Straight A's I certainly didn't go to a clown college.

[Deleted User]

Linkedin is way better on snooping on people before job interviews. Looking at their facebook is pretty unprofessional

(I just had C's, but still managed to get into a decent redbrick + Russell group uni)

pioneer22

ringo_24601 wrote: »

Linkedin is way better on snooping on people before job interviews. Looking at their facebook is pretty unprofessional

My HR team wouldn't approve with Facebook as you can be liable for discrimination, I would google someone though, I know a few people have been caught out this way.

usefulmale

pioneer22 wrote: »

I had to work hard to get into uni.... Straight A's I certainly didn't go to a clown college.

Again, I have to ask. What is it that you claim you are fit to practice?

What degree have you obtained from university?

[Deleted User]

pioneer22 wrote: »

My HR team wouldn't approve with Facebook as you can be liable for discrimination, I would google someone though, I know a few people have been caught out this way.

That's why you get someone completely unlinked to the recruitment process to do it.. In my old firm, we'd normally get someone to ask questions you can't ask in an interview as they walked them to/from the interview.

Personally, I wouldn't hire anyone who didn't have a locked-down facebook account as it would show their ignorance of IT security