Calling all you night owls

marksandsparksgal

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

No TV through there.. can get radio on my mobile, suppose I could try sticking that on. I'll go and try again in a bit.

M&S - don't feel too left behind at 23! I'm five years ahead of you and still not finished my degree.. and am faaar from settled down. You've got plenty of years ahead to be 'grown up' in!

Ok red, I'll remember that.

And re sleeping, usually when I am having trouble, I lay there and deliberately think about nothing. I read somewhere that if you imagine a kind of shop in your mind, shelves laden with stuff, each representing a different worry, thought, whatever. And then imagine the shelves slowly being emptied. Works for me sometimes.

marksandsparksgal

bubbles0169 wrote: »

can i just say that in my last post im talking about myself
its my opinion of me
if any one else is in this situation im not calling you dull
just me
yous you an i is i
just for all you lurkers
ok! xxxxxxxx

It's a silly opinion, you're not dull. :D :j And have a spinning Martin too: :money:

poorandindenial

OK Red, so you have to give them no room to wiggle on the more experience thing. I do a lot of recruitment (different postions but principle, I think, is the same) it is all about the examples you give. If they feel like well rounded stories then they come across much better so the golden rules are:
1) explain the scenarion and what had to be delivered
2) explain what your role was in the example
3) make it clear what the outcome was
4) have a 'i learned this/would do this differently next time' up your sleeve to impress them

Oh and for the manager thing, I find that when I interview we focus on when someone was leading a task (see the blah above but make it about leading a team and especially sorting out resource or lack of time issues) and then we probe how well people know when to deal with staff stuff themselves and when to kick disciplinary procedures in to play.

am probably teaching grandmother to suck eggs - in which case sorry, I just have to do loads of these and these are a few of my tips when I am interview coaching people.

redsquirrel80

Ooh M&S that's a big one!!

Thanks for the advice, I have started to prepare answers - have had a couple of interviews at the same place so roughly know what the format's likely to be. Not tried a practise one - always thought I'd feel really silly - but I might grab someone and try that out!

bubbles0169

as you know m&s;)
i is a blonde too
stoopid sun not around much last year has made it dull though!
an i dont really want to start lightening it
all the touch ups ya have to do
money,money,money!

bubbles0169

marksandsparksgal wrote: »

It's a silly opinion, you're not dull. :D :j And have a spinning Martin too: :money:

lol poor:D :kisses3:

marksandsparksgal

For any Dr Who fans...a comedy spoof of The Doctor's Daughter episode, made me LOL so much today, as the Doctor character really has Dave down to a T.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siWWZNRnQgU

And oh my life....I so would...



Make him a nice cup of tea.

poorandindenial

I'm the old one on this board tonight - I might not come back. (am only 29 - BIG three-oh soon)

And none of you are dull, you are all lovely.

marksandsparksgal

bubbles0169 wrote: »

as you know m&s;)
i is a blonde too
stoopid sun not around much last year has made it dull though!
an i dont really want to start lightening it
all the touch ups ya have to do
money,money,money!

Tell me about it ... love having shiny red hair, love it less dying it ever 4 weeks. Tho the dye here is about £2.50 and perpetually on sale so not too bad really. Dreading going back to blonde as that'll be a hairdresser job...:eek:

redsquirrel80

poorandindenial wrote: »

OK Red, so you have to give them no room to wiggle on the more experience thing. I do a lot of recruitment (different postions but principle, I think, is the same) it is all about the examples you give. If they feel like well rounded stories then they come across much better so the golden rules are:
1) explain the scenarion and what had to be delivered
2) explain what your role was in the example
3) make it clear what the outcome was
4) have a 'i learned this/would do this differently next time' up your sleeve to impress them

Oh and for the manager thing, I find that when I interview we focus on when someone was leading a task (see the blah above but make it about leading a team and especially sorting out resource or lack of time issues) and then we probe how well people know when to deal with staff stuff themselves and when to kick disciplinary procedures in to play.

am probably teaching grandmother to suck eggs - in which case sorry, I just have to do loads of these and these are a few of my tips when I am interview coaching people.

That's really useful, thanks Poor (my 'thanks' button seems to have vanished!). Would you mind if I dropped you a PM tomorrow with a few questions on the whole thing?

Gonna try the sleep thing again - thanks for all your company and advice everyone, have a nice night xxx