Topic: The Job Thread

[Minhosa]

Current Job/Life Sitch?

Advertising Monitor and back living with the parents in Chester-le-Street now. The salary at this potential job isn't that great, really.

Unless you're getting a significant rise then don't do it.

[Colo's Short and Curlies]

Daft question....

Probably getting the opportunity to work in the States for a couple of months in the summer, but also looking at a holiday in Cuba in April/May.

Any potential security checks/risks that might arise from visiting Cuba so close to going to the States?

[FrenchWilliam]

I'm probably going to have to go to Israel and then Saudi this year with work, so similar problem. A colleague has told me you can either get a 'spare' passport, or can get a special page put in your passport which they can stamp in the dodgy country (cuba/israel) that can then be removed.

Haven't looked into it though, so might be rubbish.

[Stu]

I'm probably going to have to go to Israel and then Saudi this year with work, so similar problem. A colleague has told me you can either get a 'spare' passport, or can get a special page put in your passport which they can stamp in the dodgy country (cuba/israel) that can then be removed.

Haven't looked into it though, so might be rubbish.

Yep, definitely advise getting a second passport if you have to do random travel with work.

[JS]

Probably jinxing the hell out of this but..

Second interview with Google  Thought I really screwed the first one up but apparently not. Know im gonna get grilled on Unix/Linux stuff, and probably more MAC OSX crap. Ahhh well. See how it goes. Here's to hoping! 

[dinotheprehistoricgeordie]

Probably jinxing the hell out of this but..

Second interview with Google  Thought I really screwed the first one up but apparently not. Know im gonna get grilled on Unix/Linux stuff, and probably more MAC OSX crap. Ahhh well. See how it goes. Here's to hoping! 

Good luck!

[Greg]

I'm probably going to have to go to Israel and then Saudi this year with work, so similar problem. A colleague has told me you can either get a 'spare' passport, or can get a special page put in your passport which they can stamp in the dodgy country (cuba/israel) that can then be removed.

Haven't looked into it though, so might be rubbish.

I was in Israel in December, they are happy to just stamp a landing card that they supply.

[mrmojorisin75]

I'm probably going to have to go to Israel and then Saudi this year with work, so similar problem. A colleague has told me you can either get a 'spare' passport, or can get a special page put in your passport which they can stamp in the dodgy country (cuba/israel) that can then be removed.

Haven't looked into it though, so might be rubbish.

Yep, definitely advise getting a second passport if you have to do random travel with work.

second passports are handy aye, think you need a letter from work to get one like...i did at least

[TRC]

Just got a job in sales, commission only. FML

[Ian W]

Unbelievable that civilised countries actually care which other places you've visited recently. It's not like MI6 agents are going to turn up with a passport showing all the places they've been spying.

[Interpolic]

Got a phone interview tomorrow, any tips?  I've only ever done 1 phone interview and that was years ago and I failed it miserably.

I think we're just talking about their job spec vs my CV.

[MW]

All the other stuff like be polite.

If its anything like competency ones I had, dont worry about asking for (a bit) of.time to.think about it.

Big one - print out notes in big font and spread them out over a table or something with the things you want to tell them, stuff you dont want to forget. Or answers to questions to anticipate receiving. Helped me massively.



Im going to teach myself Spanish at work

[JS]

Might have a placement in Eindhoven!

[Interpolic]

All the other stuff like be polite.

If its anything like competency ones I had, dont worry about asking for (a bit) of.time to.think about it.

Big one - print out notes in big font and spread them out over a table or something with the things you want to tell them, stuff you dont want to forget. Or answers to questions to anticipate receiving. Helped me massively.



Im going to teach myself Spanish at work

Nice one.

Thanks mate.

[Interpolic]

Phone interview went quite well I thought!  Maybe won't get to the next stage but it's upped my confidence and I'm back in the hunt so I'm happy.

[BarackObama]

Phone interview went quite well I thought!  Maybe won't get to the next stage but it's upped my confidence and I'm back in the hunt so I'm happy.

I need to start having a look for a job in Manchester for when i'm living there from September really. Any sort of bar work/retail will be decent enough I reckon.

[leffe186]

Not sure if this is the right place to put this.

Am currently working night shift Monday-Tuesday, then all day Wed and Thu. My sleeping pattern has been a mess. Anyone suggest the best approach? Try to sleep Mon am, or Mon pm?

[MW]

given i'm filling in for someone at the job for a few weeks, the people downstairs who have to sort the stuff out I need to pick up have caught on that they can get away with being a bit lazier. so now from 9:15 i have over 2 hours to do whatever before they have stuff ready.

actually annoying me as it wastes my time going downstairs to check, but that only takes 2 minutes

[Dr Colossus]

Just been for an interview. As I'm sitting there with a bloke and a German woman explaining how the company started in Germany then opened a division over here, I remembered that it says in my CV that I studied German and realised what was about to happen. I managed to struggle through the old "Guten morgens, mein nam ist..." tripe before going "err, ich heisse..." and having to stop because I was going to say what I was called twice.

[Anderson]

given i'm filling in for someone at the job for a few weeks, the people downstairs who have to sort the stuff out I need to pick up have caught on that they can get away with being a bit lazier. so now from 9:15 i have over 2 hours to do whatever before they have stuff ready.

actually annoying me as it wastes my time going downstairs to check, but that only takes 2 minutes

[neesy111]

Got some work handing out magazines in Newcastle on a thursday morning if anyone is interested PM me.

[Dave]

I detest the concept of a phone interview, hope I never have to do that s****. In fact I'm not sure I'd apply for a job that had one.

[Dinho lad]

I detest the concept of a phone interview, hope I never have to do that s****. In fact I'm not sure I'd apply for a job that had one.

me too.

[SEMTEX]

I'm unemployed, without a job in 6 months, I've found the PERFECT job for me!! Wait! They do a phone interview. Oh well, f*** that, off to the Job Centre for me.

[Dave]