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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 09:12 PM
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I immediately bin 50% of the CV's I recieve, purely on the basis that I don't like employing unlucky people
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Henrik
What's wrong with that then?
you do realise that anything at or above an F is a pass??

I passed maths with a B and I know that I am not clever enough to be an accountant and I knew that when I was 16, it does not matter how many NVQ courses and training college courses you study at unless a miracle happens you are not going to be a accountant or stock broker earning 100k a year. My cousin got A* in maths, science, and english she is clever and she is now a fully qualified accountant working at a large firm earning lots of money (and spending it just as quick) but I am getting the feeling that there are a lot of people who are over qualified with no job.
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Scooby Soon!
you do realise that anything at or above an F is a pass??

I passed maths with a B and I know that I am not clever enough to be an accountant and I knew that when I was 16, it does not matter how many NVQ courses and training college courses you study at unless a miracle happens you are not going to be a accountant or stock broker earning 100k a year. My cousin got A* in maths, science, and english she is clever and she is now a fully qualified accountant working at a large firm earning lots of money (and spending it just as quick) but I am getting the feeling that there are a lot of people who are over qualified with no job.
Can I point out that you dont need math to be an accountant. Welcome to the 21st Century
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by davegtt
Can I point out that you dont need math to be an accountant. Welcome to the 21st Century
well you learn something new everyday, I would of thought a good understanding of math would be important with a job involving numbers and figures.

Right I'm off to apply for a part time job teaching English.....
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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 11:04 AM
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Odd that this thread should be just below dangerous dogs thread

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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by davegtt

Can I point out that you dont need math to be an accountant. Welcome to the 21st Century
I'm a chartered accountant and if you struggle with maths then yes it would be difficult to qualify! Yes we have calculators but the basics of math is a massive advantage. I was never grade a student but got the basics
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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Scooby Soon!
Need to take on some new staff and have not got a clue where to start, everyone that works for me has come by word of mouth or actually knocked on my door asking for a job, I recently took on a school leaver for a couple of days a week and he has no common sense and although hes done ok in his exams its as if his heads empty. Our place of business is based in an area with almost zero jobs available but everyone is on benefits and don't want to consider taking a minimum wage job.

I know that i need to avoid the job centre but where do people look for jobs online? : jobsite/ monster? I don't have a clue as I have never had to find a job or hire people for a job. I will consider anyone
I'm a recruitment consultant and also accountant but gave number crunching up as boring . We heavily use LinkedIn to find candidates , mainstream job boards are ok but you have to wade through a lot of crap to find someone and your advert has to be really well written to be found, read and applied for. If you need anymore advice let me know
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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by fitzscoob
There is a job site called inneed, I'll double check when I'm at work. The site looks shocking compared to Monster etc. but it's free to post jobs and they come up on google searches.

Whenever I need more staff now I post a job on there. Get a much better response than the local paper or job centre.

With regards to the lack of common sense, it seems to be a common trait in many youngsters for manual labour jobs. My advice is be brutal, set a short trial period, 3 months or so and if they fail to grasp what you need to do, terminate the trial and look again.
Forget local papers really old hat these days most people look online, monster, total jobs etc. there are 1000's of job sites in specialist areas as well these are better used to get quality candidates over quality
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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by hodgy0_2
I immediately bin 50% of the CV's I recieve, purely on the basis that I don't like employing unlucky people
I sling out the ones with poor spelling

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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 03:01 PM
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Aha, serves me right for being a smart ****
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Old Sep 1, 2013 | 09:27 PM
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We get about one CV a day - we immediately bin any that don't use a name - it's easy to find on our website!

As for finding people, it completely depends on what job and what level.
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Old Sep 1, 2013 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mrmadcap
To be frank I think most people would graft if they were paid four times the wage they were used to, and then after two or three years could afford to buy a house with cash.
exactly!
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