IT Support Job Opening Available

IT Support Job Opening Available

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JamieBeeston

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Tuesday 27th November 2007
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To save cross-posting I'll link to the Business Section.
We're Hiring

JamieBeeston

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9,294 posts

267 months

Tuesday 27th November 2007
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Mag1calTrev0r said:
Docklands, working nights: 23:30 - 08:00, £20k, with Linux & Cisco experience.

You don't want any one good then? wink
Sure I want good, but I'm not after another one of me, but I'm after some youngster who's eager to learn and has a good basic skillset we can build on.

The job will be 90% playing online games and surfing forums / watching movies..

We get very little night-time support, but I want someone there all the same..

~£20k is over double minimum wage.. and it's a starting salary, not a final salary, especially for a college leaver, and especially as we're going to spend approaching that again on training the right chap/chapess.

Docklands is SOOO accessible, the candidate could live anywhere so long as they can get in on time... but this is why we're offering £20k and not £14k, to attract someone a little more local.

I also said basic cisco, ie ccna that their foist on kids in college these days..

I don't want someone to rewrite my BGP peering sessions, just someone who knows how to disable a switchport!

JamieBeeston

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Tuesday 27th November 2007
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Podie said:
what JamieBeeston should have said:
We get very little night-time support, except that Podie character phoning up at 11pm on a Sunday night
hehe
wink drinks sometime soon wink

JamieBeeston

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Tuesday 27th November 2007
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zaktoo said:
I wish I was even close (he he) to being local. Sounds like a decent job for a great company and the hours are super smile
London City Airport is a 5 min taxi drive (or a short DLR trip) away smile

And imagine the pings to your server from on-Network wink

J

JamieBeeston

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Thursday 6th December 2007
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Salary Bump

JamieBeeston

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Thursday 6th December 2007
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agent006 said:
Jamie, as an aside, is there a phone number for you tech support people? Or is typing the only way?
Serverstream offers Tech support via Telephone as the price point supports this, Register1 offers 24/7 support via the ticketing system as it's price point supports that.

If I was to offer 24/7 telephone tech support to Reg1 customers I'd need to double the prices to cover the extra £150k of support staffers.

The Reg1 support staffers are a great bunch though, and will always respond in a likety-split fashion smile

J

JamieBeeston

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Tuesday 11th December 2007
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CUE99T said:
Seems like a decent starting job, as a business owner recently just gone through more staff recruiting I know how hard this is and think Jamie is offering an excellent opportunity to someone.

Best of Luck JB.

Paul
wink Ta Paul..

as you say, it's a pain finding not just someone with the skills.. but more someone who you know will be a good fit and whom is willing to put in the effort, and not just 'clock off and go home' when the whistle blows!

I'm slowly sorting through the applicants, but I fear I'm going to have to throw the net a little further..

I think I'll end up contacting Unis / colleges directly, I just wanted to see if I could help a PH'r out first.

smile

beer

JamieBeeston

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Tuesday 11th December 2007
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Aye,

I've certainly had alot of people wanting the moon on a stick (More money, less hours, more holiday, no nights on the 'Night Shift' role!)

I'm sure I'll find someone eventually.. so far we've recruited from our own peer groups.. people I've worked with, or went to school / college / uni with.. but as I get older, so do the mates, and so they want more wink

Bless... give me a sales pitch to a PLC any day over recruiting wink

J

JamieBeeston

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Tuesday 11th December 2007
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rich1231 said:
Can I have the moon on a stick please?
wink I think you're a little overqualified wink

But if you ever want to kick back and relax ..... could be just the job for you wink

JamieBeeston

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Tuesday 11th December 2007
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rich1231 said:
JamieBeeston said:
rich1231 said:
Can I have the moon on a stick please?
wink I think you're a little overqualified wink

But if you ever want to kick back and relax ..... could be just the job for you wink
Who said I dont kick back and relax anyway?

I must have done at least a minutes work today.
Sheesh.. sorry, If you've done a minutes work, you've still out-earnt me wink

The richet you get, the balder you get... and you've got more hair than Matt Lucas smile

JamieBeeston

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Wednesday 12th December 2007
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Hedders said:
JamieBeeston said:
The job will be 90% playing online games and surfing forums / watching movies..
Ok, would you be interested in setting up a job share for this position? You can get a part timer to do that last ten percent and i will do the rest (from home, using my own Internet at no charge) for lets say, £17.5k?
smile Tsk! Why didnt I think of that smile

J

JamieBeeston

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Wednesday 12th December 2007
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Hedders said:
See, I'm just what your organisation needs. A lazy smart arse smile
smile we're full of those already smile

I like to employ people who remind me of .. me smile

JamieBeeston

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Wednesday 12th December 2007
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justlivyalife said:
If I wasn't only in my 2nd year at Uni, this is the sort of job I'd like.. Grrr. Good luck with finding someone suitable!
Staffs Uni?

You could always leave wink

That's what I did.. Was doing my MEng at staffs... but realise just how cr@p it was, and how little I was learning.. so moved to London and did nights for a fledgling .com Datacentre operator called Redbus smile

JamieBeeston

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Wednesday 12th December 2007
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philthy said:
If I didn't live so far away, I'd be pestering you about this position.
Deffo time for a change for me.

Good luck filling it, your tech support is second to none.
wink And will continue to grow from strength to strength with the addition of another enthusiastic and dedicated person wink

J