I'm not going to be here as much for the foreseeable
I'm not going to be here as much for the foreseeable
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Pothole

Original Poster:

34,367 posts

311 months

Sunday 12th May 2013
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I'm going to be at work!

I have not been able to say that for 227 days.

I'm a little nervous, to be honest...

pad58

12,549 posts

210 months

Sunday 12th May 2013
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Good for you,I'm still looking.

Bullett

11,172 posts

213 months

Sunday 12th May 2013
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well done!

rog007

5,828 posts

253 months

Monday 13th May 2013
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Great news! Are you able to share why you think it took so long and how you managed to secure this new role for those if us with a keen interest in such things?

Pothole

Original Poster:

34,367 posts

311 months

Monday 13th May 2013
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If I'm perfectly honest it took so long because I am overqualified for many of the jobs I went for, so was rejected out of hand, and I didn't go for lots of others I could easily have done because I believe I'm worth more than £15k a year.

This one suits me down to the ground and the agent who put me forward clearly spotted that from my CV.

I did try touting round a dumbed down version of said CV but it looked st, frankly. It's quite hard to hide 25+ years of customer facing experience, 5 year of management and 2 years as a trainer...

I stuck to touting my CV on every job site I could find, applying for roles from the e-mails these generated and registering with all the agencies I could find locally.

This role was advertised by Adecco.

Edited by Pothole on Tuesday 14th May 18:26

tori

1,799 posts

210 months

Tuesday 14th May 2013
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Well done poppet! You'll have to give your face fuzz a special trim for the big off.

Hope it's everything you hope for X

Road Pest

3,123 posts

227 months

Tuesday 14th May 2013
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Just when I don't have a job too... mmmm Thatchers wink having to settle for a large glass of red instead after my first interview today, seemed to go well anyway.