calling agencies or plumbing companies

[mrhungwell]

Hi ok first of i dont know if i am allowed to post this if not please ( mods ) delete the post . I have been in uk for 8 months now after moving from another country where i was trained and qualified as a plumber i have had no work since i arrived here even though i send my cv out nearly every day is there any thing i can do to help with me obtaining work ( tips ) im talking from the agencies point of view there must be something wrong with my cv although i have gone over it umpteen times . If any agencies see this post and want me to email my cv to them to look over and tell me where i am going wrong i would be greatly appreciated . Thanks for reading and please accept my apologies if this post is not allowed

[ALawson]

If you are self employed why not try registering on here http://www.findagoodone.com/index.html you can then be contacted by people looking for jobs to be done.

Conversley there is another website where people advertise jobs which you can contact them and quote them for doing the work.

Have you tried local plumbers merchants they normally know the lie of the land and may be able to suggest a plumbers who are looking to take people on.

Also keep your rates competative to keep the work ticking over, I have found that there are several plumbers who take the piss completely i.e. quote £100 for changing a washer in a tap!!!!

Why not stick your CV up on here without some of the detail.

[carmonk]

Yeah, you can repair my cistern. It's a job that's beneath our home-grown plumbers so it's been busted for two years now.

[Wheelrepairit]

Get yourself down to essex and fit my ensuite can you.

Cant believe the trouble im having getting a plumber, one quoted me £560 a day, labour only, 1 person.

I think not

[mrhungwell]

thanks guys i dont really want to go the self employed route as i am not sure regarding the laws in uk . My biggest downfall is coming from south africa we dont have gas so im not corgi reg what i have been looking for is domestic plumbing work and there is plenty out there but had no luck with my cv

[mrhungwell]

how do i upload my cv as suggested so someone (agency)can go through it and tell me what needs amending

[mrhungwell]

thanks i do know the market is saturated also was a bad time to move to uk. I qualified through ceta of which is recognised world wide apart from austrailia .i beleive Some guys from uk also came over to train although i dont no how true that was