Forgot how bad job searching was :(

I am in the process of applying to accounting firms and here is my dillemma;

should I cold call or email my cv and cover letter speculatively?

Some of the companies I have found have no website and just have phone number. In that case would it make sense to call them enquiring about any possible accounts assistant position?
 
Another 15 or so placements applied for, its a shame some companies are binning these cover letters ive spent an hour or so writing for each purely because of my 2:2 in first year. sigh.
 
Delvis said:
Hmmmmm...I appear to be being pestered...lol

Had a phone call the other day that I missed about a Job, saying i'm ideal etc...Then had an email about an hour later giving me the job spec etc saying im ideal please get back to them (the agents)...Not sure If I want to apply though as it's a bit of a trek for me each day.....hmmmmmmmmmm
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Well...I've replied anyway...What the hell eh? :P
 
Anybody got any tips to let a prospectus employee know your really excited and would love the job, rather than just applying for it for the sake of it. If that makes sense.
There's a trainee technician CAD with Mott MacDonald that I love the sounds of and think it'll suit me.
 
I applied for a full time role with a small company (Think about 4 people max) who provide IT support to SME's. Unfortunately I didnt get the full time role (would have been so perfect, working from home :( ), but the MD who I had the telephone interview with said that if they could afford it, they would be hiring me as well, which depending on how fast they grow, may be sooner rather then later.

Also he has offered me a part-time role doing Event Support - basically helping with the IT side of things for on-site events, so it would be on an ad-hoc basis - when needed. He mentioned this on the phone, and the general idea I have is that it will be at least 1-2 events a week, and from April onwards possibly 2-3 per week. I did ask on the phone how the salary part would work out, and he said i would more or less be a contractor, and get paid per event (a figure of £150 per event was mentioned as an example).

Now that he has emailed me to let me know I didnt get the full time job, and has basically offered me the part time role, would there be any harm in replying, and saying that ideally I would need at least a specific estimate/minumum amount that I would make in a week/month? I don't want to make it sound as if they pay is the deciding factor, as really I would love to do it either way, not to mention doing this PT is better then nothing, but if I was to do this, it would mean not having a full time job elsewhere, and well, bills have to be paid. I could try and find another part time role too, but there's no guarantee of that..
 
well signed on yesterday and made a joke asking "when will you guys be opening till 9pm?"

the advisor gave me a dirty look and said "dont say that too loud someone may make it happen"

sounds like the department for work and pensions is looking at ways of stretching the jobcenters working hours already, as she said some advisor come in half an hour early now to get paper work out of the way for 9am opening.

god knows how long its going to be till someone in government actualy admits the jobcenters cant do the job they are supposed to as theres not enough jobs to go around.
 
GAC said:
god knows how long its going to be till someone in government actualy admits the jobcenters cant do the job they are supposed to as theres not enough jobs to go around.
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I think there may be enough jobs going around, although I admit they have dropped in number, it's just that no-one is advertising with the job centre. They're also getting a really bad image for not actually helping. I would love some personal advisor that I could phone or email, and ask for advise on a specific job, if they can help with the cover letter etc. All they're interested in is just signing a bit of paper. When you do speak to an advisor (I have my first meeting next week) I beleive they just check that CV isn't anything too bad or awful and get an idea what you have done, want to do etc So when the times come they can start forcing you to do various courses or work experience with companies.
 
well acording to the govs jobs figures (id hope not just using jobcenter job numbers) they claim theres 500k jobs on the go at any one time. so id love to know how that works out for 2.65 mill claiming jobseekers.

let alone students and other people looking for work to suplament there incomes.

as for your first meet with an advisor, it depends on the advisor, some will try and help you the best they can and others will litrally have you sign and book your next apointment and send you on your way.
 
GAC said:
well acording to the govs jobs figures (id hope not just using jobcenter job numbers) they claim theres 500k jobs on the go at any one time. so id love to know how that works out for 2.65 mill claiming jobseekers.

let alone students and other people looking for work to suplament there incomes.

as for your first meet with an advisor, it depends on the advisor, some will try and help you the best they can and others will litrally have you sign and book your next apointment and send you on your way.
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I spoke to mine once about a job that asked me to speak my advisor (see http://www.scvo.org.uk/training-employability/community-jobs-scotland/)

And after being passed from pillar to post phoning the jobcentre about it nobody knew a thing, I didn't know of this scheme and the job was only advertised on s1jobs.com. She did take the time to try and find it and explain it to me.
I also don't want to wait till next week to meet with her incase this job is no longer advertised.
 
We were looking for a 2nd line technical support person a few months back, had 5 go for the job and we advertised everywhere...
 
ash_scotland88 said:
Did you ever find out a reason why?
Lower pay than average? Bad description? Company known for being carpy! :P
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Nope, higher pay than average, very good company - I've been here the shortest period of time (4 years + ) a known company that doesn't have a bad rep, never heard anyone speak a bad word about it. The only people we had apply were post grads, 4 of them and 1 internal guy.
 
maybe a case of no one had the relevent skills. something thats shouted a lot by both labor and the condems.

around here theres a lot of agencies crying out for metal workers, be it lathes, polishers or millers/tool makers. now if only people had trained aprentices up a few years ago when the times where good.
 
Had an HR call with the company who approached me the other week (I've already interviewed with them back last April) this morning.

Just a quick 20 mins, asking me what my package is now, what I'd be wanting, and then 2 faffy HR questions.

Won't hear back until next week as the hiring manager is on leave now.

Really frustrating as until last week I was relatively happy in my current job (not been here long), now this other company contact me out the blue again and it's thrown things up in the air a bit.

I'll be pretty disappointed in myself if I don't get offered anything now!
 
I’ve been given full feedback now from the place I interviewed for and it’s all good.
They said I am the candidate that they prefer and that I had good feedback from the HR director as well when I met her but because the vacancy opening runs until the end of next week they have to keep it open for internal applicants as well due to do with the way they’re unionised (or something like that).

I asked what the likelihood was of anyone internal applying or being suitable and the guy said he was certain there wasn’t anyone else that had the experience for the role. I have an idea of what kind of package they may offer but they did say they can’t make me an offer until next Thursday so I have another week of waiting but it does indeed look like I have the job (verbally of course!).

I’m looking forward to it now even though it’s a week away. The job allows me to earn quite a bit more money each month and on top of that, because I won’t have to drive to work any more I save even more in patrol costs, car wear and insurance so the overall package works out much more attractive.

Roll on Thursday!
 
GAC said:
maybe a case of no one had the relevent skills. something thats shouted a lot by both labor and the condems.

around here theres a lot of agencies crying out for metal workers, be it lathes, polishers or millers/tool makers. now if only people had trained aprentices up a few years ago when the times where good.
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Whilst I can't comment on metal workers, nor their specific vacancy, IT is very broad. Most listings are extremely over-specced, and will scare most reasonable candidates away. For example:

Entry level programmer
Must be an expert in c++, php, lamp, .net, css, html, javascript, android, windows.
£15-20k, 2 years commercial experience.

Whilst not impossible, I find it an unlikely prospect that you'll find such a candidate, especially at the stated price but maybe it's just me who feels that way.
 
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