Forgot how bad job searching was :(

Meh, mate told me about a job at his place, sent the CV over but the job was already taken.

Also found out an old colleague/friend has got a job at said place as well now! Which is really annoying :( Thought I'd have been told about the job first
 
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I had the interview, :( I'm really not expecting much. I waffled a fair bit because of nerves and literally fell to pieces trying to play it "cool" when the wages were mentioned :o

The job salary was advertised as "competitive" which is a nasty trick imo. :mad:

The company seems like a good place to work for though and I hope I do get it but not holding my breathe.
 
Had two interviews last week. One was a proper one, which I won't hear the result of for a couple of weeks, and the other was a preliminary telephone interview to thin out numbers before a formal interview. I should hear in the next couple of days if I've got any further in that one.
 
I had my 1st stage interview with a large supermarket retailer for a 1st line support role. I think the interview went well as when the interviewer said "What do you know about our company", I told her everything I knew, and she said, "You know more then I do." She asked her colleague if I was spot on and he said I was.

She also said I came across confident and said they would let me know by the end of the week and wouldn't leave me waiting. This is so, if they accept me onto the 2nd stage interview.

Cue end of the week, and nothing. Should I accept it that I didn't make the 2nd stage? Or should I wait till Monday and e-mail the HR person who contacted me stating that they wanted to interview me, and ask about my situation?
 
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Managed to nab an interview as an employment consultant for a private company. The manager and me seem to really hit off and get along and got called in for an intray exercise the next day shes going to call me when shes back from her holiday in a week and let me know but she said she was excited at the idea of employing me to work there!


Good money to! £20,500 starting! which goes up after probation at which point I also get made permanent also, so none of this contract extension bs. 8:30 to 4:30 mon to friday!
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YAY I GOT THE JOB :D

Start monday apparently im the only one who passed the interviews and Intrays!!! I winged it so hard im so lucky :P
 
3 months into my job now as a Credit Risk Analyst with Hutchison 3G (Three UK) and I have officially passed my probation period :) Absolutely loving the job! I have even impressed them so much already that I was sent off early to be SAS certified, so I am now a certified SAS programmer, yay!

Been so busy this week with the iPhone 5 announcement.
 
Guys,

Few questions about applying for jobs and what not.

Right, is there a best time of week to send a CV? I'm hearing mixed reports about doing it on a Friday or Monday as it'll land in a busy inbox and get shoved to one side.

PFD, Word or Both?

Would you include qualifications you're currently in the process of doing, i.e. CCNP?

Thanks.
 
Never been told what day of the week to send a CV and never had any issues sending it whenever.

As for format depends if the job ad has specified what they want it in, but generally I used to send them out as word docs.

I've heard arguments for and against putting work in progress certs on a CV, on the one hand it's an insight into what you may be doing to further yourself but on the other hand you've not actually got it and could be something good to save for the interview to discuss.
 
Another day, another depressing milestone: I've now applied for over 100 jobs (101, if it matters). So far I've had just seven interviews. Five have been rejections, one is two weeks overdue so almost certainly the same, the last isn't due until later this week. A further nineteen applications went out in the last three weeks, so might still be open.

Due to various reasons, I've only managed to get one lot of feedback from the interviews (over-qualified), but I know why I didn't get the job for two others (both under-qualified. I'll gloss over the fact that one of those jobs is still open three months later). As I've said before, it's interesting the difference in interview conversions between applications via an agency and application direct, for the 82 cases where I'm pretty certain the process has finished:

Applications to agency: 65, resulting in 3 interviews.
Agency called me to suggest job: 6, resulting in 1 interview, 1 rejection by me as out of my experience area.
Applications direct to company: 11, resulting in 3 interviews.

As I said earlier, bear in mind that I'm being careful to only apply for jobs I believe I can do, and stand a reasonable chance to get an interview. But sadly most jobs not sold by word-of-mouth go via agency these days, so you have little choice but to deal with them.

Out of interest, has anyone ever had one of those "sorry you were unsuccessful, but if anything else suitable comes up we'll get in contact with you" letters, and actually been contacted about another job by that company? (Doesn't count if it's the same job re-opened.) I know it's essentially just politeness, but I would be interested to know if it has ever happened.
 
got some feedback from the interview i was at, and its 50/50 i guess.. they want to see me again which is a good thing, they liked me but at the same time they thought i looked a bit "down" when they mentioned there will be no UI development. It is perfectly fine by me as i know the role and i know what i would be doing at the work place, i wasn't even expecting to do any UI development, so yeah waiting for the 2nd interview(3rd actually) and ill see if they like me.

I actually loved the company, everyone was friendly, place was nice and "warm" to work at and I'm very interested in the role.

do you think I've got a chance? they have invited me to a 2nd interview which means they are still considering me.
 
I wouldnt agree with some of the comments about having to wear a suit and tie for an interview or such.

If your applying for a big well known organisation or bank, i think maybe a shirt yes...but i feel for a lot of jobs (which are generally startup/family based now days) then look ok but not over the top. I think times are changing in that respect, and for younger people looking at getting in the job markets i dont think there is anything wrong with wanting to be yourself in an interview.

I work for one of Germanys biggest affiliate marketing networks, and wore normal trousers, tee shirt and jumper. The people i work with also wear the same style clothes around the office, and i feel if i had 'suited up' i may not have got the job. This is not the first job either where i went in casual clothing.

My honest opinion is think about the company, where they are located, and what the people thex want working there are like. Then go with your instincts.

If your applying for a startup/new based company, i would recommend being yourself more (it may make you stand out more!)
 
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I contacted HR in regards to the interview I had last week. I didn't get to the 2nd stage interview because other candidates had more experience then I did. Fair enough, however how am I meant to get experience if you won't give me a chance to show myself? I really thought I would have got through to the second stage interview.

I've applied to over 450 places since April. It really does affect your confidence, just have to get on with it and keep applying.
 
Meridian said:
Out of interest, has anyone ever had one of those "sorry you were unsuccessful, but if anything else suitable comes up we'll get in contact with you" letters, and actually been contacted about another job by that company? (Doesn't count if it's the same job re-opened.) I know it's essentially just politeness, but I would be interested to know if it has ever happened.
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Sort of, I got contacted by a company at the start of 2011, went and had interviews that weren't for a specific role as such, just for a position within a certain area of the company. Ended up they couldn't hire me for some reason but gave me the whole 'but we'll keep your details on file' routine.

I thought I'd not hear from them again, especially considering the size of company who must have people queuing up to get in.

Then about 12 months later I had a phone call out of the blue asking if I still wanted to join, which I did.

No idea if I'm in the exact same role as I would have been 12 months earlier as weirdly I wasn't interviewing for a specific role at the time.
 
Had an interview today for Gazprom...had no idea who they were or what they did until this morning when I was doing some last min research (offered me an interview on Friday) and looking at news articles and started having visions of the MD Board all being Russian James Bond villains or something :eek:

Interview went okay, but I keep falling down on all the technical questions they throw at me...once things are explained to me (ie what they mean in plain english rather than tech speak) I can answer the questions, but that's not good is it?

Have an interview tomorrow with another company called Version One (have any of you had any experience with this company?) and the job spec for that role sounds perfect for me and right up my street frankly...only problem is that the commute would be +1 hrs on 3 trains or it would cost me about £15 a day in fuel, where as Gazprom is down the road from my current office so much easier to get to...I just need to get out of my current job ASAP...
 
It's definitely hard. Just gotta keep spamming the web with CVs. I think I've sent out 20 within the last 7 days.

Have received around 3 calls from different agents.
 
County said:
I am a professional Project Manager contractor, so i have LOTS of interviews for new positions in the space of a few years.

I believe you get positions based on your skillset and not whether you wear a tie or not!
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In my opinion you get positions on how good you can BS and sell yourself. Skills comes in secondary more often than not.
 
trixilux said:
Interview went okay, but I keep falling down on all the technical questions they throw at me...once things are explained to me (ie what they mean in plain english rather than tech speak) I can answer the questions, but that's not good is it?

e so much easier to get to...I just need to get out of my current job ASAP...
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Didn't you know that tech/business babble is supposed to make you sound smart? At work we don't tell our contractors to dig holes. We ask them to 'break infrastructure ground'. And it's the actual truth as well.
 
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In my opinion you get positions on how good you can BS and sell yourself. Skills comes in secondary more often than not.
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Which is utterly wrong, as there's probably a whole host of people that could do the job equally well.

I don't disagree with the comment though that that's how it does work.
 
Vita said:
I've applied to over 450 places since April. It really does affect your confidence, just have to get on with it and keep applying.
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Jesus :eek:

that does not bode well for me. Been thinking about looking for something else. Been in this forsaken civils industry for too many years now. I'm afraid I might die one day and done nothing else but argue with contractors, PM's, APM's and clients. :(
 
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