Forgot how bad job searching was :(

So.. a telephone interview last week (still pending feedback from the agency but the interview was asking what my availability for the next step was in the interview - face-to-face with the rest of the team), job interview on monday, and a competency based job interview later today. All different companies.. which means heaps of preparation.

Currently have a load of activity going on.. however next week is the start of the month.. and next 'pulse', so I'll be going crazy applying for additional roles.. the problem is things move slowly.. as people are on summer vacation, however I don't have the time to mess around..
 
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ROFL.

Interview today.. the friday afternoon beer trolley arrives.. they offer me a beer and crack open bottles of bulmers themselves. Oddly enough I go for a cola "I have to drive at the other end"..

So that seemed good interview..
 
Throrik said:
Seems to be a good time in Manchester to get another IT Job - I've had numerous interviews this week and got some lined up next week, although I loath dealing with recruiters I have also had some fantastic direct approaches.

Got a 2nd interview at a company next Wednesday that I really want to get, they want me to up my product knowledge so will be on their website daily making notes about their products.
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Any particular standout companies? Been with my current place around 4 months and it isn't everything it was sold as, plus I am commuting an hour a day honestly not worth it.

I have a couple of interviews lined up, these were from recruiters contacting me though which is always a nice position to be in.

Potential for a decent wage increase, less hours and no commute. Seems like a no brainer. The main downside here is how the 4 months at my current place of work will look on my CV...
 
If the interview goes well it doesn't matter. Once you land this job just remove the 4/5 mother job from the CV
 
So i have three companies I've interviewed for - all feedback is taking weeks at this time of year.. so from the interview I had on friday (hottest day of the year - great!), I've had feedback that I was pipped to the post by a candidate that has direct market experience within the cloud computing market that could hit the ground running.

Now why interview me twice then go with the known aspect that I am coming from outside the cloud market? (I take it the head of PM was ok, but the second interview was with a PM who asked more questions around this - I assume it was his feedback).

So down to two pending.. with a third pending CV review feedback..

Continuing to apply for roles.. because if it takes 1-2 months to go from initial contact, through interviews to decision.. you need lots of irons in the fire.. but roles are short on the ground at the moment...
 
Delvis said:
If the interview goes well it doesn't matter. Once you land this job just remove the 4/5 mother job from the CV
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Don't just be plain and clear, never 'adjust' your start and end dates because when they ask the companies it will be clear and very suspicious - your personal circumstances changed making the long commute an issue, with an opportunity on your doorstep it made it worth changing roles.

Never say the money was better, that makes your movements mercenary, showing that you personal circumstances changed and you needed to adapt shows you in a better light.

However you will be asked.
 
I've left off 6 month jobs from my CV with no issues. They are no relevence to my current role/the role I'm applying for so they're pointless. Unless of course you have no previous employment etc then yes, keep it on there.
 
If a job is over 7 years ago.. I agree..

Interview 2x = Nope, Interview = Nope, CV reviewed = Nope and currently waiting on CTO feedback following another interview. In all it seems to take 3 weeks from start to feedback at the moment.

So after finding all that today - I just want to throw the pencils in the air and go fishing for the rest of the day.

I have a couple of applications done today.. but not much out there at the moment - lots that are about 15 days old which is no use.
 
Munkyman said:
I've started looking for another job after 20 years in my current locksmithing one. I enjoy the work but the atmosphere is very toxic and probably will be until the management decides to do something about it. A couple of bad apples really do spoil the barrel, especially when the bad apples are part of the management.

I started straight from college so I don't have much in the way of job hunting experience. I don't even know what I want to do, most likely small assembly work would be my best bet.
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Did you get any further education or work-related qualifications in those 20 years that could get you further in the field?
 
Just back from my first interview out of uni for a graduate transportation planner role, the principal transportation planner and principal transportation modeller interviewed me and it was fairly relaxed, lots of talking about the company, the role, daily life for a graduate etc. I was asked a lot of questions though, 'tell us about yourself', 'how do you think you'd work in a team - do you prefer to work alone or in a team', 'do you consider yourself an introvert or extrovert', 'do you have a high boredom threshold' are just a few examples. I was asked a few harder questions like 'without any prior research, estimate the number of new cars sold in the UK' and 'What is the difference between mean and median and name a scenario where you would want to know the median over the mean'. Overall I asked all the questions well and I should hear back by the end of the week, fingers crossed as I really liked the sound of the role and the company.
 
Quinnaay said:
Advise please, currently on 17k working for a council in a admin type of role, however it's not what I want to do. Im 24 in December and may get offered a maintenance engineering or machining apprenticeship type of role for 10k, which then would obviously go to minimum wage the second year which is 12k then I'm not too sure but after the 4 year apprenticeship id say there's a lot more money to be earnt. Do you think it's worth taking the gamble of a pretty big pay cut to maybe earn more in 4 years?
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Take a big pay cut for a measly 10k and 12k at 24 years old? I would only do that if I was absolutely desperate, which clearly you're not.

Look for other solutions than financially crippling yourself, there may be better paying jobs out there that will train you while working..
 
I know this thread is specifically for people looking for jobs but as someone at a firm who is currently responsible for hiring two web devs i've never had a more stressful time. Between being hounded by agencies trying to sell overpriced recruitment services that we can't really afford (we are a relatively small firm) and the number of no shows to interview's I've had it's driving me mad!
 
Have an interview for BT Openreach on Monday. At the point where I am sick to death of this job now, and really want something brand new to challenge me and hopefully lead me down a new path.

The Openreach job looks interesting and hopefully there is room for progress.
 
rossk26 said:
Have an interview for BT Openreach on Monday. At the point where I am sick to death of this job now, and really want something brand new to challenge me and hopefully lead me down a new path.

The Openreach job looks interesting and hopefully there is room for progress.
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Hope it goes well :)

Keep me posted, I've always wondered about them actually!
 
Welp, over the past couple of months two divisions of Sky (Sky Bet and Sky main) have gotten in contact with me through my site/email saying they have a position available.

Each time, I've had a profiling call and they've never gotten back in touch. I even called the girl from Sky back, she didn't answer so I left a message. Still no contact.
 
I'm turning 35 this month and have taken the plunge to change career paths in to IT which is what I have always wanted to do. Having spent my career going from field sales (door to door) to estate agency, then to a company where I have been for the past 9 years where I started as a junior procurement buyer. I moved to commercial admin, then to commercial account manager, and then to commercial analyst. Whilst I have enjoyed my roles over the years and gained a wealth of experience, it has never ultimately been where I wanted to be and cannot see myself happy with progession down that path. An internal vacancy came up for a business analyst role in our IS department that sounded perfect and just where I wanted to progress my career. Whilst it was out of my comfort zone and I have no experience in that field, I wanted the job and something new to invigorate my work life and challenge me!

I went through an inital interview and then was shortlisted to do a 20min presentation on a system that I knew nothing about and had to research, PPA assessment and another interview. Needless to say I was shocked and lost for words when they rang me 2 hours later to offer me the job! :D

Just goes to show that hardwork and dedication will get you the job that you ultimately want eventually. Don't give up guys like I nearly did thinking that I would never get myself into an IT role ;)
 
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