JonnyBoy Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Hi guys, I am recruiting for inbound customer advisors to work for a leading high street bank located in Carlton park (Narborough way). We are looking for people with a variety of a backgrounds, you do not need previous telephone experience, the key attributes the client is looking for are people who are ambitious and want to work within a successful international company with great career progression opportunities. Interviews will be held in the next two weeks with a proposed start date of around mid November. If you are interested In being put forward for interview, or know of anybody who may be interested in the role then please me drop me a message! Cheers
Haydos Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Why don't recruiters just tell you the company who's recruiting? I'm assuming it's Santander.
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Swear I got a bell about this in August, not for me at all. Call centre work is the most mind numbingly shit and thankless job a person can do.
SystonFox Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Swear I got a bell about this in August, not for me at all. Call centre work is the most mind numbingly shit and thankless job a person can do. Hold on a second PAL?! Where has he said call centre work?!?!? He said about working for one of the worlds largest fantastic organisations and a organisation that wants YOU to progress. Soon be Leo DC in wolf of Wall Street ballin'
JonnyBoy Posted 20 October 2015 Author Posted 20 October 2015 Pay is above average for the field of work, I'm interested in people who are keen to join a progressive company
Unabomber Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Pay is above average for the field of work, I'm interested in people who are keen to join a progressive company Which field we gonna be working in?
Wymsey Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Would hate to be on the phone all day; you'll rarely get much of an opportunity to communicate with your own peers.
separator Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Been a few redundancies around Leicester in the last few weeks so i'm sure there will be plenty of takers... glad i'm in a fairly secure job because call centre work would drive me crazy... 20+ years working and i've never worked in an office.
Rincewind Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Been a few redundancies around Leicester in the last few weeks so i'm sure there will be plenty of takers... glad i'm in a fairly secure job because call centre work would drive me crazy... 20+ years working and i've never worked in an office. Will be mostly agency workers. I would not like that kind of job because in some you have to trick people over the phone. And I believe your pay is based on how many people you call up and get to agree to a contract. Could not do that.
Christoph Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 My gripe with call centres (and retail) is almost all of the managers or team leaders are grade a wankers. Always a dodgy sign when the pay advertised doesn't have a an actual salary or per hour
The Railway Man Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 Will be mostly agency workers. I would not like that kind of job because in some you have to trick people over the phone. And I believe your pay is based on how many people you call up and get to agree to a contract. Could not do that.
Vardinhio Posted 20 October 2015 Posted 20 October 2015 No offence to the OP but I find recruitment consultancy to be a really bad/annoying career choice. From my experience: -They often use terrible generic phrases such as "he's a really good fit for the role, he is looking at joining a forward thinking progressive company". -They ultimately only care about fitting pegs in holes be that round, sqaure or otherwise. That's how they get paid....I doubt they often worry if the job is right for someone and whether them leaving one job for another is actually the right decision. -Most know little to nothing about the industry they recruit in. For example one of my mates was a Senior Consultant for Engineering recruitment. He did not have a clue if someone was "right for a job" beyond matching up qualifications on CVs to adds, he couldn't even change a tyre let alone tell you if someone could correctly use CAD. -The pay is generally poor with promises of "uncapped commision" that never materialise. -The lifespan in each company appears very low, then they just move on to another. -The hours are awful as are the Cheroke Tesco suits they have to wear to seem "professional" -In recruitment cold calling becomes "business development". -Most seem to enjoy the position of interviewing you and having the power...the irony being that nearly all the jobs they advertise are actually far better than their own! Sorry for the rant and this is from someone post university who literally had a "specialist recruitment company" calling me wanting to come to my house to convince me to work for them. No thanks...I think they are pretty pointless other than being able to shout jobs out loudly on the internet. The only real use for them should be to fill the most basic manual work to enable effective shift cover at short notice.
Vardinhio Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 Will be mostly agency workers. I would not like that kind of job because in some you have to trick people over the phone. And I believe your pay is based on how many people you call up and get to agree to a contract. Could not do that. Not true, they would have to follow a pre-determined set of options/choices during the calls. Remember Rincey...all calls are recorded for "training purposes"! Seriously I bet there's far worse jobs out there than working on inbound phones at somewhere like Santander. For example working on outbound phones for the PPI or accident companys
Rincewind Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 Not true, they would have to follow a pre-determined set of options/choices during the calls. Remember Rincey...all calls are recorded for "training purposes"! Seriously I bet there's far worse jobs out there than working on inbound phones at somewhere like Santander. For example working on outbound phones for the PPI or accident companys I tried to word it so somebody would not reply with not true which is why I put some and not all. I am not a telephone person anyway. If I called someone up with an offer they would finish up selling me something. There are a set list of questions. Would you like a thousand pounds Do you want Sky TV (neglect to mention it is only 4 months free and they pay for installation and only get 3 months free) Well something like that. I would feel like saying I do not want you to buy but I need my wages. During the time after I left my last job I went to an interview which I think I was contacted by phone. It was something like data entering on a PC. I went along and it seemed to go well. I then did a little research into the company. From comments from people who had done the same work it turned out it may have been a scam. They were saying it was door to door selling and some were saying their pay cheques were often late or they were not paid. I was told I would spend time with a salesman. I believe I mentioned it on here and the consensus also was that it was a scam. Pity because it may have suited me.
Merging Cultures Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 I once did a summer in A&Ls telephone banking department. The manager asked me if I was just cutting people off, because I was completing so many calls. I said no, I was taking so many calls compared to everyone else because I didn't have cigarette breaks.I really enjoyed the job. It was nice helping people and talking to a wide range of folk. Edit: wide not wife! Autocorrect!
sphericalfox Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 I once did a summer in A&Ls telephone banking department. The manager asked me if I was just cutting people off, because I was completing so many calls. I said no, I was taking so many calls compared to everyone else because I didn't have cigarette breaks. I really enjoyed the job. It was nice helping people and talking to a wife range of folk. Chattin up the aul dears eh?
Merging Cultures Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 Chattin up the aul dears eh? Pretty much! I used to chat them up when I was a waiter, would make loads of tips!
Rocket-Ron Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 What's the pay like? Do I get a company car? No company car then? You'll get a company phone and a pair of headphones. And when you do well, you get to ring a bell.
filbertway Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 No offence to the OP but I find recruitment consultancy to be a really bad/annoying career choice. From my experience: -They often use terrible generic phrases such as "he's a really good fit for the role, he is looking at joining a forward thinking progressive company". -They ultimately only care about fitting pegs in holes be that round, sqaure or otherwise. That's how they get paid....I doubt they often worry if the job is right for someone and whether them leaving one job for another is actually the right decision. -Most know little to nothing about the industry they recruit in. For example one of my mates was a Senior Consultant for Engineering recruitment. He did not have a clue if someone was "right for a job" beyond matching up qualifications on CVs to adds, he couldn't even change a tyre let alone tell you if someone could correctly use CAD. -The pay is generally poor with promises of "uncapped commision" that never materialise. -The lifespan in each company appears very low, then they just move on to another. -The hours are awful as are the Cheroke Tesco suits they have to wear to seem "professional" -In recruitment cold calling becomes "business development". -Most seem to enjoy the position of interviewing you and having the power...the irony being that nearly all the jobs they advertise are actually far better than their own! Sorry for the rant and this is from someone post university who literally had a "specialist recruitment company" calling me wanting to come to my house to convince me to work for them. No thanks...I think they are pretty pointless other than being able to shout jobs out loudly on the internet. The only real use for them should be to fill the most basic manual work to enable effective shift cover at short notice. I got my most recent job through an agency which gave me a payrise and a more enjoyable job. I don't think I'd have heard about the role if it wasn't for a recruiter sending a hopeful email out. Obviously there are bad cases as well, but for me they've been nothing but helpful. Aside from recieving the odd speculative email, which I can just delete, I'm a fan of them.
VLC86 Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 I once did a summer in A&Ls telephone banking department. The manager asked me if I was just cutting people off, because I was completing so many calls. I said no, I was taking so many calls compared to everyone else because I didn't have cigarette breaks. I really enjoyed the job. It was nice helping people and talking to a wife range of folk. When did you work there mate?
Merging Cultures Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 When did you work there mate? Years ago... 1999 I think!
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