Vardinhio Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 A lot of companies now outsource their recruitment. Some even have recruitment companies come in to their buildings and work internally. It makes business sense to them as they don't have to pay salaries to recruitment people at times when they are cutting back and not hiring. For those asking the reason they wont tell you what company the job is for is so that you or rival recruitment companies will not approach their HR department and thus potentially cause the vacancy to be filled by someone other than them.
Claridge 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. Attitudes to work like this?no wonder we have so many homeless people sponging off society. It's a job ffs with a large company,show promise and you can get promoted
stix Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 Why don't recruiters just tell you the company who's recruiting? I'm assuming it's Santander. So that you don't go direct.
Rincewind Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 Attitudes to work like this?no wonder we have so many homeless people sponging off society. It's a job ffs with a large company,show promise and you can get promoted No nothing to do with not wanting work. It is a principle I hold trick people for my own gain. It just would not suit my nature. I cannot help who I am.
Wymsey Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 Don't know how people cope with night work. Must be quite depressing/lonely at times?
Strokes Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 Don't know how people cope with night work. Must be quite depressing/lonely at times? It can be quite depressing but lonely wasn't my experience, quite the opposite in fact. You become quite close with colleagues, as you have to pick each other up quite alot.
Rincewind Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 Never thought I would cope but I did seven years. Glad when it ended though. Still stay up till 3 or 4 now some nights. That is through choice though. The main part of my job was on my own. TBH I preferred that. I ate when I wanted. Made a cup of tea when I wanted and went for a pee when I wanted without asking for permission or waiting for a break bell. Plus I could be on Foxestalk without a senior looking over my shoulder.
FoxInTheBirstallBox Posted 21 October 2015 Posted 21 October 2015 Just wrote out my notice to quit work after my boss made me work last saturday and miss the game, and tried to make me miss it this weekend tooIf you are a AA rosette qualified pastry chef i know a job going as of tomorrow
Hollism Posted 22 October 2015 Posted 22 October 2015 Don't know how people cope with night work. Must be quite depressing/lonely at times? Lonely is better than working in close quarters with a bunch of nobs. It's not for everyone but I find it depressing having to drag myself out of bed at 7am. Much more so than going off to work at 9pm
Turtles Head Posted 22 October 2015 Posted 22 October 2015 Just wrote out my notice to quit work after my boss made me work last saturday and miss the game, and tried to make me miss it this weekend too If you are a AA rosette qualified pastry chef i know a job going as of tomorrow A chef expected to work Saturdays, imagine that
Rincewind Posted 23 October 2015 Posted 23 October 2015 Companies to avoid if you want at least the minimum wage. These failed to pay it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34608028 This is just the top 10. Here is an official (Gov UK) longer list. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-national-minimum-wage-offenders-named-and-shamed-october-2015
MooseBreath Posted 23 October 2015 Posted 23 October 2015 No nothing to do with not wanting work. It is a principle I hold trick people for my own gain. It just would not suit my nature. I cannot help who I am. Not every call centre job involves tricking people mate. You should go for it, I bet it'll be a solid £15k per year for work that only involves reading, listening and talking.
Rincewind Posted 23 October 2015 Posted 23 October 2015 I was talking past tense as in it is not a job I could have done before retirement.
Brenfox Posted 23 October 2015 Posted 23 October 2015 I'm having to take a redundancy package so I'm job hunting at the minute. Why is nearly everything through recruitment agencies? They are second only to estate agents as being utterly useless.
Wymsey Posted 23 October 2015 Posted 23 October 2015 I'm having to take a redundancy package so I'm job hunting at the minute. Why is nearly everything through recruitment agencies? They are second only to estate agents as being utterly useless. This. I registered with many agencies (had to go in), quite a few promised me some work and would ring me back for detail - but no calls whatsoever. I can mention a few agencies in Leicester that are a joke personally, despite what they say on their website, but I can't really name them on here as some might work for them.
JonnyBoy Posted 24 October 2015 Author Posted 24 October 2015 I'm having to take a redundancy package so I'm job hunting at the minute. Why is nearly everything through recruitment agencies? They are second only to estate agents as being utterly useless. Because it is cheaper for companies to out source, clearly speaking to a poor recruitment firm/consultant. They are probably just pipelining you.
Rincewind Posted 24 October 2015 Posted 24 October 2015 You need to be one of the regulars. I did agency work for the council but after I had to go home after feeling ill thru exhaustion one day I was not asked for again, It's a young and fit man's work.
Wymsey Posted 24 October 2015 Posted 24 October 2015 Quite a lot of warehouse work around (Castle Donington especially), if you're willing to muck in and pick/pack things.
Christoph Posted 25 October 2015 Posted 25 October 2015 A chef expected to work Saturdays, imagine that Exactly what I was thinking
JonnyBoy Posted 25 October 2015 Author Posted 25 October 2015 One of the biggest frustrations of working in recruitment are people wanting only 16 hours or less a week so they can claim there jobseekers. The most frustrating calibre of candidates are recent graduates, they think they will walk into a dream job related to their field, in the mean time they have no interest in any other jobs, even when they are out of work. Nothing looks worse than a big gap in your CV. It is an attitude that makes me sick. How can you be picky about a job when you are unemployed? Most of them have shite social skills anyway, which is what employees look for in someone these days, often above what is on their CV
Guest Posted 25 October 2015 Posted 25 October 2015 One of the biggest frustrations of working in recruitment are people wanting only 16 hours or less a week so they can claim there jobseekers. The most frustrating calibre of candidates are recent graduates, they think they will walk into a dream job related to their field, in the mean time they have no interest in any other jobs, even when they are out of work. Nothing looks worse than a big gap in your CV. It is an attitude that makes me sick. How can you be picky about a job when you are unemployed? Most of them have shite social skills anyway, which is what employees look for in someone these days, often above what is on their CV Deleted my message - was a ridiculous statement based on limited experience 10 years ago. As you were.
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