Not that I know of....it was fab - the blind leading the blind!
Not sure I mentored as such though - just bullied him into doing longer OW swims than he might otherwise have done, and signed him up for all the sportives I wanted to do so that he would do the driving....
So we had a job come in via the computerised system from the Council, expressly requesting a certain candidate who has not long registered with us. No problem. Sort out interview. Candidate on phone every day chasing interview date. Date set. Candidate suddenly cannot make interview because he has a scan in hospital on his ribs. No problem - interview re-scheduled for afternoon. Candidate's brother rings to say he is running late but on his way - we did wonder why candidate didn't ring himself but figured he was driving. 3 hours later, candidate still a no show. Eventually discover he has had an accident on way to interview and is back in hospital with crushed ribs, lost conciousness and damage to his legs. We are all suitably worried - speak to Council. The lady in the dept knows him and will close the job down until he is fit and well. No problem - except we are not allowed to talk direct to council, we have to go through third party, so in effect we are breaking contract - but this has been instigated by council, so we go with it. Said chap appears in office this morning, having phoned to say he was let out of hospital last night. I try to phone council to get job set back on system. Meanwhile, our new office admin assistant recognises him.... after he has left, turns out he has been in prison these last few days for non payment of fines etc etc...!! The front of some people!!
I need to ring someone at a recruitment agency. Her name is Adriana Szymonik. Do you reckon that's as in Adriahna or Adrianna. Is the last vowel sound long or short? I am testy about people mispronouncing my name and this is for a prospective interview I want to try to make a good impression and not cheese her off straight away?
remember what I said about all candidates are liars??
one of the things we do is to check if we have any suspicions - we have found candidates with prison sentences that aren't on CV's, false academic records, even one person who is on the kiddy fiddling register (he was deleted immediately!)
Schmunkee - it's unlikely she will answer the phone - ask the receptionist how to pronounce it correctly. Even if it is her, she will appreciate the effort.
nah - we don't do CRBs as the roles we are filling do not involve involvement with people where a CRB needs checking - we find this info via Google! many pop up in local paper reports of criminal activity or dubiousness
you can easily bolt down your FB profile so any casual visitor will see very little. I have no problem with my name on FB but unless you're linked to me as a friend you won't see anything of interest. I'm even more "exposed" on LinkedIn but as that's mainly a business network I have no issues there either
I get a little bit paranoid about what I (and my friends) could innocently divulge via photo's and FB wall. I used to work in Debt Recovery and it was very easy for us to determine people's lifestyles, comings and goings etc from resources on the net,
Also, (and I know it's not necessarily a privacy issue) but when I first got my smartphone, it linked to my FB account and all my FB contacts mobile number and e-mail addresses (those that have divulged them on FB) have suddenly got into my phone. I feel a little awkward about that as these people have not personally given me this info. I know they must have made it public on FB but it still makes me feel uneasy
A little question for the techies amongst us, my laptop is a little ancient now and is getting slower and slower Almost as soon as I fire it up these days it tells me the virtual memory is low I have freed up disk space but I suspect this will do very little I dont keep much on the computer except photos et.c, its use really is internet based and I dont download anything has it come to the end of its shelf life or is there a fix?
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Oh, good morning deviants (and Jj)
*giggle*
Morning Kids!
AJH - yup!
((Haile's achilles))
Yup! I bagsied a good'un, altho I am not sure he realised it was gonna be such a strenuous and long-haul journey when he agreed to take me on
Not that I know of....it was fab - the blind leading the blind!
Not sure I mentored as such though - just bullied him into doing longer OW swims than he might otherwise have done, and signed him up for all the sportives I wanted to do so that he would do the driving....
So we had a job come in via the computerised system from the Council, expressly requesting a certain candidate who has not long registered with us. No problem. Sort out interview. Candidate on phone every day chasing interview date. Date set. Candidate suddenly cannot make interview because he has a scan in hospital on his ribs. No problem - interview re-scheduled for afternoon. Candidate's brother rings to say he is running late but on his way - we did wonder why candidate didn't ring himself but figured he was driving. 3 hours later, candidate still a no show. Eventually discover he has had an accident on way to interview and is back in hospital with crushed ribs, lost conciousness and damage to his legs. We are all suitably worried - speak to Council. The lady in the dept knows him and will close the job down until he is fit and well. No problem - except we are not allowed to talk direct to council, we have to go through third party, so in effect we are breaking contract - but this has been instigated by council, so we go with it. Said chap appears in office this morning, having phoned to say he was let out of hospital last night. I try to phone council to get job set back on system. Meanwhile, our new office admin assistant recognises him.... after he has left, turns out he has been in prison these last few days for non payment of fines etc etc...!! The front of some people!!
Sorry - going off topic slightly.
I need to ring someone at a recruitment agency. Her name is Adriana Szymonik. Do you reckon that's as in Adriahna or Adrianna. Is the last vowel sound long or short? I am testy about people mispronouncing my name and this is for a prospective interview I want to try to make a good impression and not cheese her off straight away?
Min - you are learning.....
remember what I said about all candidates are liars??
one of the things we do is to check if we have any suspicions - we have found candidates with prison sentences that aren't on CV's, false academic records, even one person who is on the kiddy fiddling register (he was deleted immediately!)
'Fraid so Dave - sunny North Wales!
I get a little bit paranoid about what I (and my friends) could innocently divulge via photo's and FB wall. I used to work in Debt Recovery and it was very easy for us to determine people's lifestyles, comings and goings etc from resources on the net,
Also, (and I know it's not necessarily a privacy issue) but when I first got my smartphone, it linked to my FB account and all my FB contacts mobile number and e-mail addresses (those that have divulged them on FB) have suddenly got into my phone. I feel a little awkward about that as these people have not personally given me this info. I know they must have made it public on FB but it still makes me feel uneasy
Almost as soon as I fire it up these days it tells me the virtual memory is low
I have freed up disk space but I suspect this will do very little
I dont keep much on the computer except photos et.c, its use really is internet based and I dont download anything
has it come to the end of its shelf life or is there a fix?