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Re: The Diary Room

#1 Post by weliveandbreathewords » Sun May 01, 2011 12:40 pm

I think i'll just give up all hope now.

Mcdonalds rejected my job application.....
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Re: The Diary Room

#2 Post by valda » Sun May 01, 2011 12:43 pm

rawr_xoxo wrote:I think i'll just give up all hope now.

Mcdonalds rejected my job application.....
crikey, on what grounds? too intelligent for them? You should try your local cinema's maybe they wan't part time staff
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Re: The Diary Room

#3 Post by weliveandbreathewords » Sun May 01, 2011 1:23 pm

As usual I got the generic "we received too many applications to bother giving you feedback" email so I dont know what grounds, yet they included a few websites for volunteering to develop experience(so its probably on the grounds I dont have any)
Theres 3 cinemas near me, might give them a bash I suppose, after being rejected by McDonalds what have I got to lose?
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Re: The Diary Room

#4 Post by tilly » Sun May 01, 2011 2:51 pm

After graduating, I applied to work in my local sainsburys and got rejected! Guess I wasn't what they were looking for
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#5 Post by Deni » Sun May 01, 2011 6:37 pm

Welcome to the world of 'you are over qualified for the simple jobs and under qualified for all the others'... In other words you can never win with them... Lasted almost 2 years for me [I did have temporary jobs during that time though, not all the time, but still... on that note - try short term (up to 1 week at a time) temporary reception jobs, they p*y better than longer term (a couple of months) temporary jobs, I used to get £8.5 ph + holiday p*y] , but there is a light at the end of the tunnel, hang on there! Try all the job boards and keep the faith and hope!

P.S. My OH got rejected a few weeks back from the dogiest game shop in Streatham that was p*ying below national minimum. And he has both an undergraduate and graduate degree. So I do feel your pain.
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Re: The Diary Room

#6 Post by Rainey » Sun May 01, 2011 6:49 pm

rawr_xoxo wrote:As usual I got the generic "we received too many applications to bother giving you feedback" email so I dont know what grounds, yet they included a few websites for volunteering to develop experience(so its probably on the grounds I dont have any)
Theres 3 cinemas near me, might give them a bash I suppose, after being rejected by McDonalds what have I got to lose?
Don't be disheartend, they probably had loads of applications and took someone who used to work at Burger King!

Application filling is an art, p*y most attention to the Person Specification rather than the Job Description when completing the application and make sure you find something to cover every point possible.

Hope you find something soon. Good Luck!
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#7 Post by mike4565 » Sun May 01, 2011 6:55 pm

I don't know if there is already a job thread if so please feel free to shout at me for not taking the time to look :D

Moving on..I thought we could have a post for people who are looking for work or would just like to help others look.
I'll start of by writing a list of job websites, it wont be to long just so you get the idea of what to search etc:

Airport (try searching the airport in your area)
http://jobs.manchesterairport.co.uk/home.asp
www.britishairwaysjobs.com
www.easyjetcareers.com

Banking (I know its not all of them just ones I could think of at the moment)
www.roberthalf.co.uk
www.lloydstsb.com
www.rbs.jobs

Bus companies
www.arriva.co.uk/en/careers
www.nationalexpressgroup.com/nx1/careers

Catering (and bar work)
www.caterer.com
www.bestwesternjobs.co.uk

Emergency services
www.manchesterfire.gov.uk
www.fireandsecurityjobs.com
www.policeoracle.com
www.paramedic-resource-centre.com
www.probation-northwest.co.uk

Retail (some shops only advertised on their own websites)
www.discoverretail.co.uk
www.jobs.diy.com/jobs
www.toyrsus.co.uk
www.retailchoice.com
www.inretail.co.uk
www.detail2retail.com
www.retailcareers.co.uk

Supermarkets
www.morrisons.co.uk
www.sainsburys.com
www.asda.jobs
www.tesco-careers.com
www.marksandspencer.com
www.aldirecruitment.co.uk
www.lidl.co.uk
www.somerfieldgroup.co.uk
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Re: The Diary Room

#8 Post by tilly » Sun May 01, 2011 7:05 pm

denichka wrote:Welcome to the world of 'you are over qualified for the simple jobs and under qualified for all the others'... In other words you can never win with them... Lasted almost 2 years for me [I did have temporary jobs during that time though, not all the time, but still... on that note - try short term (up to 1 week at a time) temporary reception jobs, they p*y better than longer term (a couple of months) temporary jobs, I used to get £8.5 ph + holiday p*y] , but there is a light at the end of the tunnel, hang on there! Try all the job boards and keep the faith and hope!

P.S. My OH got rejected a few weeks back from the dogiest game shop in Streatham that was p*ying below national minimum. And he has both an undergraduate and graduate degree. So I do feel your pain.
Which shop is that as I just recently mOved from streatham?
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Re: Job help

#9 Post by weliveandbreathewords » Sun May 01, 2011 8:38 pm

Ive applied for lots of Subway jobs, and crap loads of Asda jobs near me!
Now fingers crossed :S
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Member No. 48 of the "100 free films in 2011" club. 77 SEEN.

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Re: Job help

#10 Post by havingascreen » Sun May 01, 2011 8:49 pm

I'm helping people get jobs every day and its really tough out there at the moment. :cross: for you raw_rxoxo

thats a great comprehensive list Mike, i'd add

http://www.jobcentreplus.org.uk
http://www.gumtree.com - you need to get in there quick at this site and you'll find the more obscure jobs here
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