Joe said:Unless you catch a dose of the clap, of course.
mr cat said:yeah, thats ok - so, what working experience do you have..? - did you do a placement at all..??
Sorry, but WRONG!!amazingtrade said:I've applied for all the jobs now which seem suitable there is nothing more I can do until more jobs start to me advertised in a few days time.
T-bone Sanchez said:AT, please tell me someone with decent English skills has done your CV.
amazingtrade said:The only reason I make so many mistakes on here is I rush I type like 100wpm and I don't bother checking it afterwards. Its quicker for me type than read
I kind of race ahead of myself which is why I miss out words at times.
Hex Spurt said:But why haven't you done anything about it? Get off this bl**dy forum and go do something about your life.
Look at it this way. God forbid anything bad should happen, but imagine one of your parents had a heart attack and was lying on a stretcher in A&E and the Doctors said something like "I know we should try and save him but it all takes time" or "We should have called the Cardiologist, but I just haven't got round to it." My god, you'd be going nuts screaming at them to do something. Wouldn't you?
If it's the scale of the task that is too daunting then just break it down into manageable chunks - but do something now before your career flatlines.Or else your future could feature the phrase "...would you like fries with that, Sir?" :green:
AT, I'm sorry for your loss and you have my condolences.amazingtrade said:But greif kind of stops you from doing things you would normaly, I am only just starting to get back to normal. Thats why the whole job hunting thing has been put off for so long.
Hex Spurt said:AT, I'm sorry for your loss and you have my condolences.
Tell me about your Grandfather. Was he the sort of person who wanted the best for his family? Did he give you encouragement to go to University and was he proud that you passed your course?
My Grandparents were incredibly proud of the acheivements of our family. Even though they passed on more than five years ago I can still hear them telling me to get ahead and make the most of every opportunity. This is how I honour their memory. Would your Grandfather want the same for you?
amazingtrade said:Yep thats why I am doing stuff, I've been looking into companies now. He was very proud that I had passed, I was in Brighton at the time though so I wasn't there but he was very proud, he died exactly a week later
I wouldn't say he encouraged me to go to university becuase he would have encouraged me to do anything I wanted to. But I know he was proud its nice because I got a 1st on one of the assignments he helped me with, I had to design an interface for an touch screen NHS help system and old people had to able to use it easily, if not I had to re-engineer it so old people could use it, my grandad was one of the people that tested it for me.
He was amazing really, when he was 79 and still recovering from his last operation he learn't how to use the internet in a few days, within a week he was using the internet to renew his libary book and look at hotels for a holiday he wanted to go in the lakes, which he never got round to![]()
Instead of moaning that he was old and had cancer he just got one with things the best he could, although this did mean he got frustrated when he would try and do somthing simple like paint the toilet room and didn't have the energy.
But you'r right my grandad would want me to make the most of things.![]()
Tenson said:Could I have a copy of your CV AT? As I have been writing lots myself it would be nice to see how someone else goes about it!
I always stay away from doing my CV in a very 'standard' 'professional' way and try to make it as human and personal as possible while still giving all the information I want too in a clear way. In my view people want to hire people, not just a list of skills.
Don't wory I won't try to give you advice one it.
amazingtrade said:Yep its on my mums PC downstairs and I don't have Office on my PC at the moment so I can sent it later tonight/tomorrow morning.
The problem I find with CVs is that everybody has totaly different views and different people will tell you to do different things.