Originally posted by Bumfluff
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So which of you MS-Access contractors has been building a database for Progressive?
They would have done better by offering a bounty on permie managers names and contact details - say a tenner each?It's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. www.areyoupopular.mobiComment
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Originally posted by dude69 View PostOMG:
"We have just invested 5 million pounds in a market leading database, which allows us to mailshot your CV to over 1000 managers each day. "
I would be quite annoyed if an agency sent my CV to 1000 people every day.Comment
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So (alledgedly) this one agency of job pimps have reaped in enough profits off of our hard work to hand a cool five mil over to a 'Yellow Pages' database?
I'd love to know who sold it to them - I bet they had ties with the CSA computer overhaul! If it was it is probably one poor manager getting a thousand unrelated CVs landing in his 'In' tray every morning.Comment
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Originally posted by Wilmslow View PostI have just reviewed 3 CV's sent through from Progressive.
All I can say is, words fail me.
HR insisted after that on NOT using Progressive. At least one of those candidates, we found out later, was not aware his CV was put forward, and wasn't available.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Yes they are Regressive indeed, I nearly made a female consultant cry there once, foolish thing she was.That boy go raaaaaaa
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Originally posted by El_Diablo View PostYes they are Regressive indeed, I nearly made a female consultant cry there once, foolish thing she was.Comment
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You must've felt very proud of yourself.That boy go raaaaaaa
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Originally posted by Bumfluff View Post£5mil they are either,
1. Telling porky pies.
2. Made a mistake and added an extra 0
3. Telling the truth but making it sound much more grand, the £5mil I suppose could include ongoing support, hardware, liciensing costs.
5 mil seems at the low end, so I can believe that they could spend this much.
And I see no reason why hardware and licensing costs shouldn't be included in the spend, ISTM that this is actually going to be a significant amount of the total.
What do Oracle etc charge for such a licence? 500 grand, a million perhaps?
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