Market

[Francko]

A typical CUK semi-witty common reply

I was expecting a semi-witty CUK reply on these lines:

"The market was good this morning. I have bought some fresh tomatoes and some great lamb. It wasn't too busy either".

[SallyAnne]

I was expecting a semi-witty CUK reply on these lines:

"The market was good this morning. I have bought some fresh tomatoes and some great lamb. It wasn't too busy either".

Ah Franko - you haven't been around enough lately - you can get banned for that these days!

[richard-af]

The market is quite boyant. Bananas still 3 bunches a pahhhnnnddd, last time I looked.

[SandyDown]

Been looking at jobserve etc, not huge amount of vacancies, however agents have been promptly calling me for each single vacancy I submit my CV for. I am talking I just click the submit button, then within 5 sec I get the call!! What’s up with that? I usually assume most vacancies are bogus, but it seems they are all real, cuz agents give me the name of companies send me full spec from client with client name/sig on it. Is there no one else applying for these roles? Is the market actually good – its August I expected it to be

A couple of clients called me - one did 10 minutes telephone interview and said they'll arrange a face to face interview next week, another client have called me to arrange another 10 minute telephone interview... again what's up with the 10 minutes interviews?? how much can they tell after 10 minutes?


Also no government work – how come is the public sector market gone down ..shame just when I get fed up with investment banks and want to have a break in a public sector !!

[Ruprect]

how much can they tell after 10 minutes?

Enough

[SandyDown]

one more thing, I tell some agents that I have already been submitted to this company and think its the same role, all reassure me this is a brand new role just came up this morning (though same spec same client hiring manager) and they insist they should submit my CV - has the rules changed? are agents/client not worried about duplicate submissions any longer?

[Bagpuss]

I was expecting a semi-witty CUK reply on these lines:

"The market was good this morning. I have bought some fresh tomatoes and some great lamb. It wasn't too busy either".

Send it to DimPrawn

[SomeoneElse]

What do you do SandyDown?

[WindyAnna]

I'm recruiting at the moment and spent a couple of hours yesterday doing 10 minute "chats" with the candidates who had decent CVs. I've started to do this because I spent a fruitless two days interviewing for a similar role last month and finding within the first 5 minutes that either the Cv had been doctored to match the role and they didn't actually have the skills or they had the personality of a brick or I just didn't like them. That couple of hours saves both me and the candidate from wasting our time if they aren't right. In fact I talked to 8 people and I've only asked for face to face with one of them.

Windy

[SandyDown]

What do you do SandyDown?

BA / SA/ DA - have lots of banking experience. I did start my career as a techie (J2EE).