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Recent content by FGB
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Do your bit for Parkinson's research
I'm just confused. The report mentions percentiles and then gives me a percentage score but no graph to show how the two relate.Am I missing something? -
State of the Market
Even with all the skills (I've been doing this for a long time) I still get rejected without a call from the agent so who know's what's going on.- FGB
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State of the Market
This is the reason I go contracting.- FGB
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BPSS - employment history question
Gaps in employment record usually have to to be covered by a personal references. It can be tough finding someone suitable who can vouch for the period in question. Even tougher when you have no mates.- FGB
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Red letter day zombie survival thing
Found that these experience days never quite live up to expectations. The Ferrari thrill experience was small circuit built out of cones at the end of a disused runway so not exactly the 'circuit' I was expecting. Plenty of accelerating but never really had the space to build up any speed. -
Dating Websites
Match.com worked out fine for me but that was a while ago now. The subscription basis will have sorted the "chav from the wheat". -
What's the worst interview you've ever had?
That's fighting talk! Heathrow actually.- FGB
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What's the worst interview you've ever had?
Quickest interview ever... Quickest interview ever... Made it too the lift when escort (IBM) asked "Come far?", "Newcastle" I replied, "Oh!", interview over. Bloody agents.- FGB
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Rolls Royce at Derby
Was there a few years ago shortly after HP took over EDS, there was still an 'us' and 'them' mentality, spent most of it waiting for something to do. Building is mostly devoid of windows but the parking and access was fine.- FGB
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Robocopy Scripts
If your command line is executed exactly as shown then I think the placement of the final " is effectively disabling all the parameters supplied to the command as they may be considered as part of the target name. -
Targeting CV
I've maintained and used the same 6-page CV for the last 20 years with reasonable success but never landed an interview with a version I tweaked at the request of the agent.- FGB
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so which bob consultancy took over the DWP contract from HP
Weekly commute from Newcastle to Portsmouth. It was that or Newport :tumble: -
so which bob consultancy took over the DWP contract from HP
That will be because we're all working down south and competing for 'Worse Commute' status -
Hotel Loyalty Schemes
I've used Hotels.com in the past via Quidco for the 10% cashback but you might find that Hotels.com adds a 10% booking fee to your order when you get to the checkout. I noticed this a few years ago and have not used Hotels.com since so it might have changed. -
Anyone see it?
Saw it passing over Whitley Bay last night with Yvette Mattern's Olympic rainbow laser show in the background
