Originally posted by kal
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Originally posted by kal View PostBeing told I am missing the point by a tester, that’s a first!
I am not, and never have been, a tester.
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Originally posted by TestMangler View PostStill missing the point then. Dole bludger gets on his Alienware gaming PC, goes on his fibre optic broadband and jumps on jobserve, spuriously applying for every role he sees. He then prints out a list of those and takes them to the job centre, saying "Look Mr Dole Man, I've applied for 32000 jobs this week". The point being, the dole have no ******' idea, except that he seems to be applying for jobs and he gets all that accountability tulip out of the road in 30 mins rather than buying papers, looking in them etc etc. If you're naïve enough to think that people are too honest to do that, then I have your 32 MILLION DOLLAR inheritance in a Nigerian bank account. All I need is your $500 legal fees by Western Union and a copy of your passport.
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Originally posted by kal View PostI get that and assume the kind of people who that applies to (i.e happy to keep claiming benefits and just applying for jobs to keep the government off their back) are more likely to be applying for jobs they see in the mainstream press rather than Jobserve etc. What role was it that you got hundreds of benefits claimants applying for? I take it you are not a specialist IT agency then?
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Originally posted by Hireonomy View Post"is that those claiming Tax Credits/Benefits are having to prove to the Job Centre that they are actively applying for positions..."
By "those" I meant those who are currently unemployed and NOT a Contractor applying for their next assignment, but simply applying for a job... to keep receiving said benefits.
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Originally posted by kal View PostWhich was?
By "those" I meant those who are currently unemployed and NOT a Contractor applying for their next assignment, but simply applying for a job... to keep receiving said benefits.
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Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyInteresting response, so you are saying all/most 343 applications have the right to work in the UK and UK addresses?
BUT.... whether they're suitable for the job is a completely different matter.
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Originally posted by kal View PostReally? Don't think too many contractors are claiming dole money while simultaneously applying for £600 a day IB roles!! The only time I signed on was for 2 weeks after leaving uni many moons ago before I landed my first job in IT, granted I've only ever been benched for 2 weeks since contracting.
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Originally posted by kal View PostReally? Don't think too many contractors are claiming dole money while simultaneously applying for £600 a day IB roles!! The only time I signed on was for 2 weeks after leaving uni many moons ago before I landed my first job in IT, granted I've only ever been benched for 2 weeks since contracting.
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Originally posted by Hireonomy View PostFrom an Agents perspective, I would definitely agree.
As an example, we have advertised for a role, City of London, and have had 343 (and counting) applicants since last Friday. There has been 6 suitable candidates apply.
I think (part of) the reason for this (and it has got much worse over the past 6 months) is that those claiming Tax Credits/Benefits are having to prove to the Job Centre that they are actively applying for positions...
We have certainly seen an increase in unsuitable applicants - which only makes it harder to find the GOOD applicants for the jobs...
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From an Agents perspective, I would definitely agree.
As an example, we have advertised for a role, City of London, and have had 343 (and counting) applicants since last Friday. There has been 6 suitable candidates apply.
I think (part of) the reason for this (and it has got much worse over the past 6 months) is that those claiming Tax Credits/Benefits are having to prove to the Job Centre that they are actively applying for positions...
We have certainly seen an increase in unsuitable applicants - which only makes it harder to find the GOOD applicants for the jobs...
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Originally posted by SpontaneousOrder View PostMy current clientCo finds it incredibly difficult to hire. Possibly why I'm looking at a 6 month boom in the next couple of days.
I can hear the guys on the phone interviewing all day and evidently 99.9% of candidates (*edited out - forgot which board this was*) aren't very good (there are hardly ever any interviews).
100 applications? Sure. >5% competent candidates? No.
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Originally posted by silverlight1 View PostI was recently looking for Oracle development resources to work on a large project in Central London...
Getting people with the right skills / attitude even in contract market is still tough and we were offering reasonable rates £450 and flexible working hours..
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