Reply to: That cheeky chappy Cockney milk man's son from The Apprentice

[TimberWolf]

"That's wot I'm talkin abaaahhht!

Thwartzzths zthwot thI'm thalkin abaaahhht!

[Chugnut]

I laughed when srallan described the project Lee would be working on; installing those ridiculous annoying screens at the side of the escalators in tube stations.

"Hi commuters! Lee here. Welcome to Pterodactyle Tube TV!"

"That's wot I'm talkin abaaahhht! Now, can I interest you in these tacky wedding undercrackers?"

[Lucy]

I laughed when srallan described the project Lee would be working on; installing those ridiculous annoying screens at the side of the escalators in tube stations.

[eliquant]

I noticed in the Apprentice you hired they had last year's winner in the audience. He didn't look too happy, in fact he looked like he'd had the stuffing knocked out of him.

yeah I noticed that also, he looked like 6 years older .. not the fresh faced 3 years out of graduation Oxbridge candidate !

Working near an airport apparently .... nice !

[Peoplesoft bloke]

........ or to be able to give a better presentation than the debate team at a sink comprehensive.

Sink Comprehensives have "debate teams" ?

[TimberWolf]

I noticed in the Apprentice you hired they had last year's winner in the audience. He didn't look too happy, in fact he looked like he'd had the stuffing knocked out of him.

Is that the one that planned to start a male escort agency?

[Bagpuss]

I noticed in the Apprentice you hired they had last year's winner in the audience. He didn't look too happy, in fact he looked like he'd had the stuffing knocked out of him.

[Lucy]

well yes but there are plenty of intelligent people with common sense as well. It would be nice if you are in a meeting with a supplier and they say that it will cost £10m for 500,000, to know that that means £20 per item, or to be able to give a better presentation than the debate team at a sink comprehensive.

And again in english?

[dude69]

He had common sense, plenty of intelligent people have little of that.

well yes but there are plenty of intelligent people with common sense as well. It would be nice if you are in a meeting with a supplier and they say that it will cost £10m for 500,000, to know that that means £20 per item, or to be able to give a better presentation than the debate team at a sink comprehensive.

[TheBigYinJames]

Most companies/pimps seem to stick to the key-word search approach to CVs anyway. Anyone else tired of pimps approaching you about team-lead positions on projects in languages you may have read a paragraph about at high-school as opposed to the decade or two of relevant experience you have in a main-stream language?
Hem

Yup. I've taken Symbian, Java, C++ etc off my CV because of such keyword searches. Sure, I've done them in the past, but that doesn't mean I can suddently do a role requiring Embedded C++ job on Symbian with java preferred.

[Hemingfield]

I actually have to dumb-down my CV so as not to scare prospective employers. I mean, who in the right mind would knowingly recruit someone who not only could do their job - but do it in half the time and twice as good?

Most companies/pimps seem to stick to the key-word search approach to CVs anyway. Anyone else tired of pimps approaching you about team-lead positions on projects in languages you may have read a paragraph about at high-school as opposed to the decade or two of relevant experience you have in a main-stream language?

Hem

[TheBigYinJames]

For me that would be one company. MyCo ltd
HTH

That wouldn't do them, they'd want all your previous clients.

[DimPrawn]

I'll tell you who does.. HM Govt when they're doing security checks! They wanted a written reference off all my previous employers for the last 5 years. Being a contractor, that was quite a long list.

For me that would be one company. MyCo ltd

HTH

[TheBigYinJames]

Very few people do. I certainly never bothered when I was interviwing in my permie days.

I'll tell you who does.. HM Govt when they're doing security checks! They wanted a written reference off all my previous employers for the last 5 years. Being a contractor, that was quite a long list.

[PRC1964]

He probably thought nobody checks references, now he knows that's just agents who don't.

Very few people do. I certainly never bothered when I was interviwing in my permie days.