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Previously on "A fitting end to New Labour MP's"
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He told supporters that he had been impressed by staff at the city’s Station Street Jobcentre.
Firstly, they supply a webpage that is hopelessly out of date, then they employ endless unqualified freeloaders to vet CVs for posts for which they have no idea what skills may be required.
It is almost always impossible to circumvent these imbeciles in order to speak to the end client, and many of the posts advertised have been filled weeks before they ever get removed from the webpage.
Shower of clueless muppets mostly. Get rid of the lot of them and give the job of updating the available posts to Jobserve, or someone equally well versed in operating such a service efficiently.
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Originally posted by cojak View PostWell Im not dissing Nick Palmer, he was my MP, a good hard worker and not on the take like most of them.
I sent him an email petition on scrapping the current libel laws and he promptly replied, at 10pm one evening.
The only reason I didn't vote for him was because I wanted labour and the snot goblin out.
I wish Nick well and hope he finds something soon...
Far from browbeating him into accepting inappropriate work, his interviewer arranged a specialist CV review with a recruitment expert and several agencies focused on professional candidates.
He left the interview impressed at how he had been dealt with.
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Well Im not dissing Nick Palmer, he was my MP, a good hard worker and not on the take like most of them.
I sent him an email petition on scrapping the current libel laws and he promptly replied, at 10pm one evening.
The only reason I didn't vote for him was because I wanted labour and the snot goblin out.
I wish Nick well and hope he finds something soon...
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Dunno. My sister keeps landing little paid jobs and she's almost 70.
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Originally posted by wobbegong View PostHmmmmm, well Nick, I concede it could be a "joke", but it's a pretty bloody poor one if it is.
He then went on to say . . .
"may be more worrying" ?? For a parent, with kids to feed, a mortgage (or rent) to pay and no fat payout from the government as compensation, I should put it a might stronger than may be [i]worrying[i]!!
Nope, sorry Nick, I can't see any humour in that. I stick to my original opinion; he's an out-of-touch, arrogant pr1ck.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostAlternatively, he was making a joke about people's perceptions of what goes on in JobCentres
He then went on to say . . .
“It's a sensitive situation even for optimistic people like me, and I felt almost like giving him a hug,” he admitted.
But he was less optimistic for the future of the Jobcentre itself.
“I gather from other sources that the office is under new orders: to freeze recruitment, lay off all fixed-term staff and outsource much of their work to private companies,” he wrote.
“The shape of things to come may be more worrying.”
"may be more worrying" ?? For a parent, with kids to feed, a mortgage (or rent) to pay and no fat payout from the government as compensation, I should put it a might stronger than may be worrying!!
Nope, sorry Nick, I can't see any humour in that. I stick to my original opinion; he's an out-of-touch, arrogant pr1ck.
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Originally posted by wobbegong View PostWhat an out-of-touch, arrogant pr1ck!! What site manager is going to employ a 60 yr old doctor of mathematics with no experience, on a building site?
Typical of New Liebores attitude to unemployment; "there's plenty of jobs out there, just go for one of those". All very well in theory, but there is such a thing as being "over qualified" and an employer isn't going to want to repeat the advertising/interview/selection/training process 2 months down the line because Dr. Whatshisname has decided it's actually a tad rougher than he thought, or because he's landed a cushy number on the board of a local business.
Even in "our" line of work the "lower paid" posts are unattainable as soon as you mention qualifications and/or experience, not to mention age and/or expected salary.
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he was curious to see whether he would be “browbeaten into applying for jobs on a building site”.
Typical of New Liebores attitude to unemployment; "there's plenty of jobs out there, just go for one of those". All very well in theory, but there is such a thing as being "over qualified" and an employer isn't going to want to repeat the advertising/interview/selection/training process 2 months down the line because Dr. Whatshisname has decided it's actually a tad rougher than he thought, or because he's landed a cushy number on the board of a local business.
Even in "our" line of work the "lower paid" posts are unattainable as soon as you mention qualifications and/or experience, not to mention age and/or expected salary.
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Originally posted by threaded View PostHe could go contracting.
Hope he'll be IR35 compliant tho'
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The ousted MP who speaks six languages, has a PhD in maths and once designed a computer game about the Battle of Britain, admitted that he was curious to see whether he would be “browbeaten into applying for jobs on a building site”.
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