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Job Hunters Thread

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Jul 2014
12:46pm, 3 Jul 2014
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Froomeke
Take a month off IW :) I started my redundancy with a 10 day holiday and some time off :)
Jul 2014
12:50pm, 3 Jul 2014
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Froomeke
Mind, I have been slacking somewhat lately in gaining more self employment... I am enjoying 'semi-retirement' too much :-o
Jul 2014
6:30pm, 4 Jul 2014
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idle_wilder
Haha well with how busy I'll be with a holiday, a half marathon and a 12 hour trail race between now and Sept, I might have to! :)
Jul 2014
10:30pm, 10 Jul 2014
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DeeGee
There's HR people here, right? Just a bit of advice, please.

Mate of mine's just been given an increment which has required him to move to a different pay scale and got a new contract. He was basically told he was getting a payrise, moving to the leaders payscale. He thought his Conditions would be the same, but all new contracts issued by the employer have a less generous sickness benefit, so he's got caught.

Should he have really been told of this, as it's a fundamental change in his conditions? We've all signed newish contracts recently but as a result of being Tuped our conditions haven't changed.

Likewise, should I get a payrise - on the same scale as currently - might that essentially be regarded as a new contract and cause the loss of my sickness benefit (that I've never used)
Jul 2014
10:29pm, 11 Jul 2014
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CStar
DG Yes he should certainly have been told about this. Moving to a different payscale does not change the fundamental contract. They need to offer him some form of compensation if he is to receive lesser sickness benefits.
Aug 2014
12:43pm, 15 Aug 2014
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Jambomo
Hello folks, thought I'd look into this thread as I am currently looking for a new job and finding it a bit tough, not much going in my area just now and not getting far with those I do get interviews for. How have other on the thread been getting on finding jobs? Is it a similar case everywhere?
Aug 2014
1:11pm, 15 Aug 2014
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Yorkshire Pie
I had an interview on Wednesday, but I'm not sure how it went. The interview itself was fine, but I got the feeling (again) that they were looking for someone a bit less experienced (aka cheaper). Not expecting to hear anything before next week, so trying to put it out of my mind.
Aug 2014
1:14pm, 15 Aug 2014
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Jambomo
I had an interview on Wed too. They said we'd hear soon but I think if I had got it I wouyld have heard by now as I think they were only interviewing on Wed and it was a pretty small and informal place. Its kind of made me feel a bit down but hard to know until they get in touch.

Good luck, I hope that you get some positive news YP
Aug 2014
1:17pm, 15 Aug 2014
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Ankhinoco
I had a couple of knock-backs when I started looking a couple of months ago. Dents your ego a bit. Like YP, I suspect I'm over-experienced (and probably under-qualified on account of not having a degree). I stopped looking for the summer holidays, choosing to spend my time with the family. Need to get back on the horse now.
Aug 2014
1:35pm, 15 Aug 2014
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Jambomo
Yeah i'm the opposite, qualified but not enough experience in what I want to do. Hopefully you can find something soon.

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