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08-04-2003, 11:47
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
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anyone as bored as I am at the mo?
ok after 7 months of being unemployed I'm bored! I tried getting into sales but I failed miserably in one of the interviews they never got back to me... I take a hint! So anyone in the same boat.... maybe I should choose a career in train driving or something as[b:82d139309d] I GIVE UP[/b:82d139309d]!!!! |
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08-04-2003, 12:08
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Free Ring Ding™
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Manchester
Posts: 9,510
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nah dont give up; something always turns up in the end. Have you tried looking for jobs in other places ? Theres a job advertised in this forum in Leicester but the wage is a bit poor. ..................
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09-04-2003, 04:30
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 144
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I'm not being funny but I'd use the time to upgrade your skills. Your portfolio site could do with an overhaul, especially the code. You're linking to a stylesheet that isn't there and using font tags all over the place. The site also breaks in NS7 / mozilla, not massively but breaks all the same. Theres tough competition out there now and if an agency has 100 portfolio sites to look through I fear yours will be stand a high chance of being discarded at an early stage. Certainly if we are recruiting the 2nd thing we look at, after the overall aesthetic, is a "view source" to see if the person really knows their trade. We'd look at that before even looking through the portfolio. Sorry if that sounds harsh, its not really meant to, just helping you to get a job! |
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09-04-2003, 09:51
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Right turn, Clyde
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 377
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just thought i'd point you out to this book which worked wonder's for me when i was on the dole. after i read it, i changed my approach to job hunting and got a reply for 90% of jobs i applied to, including 3 interviews. after reading the advice the book had to offer i was even offered my current position in the first interview  http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0091884276/qid%3D1049896063/026-4539877-7576409 otherwise, i would try and upgrade your portfolio site, although i know the hardest thing is actually motivating yourself! best of luck tho everything was great til i got here
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09-04-2003, 10:44
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 64
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ta very much for the feedback  I know about me website being cacka - I hacked it together when my site was pulled off of my web host and I never saved the previous one  ah well - I should really re-design it but like peeps have said it's sooooooo hard to get the motivation to do my site as I get bored so quickly!! |
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09-04-2003, 12:50
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 67
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Focus
Get some goals, day by day . Theyll help u sort the work and will provide nice results when mixed with creativity and organized work. Think that u can do it only when u are doing it. I do webs allmost alldays and i dont have a site of my own heh ! Check out this one is one of my favs = was myfirst big weby doesnt work on mac tou  www.timenet.pt |
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10-04-2003, 14:01
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Right turn, Clyde
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 377
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[quote:b1eba13149="oli"]Looks interesting, I might get a copy - but why shouldnt you send a CV :confused:[/quote:b1eba13149] what the bloke was saying was that you write them something called a "boomerang letter" that is tailored to the job description and is written in a way that makes them wanna reply. i'm not the best person in the world at describing what he says but another point he makes is that a cv has more effect if you give it to them after an interview rather than before, and just let the letter do the talking. i've probably made his book sound crap now but honestly it is a good book: bloody easy to read and really insightful btw, Ostrich, if you are on the dole then you can sign onto LearnDirect courses for free (if you didn't already know that is). i did that and learned XML and stuff while the job centre paid me for it, which is nice everything was great til i got here
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10-04-2003, 14:43
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Free Ring Ding™
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Manchester
Posts: 9,510
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[quote:8d3bbc1e15]i've probably made his book sound crap now [/quote:8d3bbc1e15] no , sounds good , Im gonna order a copy cos Im shite in interviews and with letters etc. God knows how I get jobs lol. ..................
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