GarethRDR Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I've got the GAMSAT tomorrow (take 3...). Heading to bed now to read. Hopefully I'll turn over and fall asleep at around 11pm. Up at 6am then for last minute preparations. I also have to learn how to do porridge in the microwave. Caffeine tablets, ginseng sweets, 2 bottles of lucozade sport, a bag of jellies and a few panadols just in case for the 6 hour exam. **** stress. I was **** flying it til people started ringing to wish me luck. What **** good does that do? My aunt actually said the words deadly serious, "the exam is basically going to decide the rest of your life..." Helpful. Thanks Good luck! It'll be piss-easy, I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 They have been for a while. I seem to remember a whole thread about bees, purely to see if we could get some adverts about bees on the site. Killer bees! Did you know that the current migration North continues, we will all be dead in 3 years?!? Do you want to become a bee's supper?!? I don't! That's why we must act now!!! Killer bees must be stopped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claret75 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 yes! We now have nearly 40 friends in under 12 hours, 23 requests from people who have been given our details by the recruitment service and I had no idea this would happen so am shitting bricks as I still need to work my other job, balance... Isle Work :-/ she said she loved it, who am I to argue? lol What business are you in? Oh god, its mum again (feels like "working abroad all over again!) lol. proffesional Carriculum vitae service, covering letters, interview tecniques and all sorts of other lovely things, most of the boring bits done by my friend (she is awesome but married) and the communacation skills etc done by me. sits and waits for somebody to pick that apart Fair play to you, hope it goes well. Have you got a website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 yes! We now have nearly 40 friends in under 12 hours, 23 requests from people who have been given our details by the recruitment service and I had no idea this would happen so am shitting bricks as I still need to work my other job, balance... Isle Work :-/ she said she loved it, who am I to argue? lol What business are you in? Oh god, its mum again (feels like "working abroad all over again!) lol. proffesional Carriculum vitae service, covering letters, interview tecniques and all sorts of other lovely things, most of the boring bits done by my friend (she is awesome but married) and the communacation skills etc done by me. sits and waits for somebody to pick that apart Fair play to you, hope it goes well. Have you got a website? well taken mate :-D No website yet but we are on facebook which gets a lot of requests (friend requests) and Sal is working on a PDF for people to download with our information on and also examples of what we do. Facebook > Isle Work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claret75 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 yes! We now have nearly 40 friends in under 12 hours, 23 requests from people who have been given our details by the recruitment service and I had no idea this would happen so am shitting bricks as I still need to work my other job, balance... Isle Work :-/ she said she loved it, who am I to argue? lol What business are you in? Oh god, its mum again (feels like "working abroad all over again!) lol. proffesional Carriculum vitae service, covering letters, interview tecniques and all sorts of other lovely things, most of the boring bits done by my friend (she is awesome but married) and the communacation skills etc done by me. sits and waits for somebody to pick that apart Fair play to you, hope it goes well. Have you got a website? well taken mate :-D No website yet but we are on facebook which gets a lot of requests (friend requests) and Sal is working on a PDF for people to download with our information on and also examples of what we do. Facebook > Isle Work Couldn't find you on Facebook for some reason...are there many others providing this sort of service? What gave you the idea in the first place? Sorry about all the questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Person I am working with used to work in recruitment and she mentioned to me a while back how 100's of people would send in CV's which would be binned or ignored, letters that would be ignored and how when she took interviews, she would get fed up with his people were, even if she understood they were very nervous, some came in with the wrong attitude. She was in recruitment for 15 years and has GOOD contacts Island wide including the job centre. So, she came to me as I have done training in "people management" and thought it would be good to have me on board for things such as teaching people how to behave, talk and act in interviews (fair enough, I used to work with 16-25 year olds helping them find work and education and had a great success rate then)... So, about 6 weeks ago she started looking into what is available and there is not any company that offer every single thing we do, from nothing on the paper right down to helping them with confidence. The unemployment on the island is massive, higher than national average. So doing this now makes sense, somebody else will otherwise. it was my idea to open up for free advice for unemployed under 25 because I know how hard it is at that age especially with no prospects. The experience and ideas we both bring to the table makes complete sense. facebook.com/islework Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Oh and we have over 30 requests for information and two certs for help (paid) and 1 unemployed person so far. Seems to be going quicker than I thought it would :-/ so might have to drop other work I do. Since we were put on an Island database for job hunting we have gained 80 fans on FB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claret75 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Gathering momentum then...sounds like it could work out. You planning on doing other advertising? Still can't find you on FB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 advertising is being done ash we speakl thankfully i know a few editors so can get a good deal. i'm set to make £150 next wkee but am putting it back into the company for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 So where do your earnings come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dappadan Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 You thought about only charging people if you actually help to secure them a job? maybe out of first pay packet. Obviously with them being unemployed a lot will struggle to find money to pay you a fee upfront. Unless of course this is what you already do with over 25's in which case ignore me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baselayers Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Man i am so fed up. I know what i want to do but my stupid body keeps letting me down. Queue me getting an ass kicking for finishing 8th :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno_2004 Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Man i am so fed up. I know what i want to do but my stupid body keeps letting me down. Queue me getting an ass kicking for finishing 8th :-(Chin up! Just from reading VT it seems you have achieved a helluva lot - nothing to be down about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Man i am so fed up. I know what i want to do but my stupid body keeps letting me down. Queue me getting an ass kicking for finishing 8th :-( You've done better than anybody else on here could dream of. Be proud sometimes things don't go as we hope, it is how we bounce back that matters and the bouncing back feels great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baselayers Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Oh i know but your past doesn't mean anything when you suck right now! But it's times like this where it's good that the UK media don't care about me because i would be getting killed otherwise. Need my mojo back somehow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Man i am so fed up. I know what i want to do but my stupid body keeps letting me down. Queue me getting an ass kicking for finishing 8th :-( You've done better than anybody else on here could dream of. Be proud sometimes things don't go as we hope, it is how we bounce back that matters and the bouncing back feels great Don't encourage failure. Oh and if you're interested about my left ankle, it's a bone growth out the side, and it's here to stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Failure is impossible, every goal is attainable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Failure is impossible, every goal is attainable. Villa top half this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baselayers Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Man i am so fed up. I know what i want to do but my stupid body keeps letting me down. Queue me getting an ass kicking for finishing 8th :-( You've done better than anybody else on here could dream of. Be proud sometimes things don't go as we hope, it is how we bounce back that matters and the bouncing back feels great Don't encourage failure. Oh and if you're interested about my left ankle, it's a bone growth out the side, and it's here to stay. Oh so it's not a major thing then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Man i am so fed up. I know what i want to do but my stupid body keeps letting me down. Queue me getting an ass kicking for finishing 8th :-( You've done better than anybody else on here could dream of. Be proud sometimes things don't go as we hope, it is how we bounce back that matters and the bouncing back feels great Don't encourage failure. Oh and if you're interested about my left ankle, it's a bone growth out the side, and it's here to stay. Oh so it's not a major thing then? Apparently not. I now have the added party trick of "Hey, look at my two left ankles, want a drink?" now. Apparently it's weakened tendons in my heel/ankle and there as grown another bit of bone to compensate and the tendons have strengthened a bit. In a nutshell, "nowt wrong, just you're a freak of nature, pop back if it gets bigger/hurts more." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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