chrisp65 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 1 hour ago, lapal_fan said: Yea, you'd never write anything official in it, That's not strictly true. Where my wife works, they send out some official post in comic sans. It's about knowing you're target audience. She works with families that, er, need a little help along the way. Anything sent out in any format that looks in the slightest bit official doesn't get read or acted on. Anything unsolicited gets binned. People just don't open mail. Then they don't read it if it even slightly looks like it's potential stress. So they get a text or a pm or a dm or whatever medium that client prefers that basically says 'hey, cool dude type person. We will be sending you a letter, look out for it, there's something you need to do/sign/return and there's also an argos voucher in there. Stay cool y'all'. Then they send out the post, hand written address, a comic sans letter absolutely as brief as possible, in a square white envelope, not a rectangle like it might have heavy duty documents. Not brown like another fine or summons. That has a proven track record of getting the highest response rate from some people. Possibly one for the boring thread. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Just now, chrisp65 said: That's not strictly true. Where my wife works, they send out some official post in comic sans. It's about knowing you're target audience. She works with families that, er, need a little help along the way. Anything sent out in any format that looks in the slightest bit official doesn't get read or acted on. Anything unsolicited gets binned. People just don't open mail. Then they don't read it if it even slightly looks like it's potential stress. So they get a text or a pm or a dm or whatever medium that client prefers that basically says 'hey, cool dude type person. We will be sending you a letter, look out for it, there's something you need to do/sign/return and there's also an argos voucher in there. Stay cool y'all'. Then they send out the post, hand written address, a comic sans letter absolutely as brief as possible, in a square white envelope, not a rectangle like it might have heavy duty documents. Not brown like another fine or summons. That has a proven track record of getting the highest response rate from some people. Possibly one for the boring thread. holla y'all is the vernacular I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, wazzap24 said: Nah, I'd have to interview them just to see if they were actually mental! I’ve heard of graphic designers getting jobs with CVs intentionally badly designed. I think you’d have to be good to make it look intentionally bad though, if that makes sense. Edit; one thing I hate seeing is this on the right Edited February 2, 2018 by a m ole 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 50 minutes ago, bickster said: You shouldn't give them money in the first place. Unless I've got a can or two going free then I'd give them cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, a m ole said: I’ve heard of graphic designers getting jobs with CVs intentionally badly designed. I think you’d have to be good to make it look intentionally bad though, if that makes sense. Ahh yeah, heard about something similar with companies posting a deliberately, really badly designed advert for web developers/designers as a cry for help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 **** off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 I'm amazed by how many people put their hobbies or interests on their CV. When I'm screening, I always take it as "shit, I don't have enough experience to fill this piece of A4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted February 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2018 16 hours ago, Paddywhack said: 2 work moans - They’re quite flexible with what hours you work at our place, most people start at 8, only take half an hour lunch and leave at half 3. We’ve each got to have a days training over the next two weeks and they told us in a meeting that we’d have to work 9-5 on that one day but they’ll work something out if people have trouble with childcare. Fitnessprick pipes up, “I don’t know if I can stay until 5, I usually get to the gym by 4. That’s leg day”. Team leader shrugs, says “sorry, you’ll have to stay. There’s a free lunch though”. He replies “I doubt it’s chicken and broccolli though is it? That’s what I usually have for lunch”. Second one, we have an annual awards evening. Nothing too serious, just a few drinks and some certificates. There’s some real awards like best team, best team leader etc, then a few joke ones like rear of the year and the Usain Bolt award (quickest to leave). The guy who sits next to me (who is a right bitchy gossip) was really looking forward to this years and was planning his evening. When we got our nomination sheets he revelled in telling me who he’d nominated in previous years. All very humorous, ironic votes, so the biggest guy in the office got his rear of the year vote, the guy with long, scruffy hair got the best hair vote and so on. A week later we got the nominations, he was down for best hair (it’s like Karl Pilkington’s in Derek), best dressed (he dresses like worzel gummidge) and a couple of others. He went in a right mood. “Forget it, I’m not going just to be laughed at”. I don't know him but i hate fitnessprick with every fibre of my being already. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 2, 2018 Moderator Share Posted February 2, 2018 I think fitnessprick probably hates himself deep down 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Fitnessprick, who does he think he is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 How dare he strive for personal improvement. The egotistical prick I hope he contracts rickets. Lets see how 'leg day' goes then you broccoli eating cockwomble. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 2, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 2, 2018 35 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I'm amazed by how many people put their hobbies or interests on their CV. When I'm screening, I always take it as "shit, I don't have enough experience to fill this piece of A4". I've always taken the hobbies section as a kind of roundabout way of saying something about your personality - likes playing football therefore good team work skills and probably personable. Anything that can't do that (or doesn't reflect well) shouldn't be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Hobbies: Socialising Uggghh! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted February 2, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 2, 2018 41 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I'm amazed by how many people put their hobbies or interests on their CV. When I'm screening, I always take it as "shit, I don't have enough experience to fill this piece of A4". As a rule I pay it no interest when I'm recruiting but every once in a while it comes in handy. I interviewed someone recently who said he like to restore penny farthings in his spare time so the first question I asked him in the interview was about that. 20 minutes later and he was still talking about the subject. No further questions were needed by then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Seat68 said: **** off. Thought Lapal was already married? 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) I kinda agree with @chindie and @choffer My view is you can teach a monkey with a stick to do most jobs , but what you might not do is get on with that person or they might not get on with other people in the office and ruin the vibe etc . so hobbies at least gives you an idea of their personality .. if they have cycling on it then you know they are going to chase anyone that doesn't give way on the stairs around the office for 20 minutes so they can shout at them and if they are a woman and write about their cats you know they are single but also damaged goods and that if you get drunk and give her one she's going to end up cooking your pet rabbit a few weeks later .... Probably mentioned it before but my "In" to the big account I run was football , true I didn't send a CV in for that but equally we just couldn't quite crack it with the client , he took your calls now and then but rarely returned them , until one day he let slip he was a football fan and bingo 2 hours later we were still chatting football ..and the rest is history so whilst I probably wouldn't include hobbies on my CV for the nature of jobs I'd be going for , I do kinda find it useful to see on CV's I receive for the purpose of the interview and finding out about that person Edited February 2, 2018 by tonyh29 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Likewise it anyone listed veganism as an interest then I'd throw their CV in the bin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 On my C.V for hobbies I've got; Enjoys building sheds which house machines that shag you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) @lapal_fan sending me gay porn on Facebook messenger and my (work) phone storing it automatically. Edited February 2, 2018 by StefanAVFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 9 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: @lapal_fan sending me gay porn on Facebook messenger and my (work) phone storing it automatically. pretty homophobic labelling it "gay" porn Stefan.. Thought you were better than that. What made it "gay" anyway? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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