Date   : Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:29:13 +0100
From   : samwise@... (samwise)
Subject: Risc PC (Was 'Minitel in France')

Off-topic, but ...

I remember a friend telling me that he was approached by an agent
through LinkedIn with a job offer.  When he politely told them that he
wasn't interested in changing his career at the present time, he
received an amazed reply from them along the lines of "If you're not
looking for a new job, what on earth have you signed up to LinkedIn
for, then?".

Peter.

On 27 July 2011 01:55, Alan Williams <awilliams@...> wrote:
> If you were in Australia I would say are you on linkme.com.au, only
> because that's where I work...
>
> Definitely look for equivalent on line resume database / job board
> services. ?Or LinkedIn at least. ?Many of the employers and recruiters
> we sell access to our members resumes db say they use LinkedIn and
> linkme and other such sites as the first point of call to fill roles.
>
> Alan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bbc-micro-bounces+awilliams=linkme.com.au@...
> [mailto:bbc-micro-bounces+awilliams=linkme.com.au@...] On
> Behalf Of Rob
> Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2011 10:25 AM
> To: Rick Murray
> Cc: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Risc PC (Was 'Minitel in France')
>
> On 27 July 2011 01:12, Rick Murray <rick@...> wrote:
>> Back in the day, I'd have demanded this in writing, and then walked
>> the lot to the CAB to see about unfair termination practice...
>
> I could recommend some rather high priced solicitors in Manchester city
> centre.... :-) :-) :-)
>
>>
>>
>> Do you remember the Win95 days when the standard response to anything
>> going badly wrong was to "reformat your harddisc and reinstall
>> Windows", neatly sidestepping the possibility for TOTAL loss of data
>> if you didn't realise quite what reformatting actually meant, plus
>> flippin' FOR-EVER reinstalling Windows, and then EVERYTHING ELSE.
>
> It still is! ?Had to re-load the wife's laptop a few months back because
> they wouldn't believe it really had an overheat problem and issue me
> with a warranty repair authorisation until I had done so.
> Grrrr....
>
>
>>
>>> Popped into the Job Centre on the way home.
>>
>> Heh, good luck there too. My memories of Job Centres (hello
>> Aldershot!) is that people who couldn't find a job anywhere else ended
>
>> up in the jobcentre as "advisors". Hell, I had one twit that didn't
>> know the difference between a care assistant and a nurse!
>
> Last time I looked they only had reams of dead end jobs with nothing
> above minimum wage. ?I'd suggest registering with all the IT agencies
> you can find; get enough keywords in your CV and they'll eventually
> suggest relevant jobs ..
>
> (Had one call a few months ago, a mere ten years after I sent them my
> CV. ?Must have been scraping the barrel to call me, but they were after
> someone with knowledge of a rather esoteric programming language that I
> actually knew. ?Pity I wasn't in a position to take them up on it, might
> have been able to name my price!)
>
> Rob.
>
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