Positive thinking only!

That's part of my problem, BT - I am positive. I'd probably give it to someone else too.

Think of all you will do when you get the job - see it, believe it, know it will happen.

 

Older people have a lot going for them. They often have better literacy, orthography and numeracy skills, are more respectful without being obsequious and understand how to modulate speech and behaviour in different situations.

 

A recetionist. I doubt I'll get it with 19 other applicants through to interviews but I definately wont get a job if I don't try. I've never had a job like that.

Not with spelling like that.....was it the key board again... :lol:

 

 

How's the CV going....

 

...good luck ....you have a lot of experience with situations...sell yourself :)

 

maybe the office will have better keyboards.

...lets hope so ;)

Stephen is really pleased with his citrus trees...they have loads of fruit this year

Dig out that juicer.

 

How was the shuttle launch?

Not with spelling like that.....was it the key board again... :lol:

How's the CV going....

 

...good luck ....you have a lot of experience with situations...sell yourself :)

 

 

5p - with no takers. Actually, I wasn't even considering that kind of job.

I don't think it's the keyboard - just the way I have to sit and not being straight on to it - and the seat not going down far enough for a proper typing position - or it could be just that I'm rubbish.

It was a night launch, wasn't it ? Spectacular explosion of light?

Apparently the scientists are perfecting a means to re-cycle urine and other waste water for drinking purposes, as there will

eventually be six people living in the space station, and space shuttles are limited in number, so fresh water will not be

transported soon.

There are some things we wish we could see. The shuttle launch is something I would like to see........you are so lucky, Spam.

Hurry up with the photos.

Did you plant the citrus trees yourselves?

The first time we went to Florida, we saw the space shuttle taking off. We were driving to Disney world. Everyone stopped their cars and watched. It was amazing.

 

Meg, you'd be an asset to any company - they just need to realise this.

I'll tell them that. If we were in Florida, I'd not be able to tear Dave away. I must say the pool is what my mind goes to.

Meg, at your interview go in with a smile and make immediate eye-contact with the person interviewing you. It's often said

that the impression created in the first thirty seconds can swing the interview. Forget modesty when answering questions.

You are there to sell yourself, so emphasize your good points. Be enthusiastic about the job, and show that you have taken

the trouble to find out about the firm or company, its aims, etc. At the end of the interview have one or two questions ready

to ask i.e. what your actual duties will be, etc. Be bright and confident. Good luck.

right - that time of year again, is Darius' place near any of the fires? california - LA Santa Barbra?

I've been wondering that, Pip. Many people have already been made homeless.

It seems one of many fires is the Sayre fire. This is an area of 9497acres in Los Angeles County, and it is 30% contained.

 

QUOTE.

Among the 14,000 homeowner in Montecito are the talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, the film director, Steven Spielberg, and actors John Cleese, Michael Douglas, Christopher Lloyd and Steve Martin. Large swathes of the coastal settlement were reduced to charred, grey landscapes where gates surrounded piles of rubble – all that remained of multi-million dollar houses.

 

The fire is one of the worst to hit the city of Los Angeles in nearly half a century after a 1961 blaze in the exclusive enclave of Bel Air that ripped through 480 homes.

 

 

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Meg, at your interview go in with a smile and make immediate eye-contact with the person interviewing you. It's often said

that the impression created in the first thirty seconds can swing the interview. Forget modesty when answering questions.

You are there to sell yourself, so emphasize your good points. Be enthusiastic about the job, and show that you have taken

the trouble to find out about the firm or company, its aims, etc. At the end of the interview have one or two questions ready

to ask i.e. what your actual duties will be, etc. Be bright and confident. Good luck.

 

This is exactly the advice I gave the people working for me. The trouble is, I know how interviews go too well - but from the side of giving the interviews. People have to warm to you but, there's is a real reluctance to take on ex manager, or a person with quiite a bit of experience or someone with no experience at all. I'm trying to write a cv in which I never managed people or had any control over how things are done. I also have to pretend I know what I'm doing - but not too much

Interviews where I work are done on a scoring system. There are a set list of questions and each one is scored either 0, 1, 2, 3 depending on how fully the question is answered. Each question is also weighted according to importance either 1, 2, 3.

 

So an important question is given a three and if the candidate scores 3 then the two are multiplied together to give a total score of 9. Whoever gets the highest score is the one who is offered the job. Only if several candidates score the same do you take other things into account