On 2002.03.07 10:04 David Irvine wrote: > On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 00:50, William Anderson wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Irvine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:46 AM > > Subject: [scottish] ADVERT: Job. > > > > > > > This was forwarded to me. It might interest some of you, they are > based > > > in whitburn, which is right in the middle of nowhere which is > arguably a > > > good or a bad place to commute to. > > > > > > Apparently they are pretty desperate. > > > > funny, xcalibre advertised for a similar position in December (I > remember > > applying for it via Search in edinburgh via jobserve) and I got > knocked back > > because they "didn't fancy paying the agency fees", and had filled > the > > position from an ad in the press. Perhaps that person didn't work > out? > > Nonetheless their attitude doesn't sound that conducive to actually > hiring > > anyone! Any self-made gurus on the list fancy applying just to go > to the > > interview? :) > > Apparently self-made guru's don't count as guru's there. According to > the agency who put me forward for a job there last year, they wanted > somebody with qualifications. Perhaps they are learning hard and slow > way? > >
I wouldn't count myself a guru, but self-made. Though without any commercial experience, I'm not surprised at the lack of response to the CV I sent them. I'm luck if I get a response to 1 in 10 of my submissions for jobs. -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
