Official Job Vacancies Thread

[R1.]

Got a phone interview

What should i expect?

[Supermalt]

Anyone here work in or know about consultancy?

From what I've heard and researched of it it seems quite interesting but I haven't really seen/heard anyone's views on it from the inside. Didn't even know about the job until I started going through jobseeker sites.

Heard its boring

[Supermalt]

Anyone here work in or know about consultancy?

From what I've heard and researched of it it seems quite interesting but I haven't really seen/heard anyone's views on it from the inside. Didn't even know about the job until I started going through jobseeker sites.

Heard its boring

[Captain Planet]

Sounds mad boring

That and headhunting

But must be well paid

[Guest M12]

Anyone here work in or know about consultancy?

From what I've heard and researched of it it seems quite interesting but I haven't really seen/heard anyone's views on it from the inside. Didn't even know about the job until I started going through jobseeker sites.

I work in consultancy, its very broad and its not a job title as such so i think you may have been mislead a bit. It's mainly giving advice and setting up systems/procedures so clients can run their operations more effectively/intelligently in the long run, or providing support for a one off project that the client may be carrying out but doesnt have the in house expertise/resource to deliver. It's mainly full of bullshit merchants tbh and its a bit snaky as everything is driven by earning fees and doing what the client perceives to be a good job, even though in reality what the client wants and what is actually best practice are two different things. However as long as you keep the fees rolling in and the client smiling everyone is happy.

[dub]

yeah i didn't think it was a single job (bad phrasing on my behalf), i just wanted to know about the sector

do you like the job?

from my perspective, i've just come out of a computer science degree and really am not keen on programming/tech/etc so want some sort of job where i can apply my problem solving skills and the idea of working for a consultancy firm with being able to work on different projects/clients in different sectors sounds attractive to me

[Supermalt]

whats people opinion on job hopping

is a year alright before moving on

[Agony]

Good luck OJ

[Guest M12]

yeah i didn't think it was a single job (bad phrasing on my behalf), i just wanted to know about the sector

do you like the job?

from my perspective, i've just come out of a computer science degree and really am not keen on programming/tech/etc so want some sort of job where i can apply my problem solving skills and the idea of working for a consultancy firm with being able to work on different projects/clients in different sectors sounds attractive to me

I'm not particularly passionate about much bar football and money and i dont like being an employee either so my viewpoint is probably a bit skewed. It's an alright job, a lot of variety as you never know what you can be working on next or who you're going to be working with/for (this is both good and bad), strong emphasis on "networking" as well both internally and externally, sometimes I enjoy it, other times I'm like id rather be sat at home with a chinese but it does help. The amount of times I've been stuck and been able to pick up the phone to someone and be like have you got a template for this, how much should this cost, my project is about to finish have you got anything interesting coming up i can jump on etc etc. is invaluable. If you're the kinda guy who likes to plug in your headphones and be an excel jockey or just sit there programming its probably not for you, because along with the technical side of what you're doing you do actually need to talk to people a lot and communicate. It's a proper hand holding job. It's literally like I'm about to do this are you ok with that? I'm about to do that. I'm this far through, here's the latest draft any comments. I find it frustrating because I just like to get on with things and finish them, hate chasing confirmation from people, especially when they're so busy themselves that you literally have to track them down and stand in front of them half the time. On the plus side though, expenses for trips and things are good and theres always a few good corporate events. Last week I went to the Olympic Park on a corp ticket, sit down meal, behind the scenes tour etc etc and then watched an evening session and even though the people i was with were dead it was still a good experience.

[Seymour Cake]

Some good insider advice right there.

I had plans going into HR consultancy, but that's later down the line, need to build a strong network first.

Sounds like your doing pretty well for yourself, swear your my age too (23). Lol your way past me at the minute fam.

[dub]

See that sounds alright to me, and any would-be deterrents that you've described are things I've already accepted as things I'd need to deal with in a type of career I want.

Thanks M12.

[Nidge Weasle]

any half decent jobs out there for people without A levels/uni degree.

safe

[Guest chap44uns]

retale

[Nidge Weasle]

thats what im doing atm, assistant manager, but wanna try something new.

[R1.]

No qualifications at all?

Try estate agents, they usually have trainee positions that don't require any experience.

[Nidge Weasle]

safe

only gcse's and some sh*t as levels

[Guest M12]

Do a trade? Or some kind of trainee scheme/apprenticeship.

[Nidge Weasle]

never really wanted to do a trade, was thinking of going down a few pegs at work and then getting A levels.

gonna look around for some trainee scheme stuff.

[Kurtis]

try apprenticeships and look out for trainee roles

but be aware there will be loads of applicants

but your assistant manager gig should get you up a few spots

[Natalie]

I would love to be self employed and dictate when I work

Hard work but nothing comes easy ay

[Elementalism]

Props to CP and OJ, good sh*t.

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Anyone done an SIA course? Getting put forward for the door supervisor one by a mate, might look to do it on the side for extra P.

[Kuffir]

done one recently, bring ins on the job.

[Elementalism]

done one recently, bring ins on the job.

Big, what did the training consist of?

You found work since you did it?

[Kuffir]

4 days door supervisor training

4 days x ray machine rapid scan training

like 3 tests for the door supervisor ting and one for the x ray.

i done it cause i been working with the olympics. still got the paralympics to go then hopefully i can use it to get some more decent employment.

imo the training received was fairly basic for the DS. textbook type acronyms to remember sh*t and a couple ways of holding/restraining.

[Elementalism]

Cool, shouldn't be much to worry about! Couple days watching videos and OHP slides and a bit of writing...