Cortese's Corner - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

[Beef]

It does help if you do put dates, because potential employers will want to know one way or another. They'll likely ask you in the interview.

Most don't ask tho. My mate does it due to him being off ill for 5yrs. He hasn't even been asked when the last time he worked. They just asked him about his jobs etc.

When I was shown how to carry out a interview I said should I ask about the dates they worked. The answer was no, aslong as the job list helps them to get the job they are after it doesn't matter.

Plus if I am seen as turning a person down for a job that hasn't worked for a time(for any reason) I could get in trouble.

Most places now don't even phone up your last place of work.

 

[St. Luigi Scrosoppi]

I haven't worked for nearly fifteen years and I didn't like it much when I did as it seemed to get in the way of all the other things I wanted to do.

Except that now I have the time I am far too knackered or skint to do all those things I wanted to do when I was young.

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

Except that now I have the time I am far too knackered or skint to do all those things I wanted to do when I was young.

What Like buy a penny farthing and ride it round the muddy fields ?

Or maybe sign up to fight in the first World war , and hope they did not notice you were only 10 ?

 

[PompeyLapras]

Most don't ask tho. My mate does it due to him being off ill for 5yrs. He hasn't even been asked when the last time he worked. They just asked him about his jobs etc.

When I was shown how to carry out a interview I said should I ask about the dates they worked. The answer was no, aslong as the job list helps them to get the job they are after it doesn't matter.

Plus if I am seen as turning a person down for a job that hasn't worked for a time(for any reason) I could get in trouble.

Most places now don't even phone up your last place of work.

That's reassuring.

Though because I'm the social media officer at Portsmouth Ladies, and have been since Jan of last year, I have that in my CV as Jan 2012 - Present which makes my CV look a lot better and blank-free since Jan of last year. Sure it's not a 9-5, but a job's a job. And tbf I do spend quite a bit of time working on Pompey Ladies social media stuff.

 

[Qwerty]

What's a job?

 

[Joe!]

What's a job?

Something people do when they've failed at life and haven't managed to find a better alternative.

 

[Dan]

Something people do when they've failed at life and haven't managed to find a better alternative.

So staying at home playing PS4 all day means I've succeeded at life?

 

[- Doing The Lambert Walk]

Watching the Sochi opening ceremony.

Only four of the five rings were displayed. The one that didn't, the red ring for America.

Hey, I'm sure it's nothing...

 

[PompeyLapras]

Watching it too. Like the fact the map of the country is projected on the stadium floor when they come out. Very nice.

Also, don't Russia use red as well?

 

[Joe!]

So staying at home playing PS4 all day means I've succeeded at life?

As long as you're able to do that while keeping a roof over your head and food in the fridge, you're winning.

 

[(Conor)]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-26079358

What a bizarre story...

 

[fatletiss]

As long as you're able to do that while keeping a roof over your head and food in the fridge, you're winning.

Isn't that know in Latin as "livingwithparentsum" ?

 

[Dan]

Isn't that know in Latin as "livingwithparentsum" ?

Or "livingoffstudentgrantsandloanius".

 

[fatletiss]

Or "livingoffstudentgrantsandloanius".

of course... I forgot. Been a long time since I learned Latin.

 

[- Doing The Lambert Walk]

Hijackers attempting diversion of aircraft to Sochi.

 

[----HistoryRepeating----]

Got a bad feeling about these snow games, think I'll boycott them.

 

[- Doing The Lambert Walk]

Aircraft brought down in Istanbul, hijacker with bomb refusing to give self up.

 

[Joe!]

Isn't that know in Latin as "livingwithparentsum" ?

That or you've found a fantastically easy way to earn money. I'm sure such a thing exists and just none of us have put a finger on it.

 

[Dan]

That or you've found a fantastically easy way to earn money. I'm sure such a thing exists and just none of us have put a finger on it.

Drug dealing.

 

[Joe!]

Drug dealing.

Kinda risky. Honestly I think the money is about right for the risk to your life. Like how oil rig workers earn a ton. Also you do still have to put a decent amount of time in and get out of the house if you want to make proper money.