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Some of the best tradesmen I know struggle to write their own name. I wouldn't judge anyone on grammar and punctuation mine is terrible to start with.

Were tradesmen not novelists, I appreciate spelling and punctuation go a long way with people tradesmen included but ultimately I work with spanners and hammers not spreadsheets and excel
 
gasmanrob said:
Some of the best tradesmen I know struggle to write their own name. I wouldn't judge anyone on grammar and punctuation mine is terrible to start with.

Were tradesmen not novelists, I appreciate spelling and punctuation go a long way with people tradesmen included but ultimately I work with spanners and hammers not spreadsheets and excel
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Been a while since you applied for a job then rob....??
 
I've never not got a job I've interviewed for. But having said that the last job I had to apply for would have been 9 years ago
 
Me too. Ive never had to provide a cv either . but i think first impressions are everything and if you already have a trade then its your experience that gets u the job. But asking for job at the start of your career youd have to do better than this person surely.
 
I haven't had one for 28 years. Not from that side of the table, anyway.

Are you still expected to submit CVs on two separate parchments?
 
Ray Stafford said:
I haven't had one for 28 years. Not from that side of the table, anyway.

Are you still expected to submit CVs on two separate parchments?
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didn't you do yours on tablets Ray.

Personally I think your ability to converse with customers and write decent quotations is important to getting business, hence anyone writing to me in the previous manner gets an instant delete.
 
Dear Sir or Madame,

I should like to direct your attention to this job application what I am currently involved in writing to you.

Since I was a child I have always been interesting in plumbing. My dad would often teach me to do plumbing like fixing the tap and bleeding the radiators. I found it interesting.

I finished school with two AS levels in media and geography. Both passes.

I have my own tool and I can provide my own tranport monday to friday (weekends she works in the cafe.)

I enclose my Cirriculum Vitae.

Thank you very much,

Kev
 
Why do we need paragraphs for fitting boilers and punctuation to service a fire or full stops to fit a bathroom plus thank heavens for spell check or it could have been worsere
 
Got an email yesterday from a guy with his CV attached offering to help build part of of business, setting up and managing sales etc, so I replied by email saying I'd be interested to find out more about what he could offer us, and included my phone number. To which a got an email back that:
a) From the things he said he could do for us clearly meant that he hadn't researched my company before replying,
and,
b) Asking ME to call HIM.

mmm and he wanted to develop the sales side....

Now this guy claims to have done this for a couple of reasonably well known operations so either he moved on before they found him out, or else he was moved on!
 
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aligorgon said:
give the guy a break its probably about the 100th one he's written..
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That's no excuse - every application is just as important as all the others. Do you do shoddy jobs nowadays as it's the 100th time you've done each thing?
 
negas said:
Why do we need paragraphs for fitting boilers and punctuation to service a fire or full stops to fit a bathroom plus thank heavens for spell check or it could have been worsere
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It's an increasingly competitive marketplace with an increasingly sophisticated and choosy customer base. People make judgements based on presentation and communication.
 
Give the guy a break some say. Punctuation is not important some say.

I thought the main problems with the email were so obvious that I didn't even mention them but perhaps I need to give a list.

No personal details about the person - we assume he is male!
No name.
No Age.
What town does he live in?
Is he a school leaver or has he had other jobs?
Has he any skills to bring - can he drive?
He mentions the plumbing sector - suggests this is generic he is sending it to every one (carpentry sector), (sales sector), etc.

Also remember we have no vacancy.
He needs to get out attention make us want him. We get loads of these through the year so why should we be interested in him - he needs to tell us something interesting.

All we can base our opinion on is what he sent us. So what does this email show:
That he doesn't take time to put in thought, to do something to the best of his ability, to achieve a high standard (in this email).
That he actually does things in a hurry with little thought and no attention to detail.
Conclusion - will not make a good plumber.

Also - first impressions are important, but that is another issue.
 
I agree and if someones not got the gumtion to write properly but he can yield a hammer then sorry i wont be hiring him... u still need half a brain in this game.
 
Again :)
he wants to be a plumber not a rocket engineer or working in a nuclear power station :)
 
kris said:
I agree and if someones not got the gumtion to write properly but he can yield a hammer then sorry i wont be hiring him... u still need half a brain in this game.
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Dont think anyone that is doing plumbing has even half a brain
let alone the footballers
 
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Me likes the advert on TV with lizard lick towin YOU CANT TRAIN STUPID
 
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