The Councils, Schools and Public Services still expect Me to Pay Full taxes Though!!
Got to keep them in work!! Nothing for me!! No State Hand Outs!!!
Most of The Rejections are Because I am Too Clever and NOT Because I am Not Good Enough.
20 Years of Cleaning Toilets Would Stand Me In Better Stead For Getting a Job Than
20 Years in The Computing Industry..
I Went From HUSTON to EUSTON to USELESS in as many steps. (-: (-:
I Will Hand Over This Accolade To Any Person More Worthy (NOT) if Proved on The Net. (-: (-:
Travelled 30 Miles To Beliot For Interview. The Person Was Not There To See Me, So I Completely Wasted My Time That Day.
The Jobs Advetised Were A Result of The Safeway Takeover. Some of The Skills Required Were Right up My Street, DB2, IBM Mainframe, Distribution and Finance. Did Not Even get An Interveiw, Dispite Indicating I Would Re-Locate.
I Worked For C.C.C. as A Casual Traffic Counter / Interviewer on 3 Occasions.
Applied to Set Up Web Pages for Schools (SALT) with C.C.C. Got No where!!
Also Applied For Programming Work At County Hall in Chester. NO LUCK.
Firstaid UK employed me for One Month. Only ONE FULL Week did I work there, rest of weeks
either Bank Holiday or on Courses..
Some of the reasons for my Dismissal were said to Be :-
I had a Lot of Computer Experience, But they could not use it!! and You Have a High Intelligence But
We don't Know what Your Skills Are??
Feedback From Dane Valley High Was Interesting.. I Was Told I Would Just Stand Around Talking and Not Do Any Work.. Normally I am The One Overlooked for Promotion Because I am Quiet and Get The Work Done....
Eaton Bank School is Now A Center of Excellence For Oracle. After My Interview I was Turned
Down With The Reason That, "I Was Just A USER and Not a Computer Expert."
One of My Skills is Oracle plus other Relational D/B Systems. The position given to an
ex Physics Teacher who had never worked in the Computer Industry.
This is to form as "Those That Can't, TEACH."
The Thompson Local is A Telephone Directory Delivered To Homes Free.. I could Not Even Get A Job Doing That Never Mind Working With Computer Directories.
The Local Paper Advertised A Job Saying an Interest in Rock Music Would Be an advantage. Despite already listing my record collection on the Net, I got Nowhere. Later paper placed an advert thanking everyone for applying, over 120 people had applied, wonder if Eric Clapton got the Job!
The Local Police Station wanted someone to help out voluntary, with clerical work. I applied. Got a letter back saying "The Initiative has been suspended". Can't even get a job Brewing up at the local nick, of course I am One of the ERKS (-:
Contronics was a very good interview. The company being partly involved in board manufacturing
was aware of the problems in a world market and did not look down their noses at me.
Unfortunately I did not get the job.
The Job at Pulse Was Temporary and Part Time, I Applied indicating that I Would Work for £2.50 per hour. I was interviewed for 1 of 4 vacancies as a Data input Clerk. Guess What!! You've Got it.. I was Unsuccessful.. ...
I applied to HPJ for Computer Work With My 20 Years of Experience. No Interview!
Some Years Later I got an Interview for work in their warehouse on Minimum Wage.
I was given a spelling test, I spelt Committee with only One e and put an e in the word
responsibility. WHAT A DUMMY!
Guess What!! You've Got it.. I was Unsuccessful.. ...
Cleric Computers was another Very Good interview, beaten by the competition for the job, but indication of something available in the future for me, perhaps! 12 Months After This, They Re-Advertisted, I Re-Applied, Guess What, Yes You Have Got It!! I Didn't Even Get An Interveiw This Time )-:
I Got an Interveiw For A Checkout Operator At Wm. Morrisons, Guess What, Got Turned Down.
More Proof That I Am Britain's Most Wanted. NOT!!!!
Blue Arrow offered Me Some Temporary Production Work On Behalf of Airbags International.
I Am Going To Sit At A Table and Clean Jacquard Loom Modules!
My Duties Also Include Emptying The Waste Bin Into A Large Skip! Bin is As Close To Binary as
I'm Going TO Get I'm Afraid! (-: (-:
I Was Lucky To Get This After Being out Of Work For Over Five Years!
Despite a large amout of Computer Experience and University Papers NO Suitable Work In
The Congleton Area For Me. This Highlights What A Dump The Town Is!
Any Professional People That Stay In The Town Remain Unemployed OR
Take Anything That They Can Get To Make Do!!!!!!!!!
JUST BEFORE Christmas 2007, I got a Message saying Tomorrow Will Be You LAST DAY!
I Was only a Temporary Employee and I think this is better than having your contract
terminated in Hospital!.........
Sema Group employed me for 18 Months Contract.
I Attended The Interview at Freightliner With A Very Good Idea of The Job.
Having Experience of ERIC (Enhanced RfD Intermodal Control) Software Used By Them For Loading The Trains.
Guess What!! This Experience Put Me Out Of The Running.. Knew To Much!!!
I Followed up On This One, after interview. Guess What!! From 21 Applicants, I Came Second!!
Jonnie Johnson Was A WWII Fighter Pilot In England. Despite Signing The Offical Secrets Act And Being A Civvy Attached To The RAF.. I did Not Even Get an Interview.. Wizard Prang Old Boy...
Interviewed At Jodrell Bank Telescope on 3 Occasions.
I Was Told I Was To Clever For The Job on Offer One Time.
I Worked For I.C.L. for 3 months in Production.
While Working there, D2D part of ICL was being sold off To an Uknown Company.
Coopers & Lybrand Were Carrying out an Audit On Site, I had previous being involved with
Coopers Audit Software, so they knew me. They thought I was working for FUJITSI as an
Undercover Auditor Checking up on Them. NO Such Luck For Me to Get A Position
Like That.
NO LUCK with any of the Programming Vacancies I have applied for Since Either.
2007 Latest:- A News Item Listed ICL as meaning Indian Cricket League!
Well You can Hit a SYSTEM 4 with one Hit!
Progress to 1900 and 2900 in your Runs Total!
Or you could make a ME(re)29 Runs before you're out.
With All The Software Outsourcing To Bangalore & Mumbai, Cricket and Programming go together!
I Worked at BARCLAYS for 3 Years.
However NO LUCK with EDOTECH a Barclays/IBM Company .
Adams Butter Was The Forerunner of KerryGold. We Gave a Presentation of A Complex Computer System To The Company because They Were Thinking of Buying It (When I Was in Work). 5 Years Later I Applied For A Job In Production To Roll Cheeses, told I knew to much about Computers to Get The Job. Then Applied For Computer Job and Was Not Even Interviewed...
I Worked For Ciba - Geigy 17 years, various computer related posts. Downsizing of Computer
Department Put an End To That. Applied for advertised jobs with them since NO LUCK!
Attended 4 Interviews For Various Computer Jobs With Peak Software. On 2 Occasions Looking
Favourable, But Being Turned Down By The Same Guy Who Programs There Each Time.
Obviously Overwelmed By My Superior Experience..
Having A Breakfast Of Kelloggs Cornflakes For A Lifetime, Does Not Get An Interview!!
Good Morning, Good Morning, GOOD! (-: (-:
At The Newcastle Council Interview. The Head Lads Had a Cup Of Tea Served Them By A Real
Smart, Beautiful Blonde Girl. Not Me, They Told Me They Could Not Offer A Non - Council
Employee A Drink!!
Cheshire Guidance and Connexions are Both The Same FUNDED Organisations.
When I Visited Them They Were at Sixes and Seven's with Their IT.
Someone Had Upgraded Their Machines Over The Weekend and Had Not Told Them About It,
NO Planning, No Co-ordinating NOTHING.
Second Time I Got Details of The Job Only, Usual Rubbish, Desireable, Essential Etc.
They Seem To Think HTML is a Programming Language, Candidate Must Know :-
ICT HTML Programming Language and know HTML COPY.
Only One Comment from me on This One:- If You Can Do It, Get It Done, If You Can't Teach It.
You Would Think They Would Interveiw a WATSON, Especially With Experience of Their Products.
But NO, Too Busy Kicking Employees Like Me OUT!
I Worked at CSD for 5 months in 1998, my contract was terminated while I was recovering
from a Fractured femur in Hospital. Only 2 day before I had undergone an Operation to
insert a metal pin in the leg.
CAN THIS BE BEAT..... WANTED NOT .. )-: )-:
Big Surprise for me that I got an interview at Connexions. I had been out of work for 4 Years
and was NO SPRING CHICKEN in terms of AGE.
Got Revising on What they wanted, SQL, ACCESS, CRYSTAl etc.
But Came as no surprise when I didn't get the job, during the interview it became apparent
that they did not know I was out of work.
Usual outcome to the preceding's.. NOT WANTED!
Norton Chemicals, got through first interview, two people both younger than myself put me through. When at second interview I met up with dyed in the wool engineers, not computer specialist, that was the end of that. Full Marks To Younger People Putting Older one's through as they would have been my immediate bosses, not afraid of a challenge!
At The TSB Interview, I Mentioned The Co-op Bank, the guy interviewing me repeated the
Word and Spat on The Floor. Then apologised to the female personnel officer for doing it!
Later I called at a Pub nearby (Manchester Airport) the guy came in with others, mostly all
stood around with hands in their pockets. Must have been a great effort to lift their beers!
This is about par for the course for Arrogant Bank Officials!
A Job for me... NO CHANCE to decent and polite to work there.
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Nigel Watson Software. Developed :- March 2002. Updated :- August 2007.