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« Reply #24450 on: Tuesday, October 6, 2020, 08:56:11 »

I got contacted by a recruitment consultancy yesterday asking if I wanted to be put forward for the post of Head of Planning at Swindon Borough Council, I politely declined the opportunity.

Bit of a commute
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« Reply #24451 on: Tuesday, October 6, 2020, 09:06:39 »

Bit of a commute

Indeed, although to be fair it was a speculative call.

When I was actively seeking my caveat tended to be Manchester or further north, most recruitment consultants seem to have zero grasp of geography with one trying to get me interested in a post in Milton Keynes!
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« Reply #24452 on: Tuesday, October 6, 2020, 09:39:32 »

Indeed, although to be fair it was a speculative call.

When I was actively seeking my caveat tended to be Manchester or further north, most recruitment consultants seem to have zero grasp of geography with one trying to get me interested in a post in Milton Keynes!
Same in my sector - specify senior developer contracts within an hour or so commute of Swindon, constantly get emails asking if I'd be interested in a "suitable for a recent graduate" junior support engineer in Belgium/Dublin/Glasgow/Bahrain. So let's see then, that's a completely different role, for half the money I'm looking for and only commutable if you're supplying me with a personal rocket. Oh, and it doesn't match my skill set. How the fuck did my email come out of your search? Or did you just email the entire database?
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« Reply #24453 on: Tuesday, October 6, 2020, 09:44:48 »

Same in my sector - specify senior developer contracts within an hour or so commute of Swindon, constantly get emails asking if I'd be interested in a "suitable for a recent graduate" junior support engineer in Belgium/Dublin/Glasgow/Bahrain. So let's see then, that's a completely different role, for half the money I'm looking for and only commutable if you're supplying me with a personal rocket. Oh, and it doesn't match my skill set. How the fuck did my email come out of your search? Or did you just email the entire database?

I got Bahrain once, and TBH I would probably have been interested if I were not in a decent long term relationship at the time with the now wife, who whilst has been prepared to traipse around the north a bit was less interested in the Middle east!

Also got offered a post in the Falkland Islands years back, again was sorely tempted. They only offer you a years contract at the start in case you cannot handle the solitude!
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« Reply #24454 on: Tuesday, October 6, 2020, 10:01:07 »

I got Bahrain once, and TBH I would probably have been interested if I were not in a decent long term relationship at the time with the now wife, who whilst has been prepared to traipse around the north a bit was less interested in the Middle east!

Also got offered a post in the Falkland Islands years back, again was sorely tempted. They only offer you a years contract at the start in case you cannot handle the solitude!
Smiley How much planning work can there actually be in the Falklands? There's fuck all there
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« Reply #24455 on: Tuesday, October 6, 2020, 10:15:35 »

I got contacted by a recruitment consultancy yesterday asking if I wanted to be put forward for the post of Head of Planning at Swindon Borough Council, I politely declined the opportunity.

New football stadium, please

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« Reply #24456 on: Tuesday, October 6, 2020, 11:00:03 »

Hair!!!!!!!!

https://twitter.com/Sporting_chin/status/1313251428312535040?s=20
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« Reply #24457 on: Tuesday, October 6, 2020, 13:54:19 »

Smiley How much planning work can there actually be in the Falklands? There's fuck all there

Dunno, perhaps that's why it appealed to me so much.
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« Reply #24458 on: Thursday, October 8, 2020, 07:36:41 »

Two title wins last season then  Smiley

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« Reply #24459 on: Thursday, October 8, 2020, 10:29:09 »

HMP Piss The League
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« Reply #24460 on: Friday, October 9, 2020, 12:19:34 »

https://twitter.com/TedKessler1/status/1314517069145288704?s=20
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« Reply #24461 on: Friday, October 9, 2020, 16:25:20 »

Simple things please simple minds, and it's not exactly ground breaking, but this does make me chuckle a bit:

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« Reply #24462 on: Friday, October 9, 2020, 16:41:27 »

It's saying video unavailable
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« Reply #24463 on: Friday, October 9, 2020, 16:47:45 »

It's saying video unavailable

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« Reply #24464 on: Friday, October 9, 2020, 16:49:48 »

It's an ubereats video with Luke Skyewalker and Jean-Luc Picard
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