'Hog wrote:
> Catman wrote:
>
>> Well it's *kind* of what agencies should do I suppose. Very few seem
>> to (I know a couple) and there are rules about what you can charge
>> for as well. Who was paying their bill? In any event it does sound
>> like a useful thing.
>
> It is what HM Gov should be paying Contractors to actually do rather than
> the open ended and hollow consultants they actually sluice money into.
> People in middle and upper responsibility levels often need proactive help
> and contacts to get them back into the market. They can already put on a
> suit and write the bones of a CV.

The CV agency

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Catman wrote:
> platypus wrote:
>>
>> "Catman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:hno8g1$9ac$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> 'Hog wrote:
>>>> Catman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> [1] Laugh if you will, I found it quite a useful service. Apart
>>>>> from anything else it got me out of the house and talking to
>>>>> people in similar situations. Bit like UKRM UR really
>>>>
>>>> What is it. What do they actually *do*. Or rather "did".
>>>
>>> A whole gamut of stuff:
>>> Psycohemtric testing to see what you actually want to do
>>> Review by colleagues / friends / family to give an unbiased view of
>>> strengths and weaknesses, both in professional terms and personal.
>>
>> I tried that once, a few years ago. After they received a review
>> from Sarah (which I didn't get to see), they started avoiding me, not
>> returning calls etc.
>>
>>
>
> Probably for the best
>
> I actually dealt with all my reviews. What amazed me was how
> consistent they all were. I genuinely wondered if all these people
> had somehow got in touch and planned the whole thing.

Gosh imagine they came into UKRM and asked us to review you

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YTC#1 wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:26:49 +0000, Catman wrote:
>
>> platypus wrote:
>>> "Catman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:hno8g1$9ac$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> 'Hog wrote:
>>>>> Catman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] Laugh if you will, I found it quite a useful service. Apart from
>>>>>> anything else it got me out of the house and talking to people in
>>>>>> similar situations. Bit like UKRM UR really
>>>>> What is it. What do they actually *do*. Or rather "did".
>>>> A whole gamut of stuff:
>>>> Psycohemtric testing to see what you actually want to do Review by
>>>> colleagues / friends / family to give an unbiased view of strengths and
>>>> weaknesses, both in professional terms and personal.
>>> I tried that once, a few years ago. After they received a review from
>>> Sarah (which I didn't get to see), they started avoiding me, not
>>> returning calls etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Probably for the best
>>
>> I actually dealt with all my reviews. What amazed me was how consistent
>> they all were. I genuinely wondered if all these people had somehow got in
>> touch and planned the whole thing.
>
> Or were given a bunch of leading questions.
>

Would also have been a possibility. The questions were very open ended,
though, and not at all leading.

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'Hog wrote:
> Catman wrote:
>> platypus wrote:
>>> "Catman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:hno8g1$9ac$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> 'Hog wrote:
>>>>> Catman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] Laugh if you will, I found it quite a useful service. Apart
>>>>>> from anything else it got me out of the house and talking to
>>>>>> people in similar situations. Bit like UKRM UR really
>>>>> What is it. What do they actually *do*. Or rather "did".
>>>> A whole gamut of stuff:
>>>> Psycohemtric testing to see what you actually want to do
>>>> Review by colleagues / friends / family to give an unbiased view of
>>>> strengths and weaknesses, both in professional terms and personal.
>>> I tried that once, a few years ago. After they received a review
>>> from Sarah (which I didn't get to see), they started avoiding me, not
>>> returning calls etc.
>>>
>>>
>> Probably for the best
>>
>> I actually dealt with all my reviews. What amazed me was how
>> consistent they all were. I genuinely wondered if all these people
>> had somehow got in touch and planned the whole thing.
>
> Gosh imagine they came into UKRM and asked us to review you
>

I'd really rather not.

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Catman wrote:
> 'Hog wrote:

>> Gosh imagine they came into UKRM and asked us to review you
>>
>
> I'd really rather not.

<adds FEARTIE to Catman CV>

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'Hog wrote:
> Catman wrote:
>> 'Hog wrote:
>
>>> Gosh imagine they came into UKRM and asked us to review you
>>>
>> I'd really rather not.
>
> <adds FEARTIE to Catman CV>
>

**** em all right something something something something?

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Catman wrote:
> 'Hog wrote:
>> Catman wrote:
>>> 'Hog wrote:
>>
>>>> Gosh imagine they came into UKRM and asked us to review you
>>>>
>>> I'd really rather not.
>>
>> <adds FEARTIE to Catman CV>
>>
>
> **** em all right something something something something?

www.lehuanet.com/ScotSpeak

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"'Hog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4b9fcb50$0$2477$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> www.lehuanet.com/ScotSpeak

Contains neither "jings" nor "crivens".

platypus wrote:
> "'Hog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4b9fcb50$0$2477$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> www.lehuanet.com/ScotSpeak
>
> Contains neither "jings" nor "crivens".

Oh Help M'Boab

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'Hog wrote:
> Catman wrote:
>> 'Hog wrote:
>>> Catman wrote:
>>>> 'Hog wrote:
>>>>> Gosh imagine they came into UKRM and asked us to review you
>>>>>
>>>> I'd really rather not.
>>> <adds FEARTIE to Catman CV>
>>>
>> **** em all right something something something something?
>
> www.lehuanet.com/ScotSpeak
>

Ah *hah*

Yep, bang to rights.

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