On Mar 16, 12:37*pm, "'Hog" <sm911S...@CHIPShotmail.co.uk> 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".

The ones I saw (paid for for 6 months by ex. company) were cunts

> then, and this was the key element, *they* then proactively went out to companies
> looking to fit him in somewhere. *They* were building relationships with employers in
> the area.

<hollow laugh>

They re-did my CV, which remained *******s until one clued up
recruiter pulled it apart and put it back together again.

> Which is as it should be IMHO.

Should be, but in reality is woefully elusive.

Paul.

On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:17:49 -0700, zymurgy wrote:

> On Mar 16, 12:37*pm, "'Hog" <sm911S...@CHIPShotmail.co.uk> 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".
>


> The ones I saw (paid for for 6 months by ex. company) were cunts

Which one ? (agency, not employer)


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On Mar 17, 10:30*am, YTC#1 <bdp-spam...@ytc1.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:17:49 -0700,zymurgywrote:
> > On Mar 16, 12:37*pm, "'Hog" <sm911S...@CHIPShotmail.co.uk> 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".
>
> > The ones I saw (paid for for 6 months by ex. company) were cunts
>
> Which one ? (agency, not employer)

I'd have to mail it to you, I can't remember offhand.

It wasn't an agency though, it was a 'back to work' company, full of
'useful' networking and interview skills training (from a booklet FFS)
etc, but nothing of any practical use to getting a job, like agency
contacts, actual jobs, posting and secretarial services etc.

Paul.

Simon Wilson wrote:
> On 16/03/2010 10:24, Catman wrote:
>> Has anyone any experience? I signed up in January for a 13 month
>> contract with an 'executive career management service'[1]
>>
>> I paid by credit card.
>>
>> The buggers went into receivership on Friday, so I'm looking to try and
>> get my money back off HSBC.
>>
>> Anyone see any gotchas in this plan?
>
> Nope.
>
> We bought a bunch of Speedferry tickets a while ago, actually paid for
> with a debit visa card (Barclays).
>
> We hadn't used a single ticket and they went belly up.
>
> Barclays coughed up pdq, very little hassle IIRC.
>

And indeed, I had a call today that the money would be back in my
account in the next 2-3 days.

Oddly I will have a credit card in credit. I must do a balance transfer
ASAP.

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