So I'm applying for an admin job at my old uni... Question
Northwind
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Can I say "alumnus" without just sounding like a bellend? Or should I just say "graduate" like a normal person. I'm trying to convince them that having spent 4 years there pissed and shagging anything warm and concave makes me their ideal candidate.
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Go for it, whats the worst that could happen? (apart from haveing to look it up what it meant)0
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Having worked in and around the Recruitment business for the past 12 years I'd def stick to "graduate". Start using the 'A' word and it tends to give off slightly pretentious vibes.0
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I think the only time I've ever seen it used is in the newsletter they send out to me twice a year to try and get me to donate money
But then that's sent out by the department I'm applying to so maybe they like a bit of pretention
I'll go with graduate, cheers!Uncompromising extremist0 -
The only job applications where you might get away with the 'A' word....is the university of which you are one.....
Everyone else would think bell...
Best bet is to go graduate.Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.
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Yeah, definately wouldn't use it normally, thought it might work here but I was cringing a bit Uncompromising extremist0
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i wouldnt use that word, you would sound like a sheepsknacker.
im going to give you the same advice as i give to everyone who mentions a job interview:
kick the door straight open, especially if there is already someone in the interview before you, then pull your obvious and necessaries out and shout "this lot isnt going to suck itself" then sit straight down infront of the interviewer and wait for a response.
as far as im aware, and considering im a teacher dont forget, this is the best way to get a job at a school (which lets be honest is exactly what a university is) and id be suprised if the next words out of the interviewers mouth arent "NANCY!! send the rest of the applicants home, we've got our man!"0 -
'Funkin genius! I'm rolling this one out at work...from now on all candidates I send for interview are taking this with them as part of their brief! 0
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Depends what your Uni is like to be honest. The power mad people thinking they're running the place that I work actually have kleenex next to their desk whenever they hear the word Alumni. Feck knows why.
They employed me! You'd think that would be enough to make them change their minds, I'm causing turmoil at the moment. All I'm asking for is a G-Series SSL :twisted:It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
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Asking for an SSL console is one thing. Unexpectedly buying one with their money is the kicker!
You're far better off learning on more limited equipment anyway, learn to get great results with "normal" equipment. The chances of getting to work on an SSL after uni is slim to none anyway.0 -
is that like learning to ide a bike on a hardtail before moving up to a full sus/proper bike0
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They're taking so damn long in deciding what they want, I may end up buying it anyway!yeehaamcgee wrote:Asking for an SSL console is one thing. Unexpectedly buying one with their money is the kicker!
You're far better off learning on more limited equipment anyway, learn to get great results with "normal" equipment. The chances of getting to work on an SSL after uni is slim to none anyway.
I'm alright, I know what I'm doing on an SSL, the students will rarely see it to be honest so I don't care about them.
sheepsteeth it's more like learning to ride a tricycle and then jumping on some 900cc Ducatti.It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
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You haven't got a good riding in you!It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
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It's like learning how to machine bits with a CNC milling machine, and AutoCAD, then having to work day in day out with handtools.sheepsteeth wrote:is that like learning to ide a bike on a hardtail before moving up to a full sus/proper bike0 -
yeehaamcgee wrote:
It's like learning how to machine bits with a CNC milling machine, and AutoCAD, then having to work day in day out with handtools.sheepsteeth wrote:is that like learning to ide a bike on a hardtail before moving up to a full sus/proper bike
thats very similar to my class one machinist course, you do 4 weeks of bench fitting, then four weeks on lathes then 4 weeks on milling machines. followed by ANOTHER 4 weeks on bench fitting again which is well annoying once you had learned to use machines! (the course went back on to loads more weeks milling, turning, grinding and cnc programming/operating)0 -
Same here, Sheeps.
I'm sure you're aware in that case then, that knowing how to do a great job when you haven't got the all singing all dancing CNC machine to hand is important.0 -
it was more valuable for me for when i made something n a rush and needed to remove a bit of a burr!!
that said, i really enjoyed bench fitting, felt very much like an achievement to make something down to a fine tolerance by hand.
i in no way want to have my last comment compared to the satisfaction people get from riding a hardtail, they are shitt.0 -
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