Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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I think Rick is talking about dealing with the top 1% rather than necessarily being in it himselfpblakeney said:
Echoes of Stevo there.rick_chasey said:
I wouldn’t know I’m in that top 1% 🤗First.Aspect said:
Kind of damning if only the top 1-2% of your industry is anything other than censored , wouldn't you say?First.Aspect said:
Uh huhrick_chasey said:You’re not gonna get consistently good recruitment under £150-200k comp.
Over that you probably will.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]1 -
And to be fair to Rick, this one occasion where I need to at least partially side with him.
While there are plenty of irritations in the recruitment industry, a good recruiter can be invaluable for getting the right people - especially for professional hires and where you want to keep people long term. In particular where its a specific search brief which we have done before as we had to find a very specific skill set and experience profile in a particular EU country (in this case Netherlands, but that is coincidental). It was well worth the fee.
What I don't like is the sort of stuff listed above like CV sprayers, kids trying to contact you when you already have good and long standing relationships with directors/ partners/ owners of recruitment firms. Etc.
It's also worth keeping the right ones on side if you ever need to move yourself..."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Actually having to drive into Exeter and back. I've no idea how people stick it... instead of the guaranteed max 20 mins for the four miles ride home, it took me 45, and that was via a sneaky longer route to avoid the real snarl-up. Utterly depressing, although I cheered myself up by thinking I'll not have to do that again for the foreseeable.0
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Regarding the last point at the top end every potential candidate is a potential client which leads to more professionalism.Stevo_666 said:And to be fair to Rick, this one occasion where I need to at least partially side with him.
While there are plenty of irritations in the recruitment industry, a good recruiter can be invaluable for getting the right people - especially for professional hires and where you want to keep people long term. In particular where its a specific search brief which we have done before as we had to find a very specific skill set and experience profile in a particular EU country (in this case Netherlands, but that is coincidental). It was well worth the fee.
What I don't like is the sort of stuff listed above like CV sprayers, kids trying to contact you when you already have good and long standing relationships with directors/ partners/ owners of recruitment firms. Etc.
It's also worth keeping the right ones on side if you ever need to move yourself...1 -
True, and has happened with me on more than one occasion. I still know the consultant who placed me in 1996 and is now the managing partner of the same practice.surrey_commuter said:
Regarding the last point at the top end every potential candidate is a potential client which leads to more professionalism.Stevo_666 said:And to be fair to Rick, this one occasion where I need to at least partially side with him.
While there are plenty of irritations in the recruitment industry, a good recruiter can be invaluable for getting the right people - especially for professional hires and where you want to keep people long term. In particular where its a specific search brief which we have done before as we had to find a very specific skill set and experience profile in a particular EU country (in this case Netherlands, but that is coincidental). It was well worth the fee.
What I don't like is the sort of stuff listed above like CV sprayers, kids trying to contact you when you already have good and long standing relationships with directors/ partners/ owners of recruitment firms. Etc.
It's also worth keeping the right ones on side if you ever need to move yourself..."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Trick or treaters who persistently knock despite us having zero decorations and all the downstairs lights off while we put the kids to bed.- Genesis Croix de Fer
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My sinuses - Into week 4 now of some issue with them. Was convinced I had a chest infection but according to the nurse my chest was clear. Struggling with any effort at the moment and keep on coughing. Have ruled out C19 through multiple tests, unless I've had it and this is a post C19 reaction.0
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Navel/Belly buttons.
I’ve got no problem with the common innie, it’s the outie I have an issue with. Can you truly trust someone with an outie?
You know who you are.
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Yeah, that's great news. Come January there are always a load of leftover lumps of coconut with a thin veneer of chocolate that eventually get thrown away.shirley_basso said:0 -
They should put the dark chocolate ones in there. Those are amazing!Pross said:
Yeah, that's great news. Come January there are always a load of leftover lumps of coconut with a thin veneer of chocolate that eventually get thrown away.shirley_basso said:0 -
Organising the evening for a relaxing hot soak then finish off the culinary action to relax with some tasty eats by the warming woodburner. Mostly tick bar running the full bath too cool so hot soak becomes a medium hot ah just get on with it. Life eh.0
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"So a limited run of "No Bounty" tubs will go on sale at 40 Tesco stores in the run-up to Christmas."Pross said:
Yeah, that's great news. Come January there are always a load of leftover lumps of coconut with a thin veneer of chocolate that eventually get thrown away.shirley_basso said:
Send them to me. I like them and yes, the dark chocolate one's are THE ONLY chocolate bar i'll pick up at a service station.seanoconn - gruagach craic!1 -
...and to think I did a degree in HRM.
Phew!
Are you over the lergy - did you get out for a pedal today? It's the same weather tomorrow.orraloon said:Organising the evening for a relaxing hot soak then finish off the culinary action to relax with some tasty eats by the warming woodburner. Mostly tick bar running the full bath too cool so hot soak becomes a medium hot ah just get on with it. Life eh.
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Did a gym 'n' swim sesh so deffo on the uptick. But felt well heavy afterwards. Getting back in the mode...0
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I got a text message from my gp, saying my referral for an X-ray was being cancelled due not attending for 2 appointments offered. I have not received any offers of an appointment.
On further investigation it appears the radiology department have sent the appointment letters to an address where we left 6 years ago and we have moved twice since then.
The gp surgery had informed this couldn’t happen due the information they have. Which is correct and is the information that is on the NHS spine which is what all departments have access too. I was told that I would to contact the central appointments office in order to get my referral reinstated.
However when I mentioned that sending letters with some personal details to the wrong address might be a data protection breach. Suddenly an appointment could offered straight away.0 -
Forgetting how quickly squash (vegetable) flesh stains worksurfaces. Grrr.0
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Strike called off. Still didn’t stop them refusing to run a normal service on Monday (the excuse was it was too late in the day to change)
Even if I buy that excuse, having the knock on effect of not running early morning trains however is ridiculous.
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That irritating visualisation of European history that is doing the rounds, where each Kingdom/Empire is shown as a bubble expanding and contracting and occasionally bumping into other bubbles.
I find it annoying that everyone is so easily swayed by a really basic bit of animation.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Not least as the nation state is only really a concept in a way we understand it today in around the middle of the 17th Century (though a little before, but you get the idea).0
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rjsterry said:
That irritating visualisation of European history that is doing the rounds, where each Kingdom/Empire is shown as a bubble expanding and contracting and occasionally bumping into other bubbles.
I find it annoying that everyone is so easily swayed by a really basic bit of animation.
It says more about how we take in pictures & words in different ways: words have always been a slow burn... probably something to do with how long our brains have been evolving to deal with images in comparison with words, and the fact that the whole of a picture can be taken in in tenths of a second, while words can only happen sequentially in real time.0 -
Not to mention that the vast majority of the various empires are not represented. But it's more that there is so little information displayed yet everyone is gushing over it as if it's the most amazing thing. It's like cats and a laser pointer.rick_chasey said:Not least as the nation state is only really a concept in a way we understand it today in around the middle of the 17th Century (though a little before, but you get the idea).
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
I think a lot of people struggle to visualise the past.rjsterry said:
Not to mention that the vast majority of the various empires are not represented. But it's more that there is so little information displayed yet everyone is gushing over it as if it's the most amazing thing. It's like cats and a laser pointer.rick_chasey said:Not least as the nation state is only really a concept in a way we understand it today in around the middle of the 17th Century (though a little before, but you get the idea).
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Bit snobby to discount it as being useful, I think. It would be like me ridiculing popular science programmes.rick_chasey said:
I think a lot of people struggle to visualise the past.rjsterry said:
Not to mention that the vast majority of the various empires are not represented. But it's more that there is so little information displayed yet everyone is gushing over it as if it's the most amazing thing. It's like cats and a laser pointer.rick_chasey said:Not least as the nation state is only really a concept in a way we understand it today in around the middle of the 17th Century (though a little before, but you get the idea).
Why not think of it as an interesting and engaging introduction to European history?
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I guess it's because I feel the way people think about the past and history influences how they think about the now, so if you're gonna dumb it down at least make it accurate.First.Aspect said:
Bit snobby to discount it as being useful, I think. It would be like me ridiculing popular science programmes.rick_chasey said:
I think a lot of people struggle to visualise the past.rjsterry said:
Not to mention that the vast majority of the various empires are not represented. But it's more that there is so little information displayed yet everyone is gushing over it as if it's the most amazing thing. It's like cats and a laser pointer.rick_chasey said:Not least as the nation state is only really a concept in a way we understand it today in around the middle of the 17th Century (though a little before, but you get the idea).
Why not think of it as an interesting and engaging introduction to European history?
Grand narrative nation history is problematic for a lot of reasons.0 -
If there is any analogy to science, it is hard to dumb it down and also be accurate.0
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First.Aspect said:
If there is any analogy to science, it is hard to dumb it down and also be accurate.
As I discovered when I tried to read Feynman's Six Easy Pieces.0
