Wednesday 19 June 2013

job applying

I've just applied online for a two day per week temp job ib Asda- seems they want your life history AND you do an IQ test... I'd much prefer the job I've already applied for in a Co-op shop, ten miles from here.
Meanwhile I must be brief...I get two hours at a time in the local library and I have six minutes left!!
I'm off home to finish some bowls, if they haven't dried too much....

10 comments:

Cro Magnon said...

WOT? Is this a joke? An IQ test to work at Asda?.... maybe this is to make sure you're not TOO bright, and cause trouble!

Kerry O'Gorman said...

Good luck! Hope you get the job you want.

Relatively Retiring said...

All the very best!
Just as a matter of interest, what does Asda want in their test?

Michèle Hastings said...

good luck with the job search!

SmitoniusAndSonata said...

Good Luck !

gz said...

RR, about ten paragraphs plus a statement- is the statement true/false...not always obvious.
stock control maths questions (timed) with up to five figure numbers and six stores with stock level, what has been ordered, warehouse levels.....price comparison sums....a few other things too.
I'm somehow relieved I didn't get the job!

soubriquet said...

Hey there gz, best wishes on the jobhunt.
We've been missing you, after all those glorious pictures and stories from NZ.
Hope you get the internet sorted.
RDG's booked us in to Texas Clayfest in late October. Hoping and fingers crossed, I'll be there by then.

http://www.texasclayfestival.com/home.html

I went to the Market in Abergavenny, seeing as Usk appeared to be closed on a saturday. Bought some books, found a rather nice gallery on the way back toward Usk, can't remember the name, in a converted barn, and bought a pot that was beyond my budget, sigh, couldn't resist it. Tea outside in the sun, watched by a suspicious duck.


Dru Marland said...

I've a friend who works at a big local ASDA. She says they're a nice friendly lot to work with (talking about her colleagues here, not the company). Come to think of it, some of the nicest people I've worked with have been in jobs that are thought of as lowly, by the sort of people who think that way. I hope you find something good, Gyynneth!

gz said...

soub, I know the one you mean...just south of Chain Bridge. Good coffee there too

soubriquet said...

That's the one... It's called.. um...
Anyway, an interesting place, run by good people.

Pot by Joe Finch.
Was tempted by some of the paintings too. And woodcarvings.