This post has 2 objectives:

1. To find out just how many Scoobynetters are from Lancashire and Yorkshire, and who you all are, so show yourself

2. To help me find a job ASAP. Basically I have handed my notice in at work due to rising pressures, unhelpful boss, long hours, low pay, and 20k miles per year. I need to find a new job by the 15th June so could do with some help from all of my Scoobynet pals & contacts.

I have worked for 5 years now in Marketing, Account Handling, Project Management, Logistics, Computer Software logistics, and now Travel Communications & IT. I currently work as Intranet Manager for Going Places Leisure and manage our retail Intranet and communications network to over 800 shops. I previously worked for Airtours for 18 months as communications co-ordinator for our 45 Overseas resorts.

I have a Marketing HND and Business Communication Degree and plenty of IT skills including MS Office, FrontPage, Image Composer, Project, Macromedia Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver (hence the name ), as well as Adobe Photoshop, Database, HTML, JavaScript etc etc. I have worked on plenty of design projects, design websites in my spare time, and have designed a full intranet for Airtours. I am also a spreadsheet and general PC king.

I want to ideally move into web design, e-commerce, IT management, project management, but am willing to take anything at the moment that involves IT.

I live near Burnley and want something in between Burnley & Manchester, or Burnley & Skipton.

<B>IMPORTANT BIT</B>
Please could you have a word with your contacts, or your personnel department and contact me if there are any vacancies that you know of. I am interested in anything in this area that pays decent ish money. I am a good worker, ambitious, clever and have lots of skills and experience, as well as an unhealthy interest in Scoobys, MR2's, motorsport and cars.

Please use my profile email address - sp@impreza.fsnet.co.uk

I am registered with all the various job sites but dont fancy relying solely on them as they tend to throw up some spurious results. Job agency's also do a lot of ringing with job specs but then you hear nothing.

Please help me to keep the new MR2 I've had for 4 weeks now as I love it.

Cheers
Simon (DW)


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Hi Dreamweaver, I'm from Yorkshire, see LOADS of scoobs, but no scoobynetters!

Sorry, would love to help you with your job search but dont really work in your field.

Good luck though

 

Sorry to hear that you have handed in your notice
Unfortunately the company i work for are not taking on anyone, the only other options i can give you is trying

 

Hi m8, good luck with your job hunt. I work for Telewest in Bradford and a guy in our dept lives in Burnley. Doesn't have much problem getting to work in a morning. If your interested, send me a copy of you CV and I'll pass it on to our HR dept. That's how I got a job here - not a bad company to work for but I suppose I'll get some comments from other Telewest employees stating other wise Hope you're not selling the car already

Good luck m8 and I'll have to sort a night out when I'm back from Scotland - Gatecrashed the cambridge meet last week as I was down there on a course. Was a really good night and we should have one too.

Scoobabe - where abouts are you and what do you drive? Most of the scoobdrivers I see around Harrogate are all ancient and the only drivers who flash are the cop scoobs (Got pulled by one a few months ago near Skipton)

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Car craft of rochdale are looking for IT guys, advert is in the manchester evening news tonight

Tony

 

Cheers for the support everyone.

Charlie - we definately need to arrange something in the near future - I will forward you my CV this week at some stage.

Tony - thanks for the tip off, I may look into the Carcraft thing, although that is near where I work now!! (Sandbrook).

Anyone else any ideas?

DW

 

Ring me tomorrow, I have a search and selection agency based in Hull and possibly have a couple of possible vacancies.
Geoff 01482 321500 - PSR Group
oops sorry mate - Hull is a bit far from Burnley, just being enthusiastic
Geoff

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Any other takers??

DW

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Charlie, I live on the outskirts of Sheffield, but do sometimes go to the Harrogate area. I drive a V plate DBM no mods as yet! Sorry to hear you got spotted by those unfriendly drivers, hope they weren't too hard on you.
What do you drive if ever our paths cross?

 

Top

DW

 

You could always have a word with our resident NW recruitment specialist.


....oh that'd be me then!!

Mail me at garyc@rkfs.co.uk

 

Hi guys,

Yep I'm from Yorkshire too. Live in Leeds and work in Harrogate.

DW,
Sorry to hear that you've been forced to resign from your current job. I work in IT, so I'll ask around for any possible jobs going. I've always found

 

Sorry you found it necessary to resign,never going to see you on the 62 at this rate!

We only employ around a dozen It staff and that potential opening appears to have evaporated with the introduction of further rationailsation (budget cuts).

Will let you know if I hear of anything. Whats wrong with carcraft anyway..could source a Scoob at trade

 

Helloooo, sorry to hear about the job DW, can't say as I've heard of anything like that round here

I'm trying with the meet thing, people keep going on holiday and leaving their jobs though!LOL

As for you guys moaning about the Skipton Scooby police, it could be worse, you could of cut yourself on one of their broken headlights likeI did!

Bob

 

Thinking about it - you would surely be best staying with Airtours/Going Places for a while longer, with the dual re-location there is surely plenty of CV-enhancing roles around?

..and with an iminant Japanese Garden outside the restaurant, surely a no-brainer!!

 

I'm another that hails from the Dales.
Live near Harrogate and work in West Yorkshire on the A&E side of the ambulance service (WYMAS). Not really much in common career wise I'm afraid Simon.
I wonder if I'm one of the 'ancients' that charlie refers to? (I hasten to add I'm only 34 and always try to acknowledge any other scoobs that pass my way- I'm not an old, ignorant,miserable git-honest.)

 

Live in Leeds, work in Leeds... DBM with P1 wheels and SS exhaust. Normally to be found flashing or raising hand in dignified manner at people

Good luck with finding a job - nowt where I work as we're on an economy drive .

Nick.

 

currently in Surrey,but was brought up in Foulridge,half way between Burnley and Skipton,and will be moving to Alwoodley next year.

might be in the market for a P1 next year when you can get 1 for 21k

 

Cheers again everyone - It sounds harsh resigning these days, but the way I see it, you spend 5 out of 7 days there and need to be happy (ish).

There are some tough decisions to be made over the next few days - one of them being the fact that I have £1000 holiday concession to use before the 15th June

Looks like Dales Run 2 will have to take a back seat to a 5* hotel in Amsterdam next weekend fully paid up

GaryC - Maybe you are right - they have near as damn it offered me another position working in internal comms so I will apply and see what happens - it is slightly less money but there may be other things come up. The Jap Garden is already there, though no performance parts trees are growing as yet!!!

DW

I'll keep you all informed. Gary - I will send you my CV anyway.

 

Hi Dreamweaver can't be of any help on the job front but good luck fellow scoobynetter. ScooBabe I'm in North Sheffield will promise to wave if I see you. I drive a Y plate P1. Regards ANDY

 

Hi Andy

I live in South Sheffield but have friends in the north and am often up that way due to work. I'll keep a lookout for you. Might see you too, MOJO

Cheers

Amanda

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Mojo, I was out at Santa pod all day Sunday so you probably wouldn't of seen me! I've got a Fiesta si, dark blue/black, cossie front spoiler and clear rear light clusters.


Any of you guys fancy a meet, I've been trying to organise one with DW and Charlie at Greenhow, not too far from H'gate, I'm not sure of dates and times yet though.

Bob

 

Scoobabe-I drive a black 93 WRX with gold STI 5 spokes, clear indicators and a 99 spec spoiler. My baby only comes out to play at weekends as I drive a sh1tty 65 bhp van during the week Let me know next time you're coming up if you like and I'll look out for you.

Rob-You're not one of the "ancient drivers" I was talking about, (I'm 30, going on 25 ) most the ones I see seem to be in their seventies, peering over the steering wheel, doing about 20 mph in a 60 zone

DW-I'm away next week but I'll take your cv to work when I get back. Good luck in the meantime

Charlie