Re: arj wbo

Pedt wrote:

In message <432bdb33$0$22943$ed2619ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, at 10:02:27 on Sat, 17 Sep 2005, Kate Dicey <kate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wibbled

Pedt wrote:


They nag you to do 'job seeker's courses' wot are aimed at the illiterate, and for which, at the time, there was an 8 week waiting

Hfhny x marks the spot day this afternoon. Twit presiding offered me
an "Introduction to the Internet" course run by the wbocentre of which the teacher is said twit. Being totally lbooyd minded[1][2][3], I signed
up for it *evil cackle*.


Ooh, pleeeeeez can I come and be a fly on the wall?? pleeez, Mr Pedt, pleeez! <insert evil teacher grin mark II>


Webcam or Skype as Kran and Guy suggested sounds good but I wouldn't be allowed to install the software. Pity really. I'll do the odd summary iffen summat juicy turns up.

Got the welcome letter this morning and a list of each 2hr session....

Week  1: History of the Internet
Week  2: How to get connected to the Internet
Week  3: Introduction to Internet Explorer
Week  4: What is a website
Week  5: Using Internet Explorer to visit the wbocentre website
Week  6: Using Internet Explorer to visit other websites
Week  7: Introduction to Outlook Express
Week  8: What is email
Week  9: How to send an email with Outlook Express
Week 10: How to send a reply to email with Outlook Express
Week 11: How to send email to multiple people with Outlook Express
Week 12: To be announced

Riveting stuff, innit.

i'd be riveting someone to the wall with boredom within five minutes... What about other internet tools? I use Mozilla rather than Idiot Explorer, and the only thing I use Outlook for is my diary/calendar.

[1] I've been on the local college emergency assistance list for the last 13 fortnights if one of their Adult Education bods for the evening p/t courses can't get there (only a six minute walk for me). Not needed as yet but a bit of jbex now and then would be hfrshy. Abstrad of an interview/tests for it but they knew what they were doing and asking, respect for that.


Issa relief when it's like that. At least you then know whoever gets the position at least knows what they are doing!


Quite. Newi take their courses seriously and good on 'em for doing so. I've talked to the bods I'm cover for (hfhnyyl in the pub round the corner after attending one of their classes) and they've all given me copies of their own notes, student handouts and planned exercises - all in RTF and CSV except for the Word and Excel course bods plus a hard copy of everything. Nice people all of 'em and know how to put the info over and their notes are excellent.

Remote wish but a lot of employers should take a leaf out of their book.
I'd rather an interview I had to jbex at to show I could do it than the hfhny stuff I'm subjected to[1].

[1] Had an interview for Office Mangler recently where they asked me how I would brew a pot of tea plus repeatedly asked questions after I said that further info on my previous wbo was confidential and protected by the OSA. The refusal letter arrived today saying I was rejected "in part, the reason we cannot consider employment is based on the fact that you used the provisions of the Official Secrets Act to not supply us with any more information on the particular areas as discussed". $DEITY ON A VELOCIPEDE. You'd goove a firm of solicitors would know all about confidentiality and not breaking it. I've written back asking what they thought of my tea brewing and would they be happy about telling all about their business if I was subsequently interviewed by another firm.

Not so much a debriefing letter as a debagging letter! Good for you. The hubby isn't allowed to give details of some of his previous werks, as he werked on defense contracts. Having be brung up by a military fambly, this I understand. I am also not permitted to talk about particulars of some of my students antics for reasons of confidentiality. Daft hooters. Iffn you HAD spilled all in their tiny shell like lugoils, they could have had you arrested! <exit stage left, muttering>

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