Spare job, bud?

Mr Benevolent

Please. Someone's got to have a job they're not using. I'll do anything except sales and prostitution. I'm sick of being unemployed. Is anyone as tired of being on the dole as I am?

starbelgrade

Sales & prostitution. Two sides of the same coin.

maryqwerty

whats wrong with sales?
and when u say ur desperate for a job, do u have any experience or qualifications?
did u go to college? how old are you?
would you be happy with a weeks work where you earn about €400 or would you like a permanent job only?

Jumpy

Confab wrote: »

Is anyone as tired of being on the dole as I am?

Elizabeth Dole?

mikemac

Quit my job to go traveling, you're welcome to it

Note the username
Bullying managers, mother hen types watching everything you do and constant bitching and office politics, you're welcome to it OP

No job is worth your health

PM me for details and I'll throw in the number to the Samaritians, that will be needed

Mr Benevolent

maryqwerty wrote: »

whats wrong with sales?
and when u say ur desperate for a job, do u have any experience or qualifications?
did u go to college? how old are you?
would you be happy with a weeks work where you earn about €400 or would you like a permanent job only?

11 years of admin/CS etc. No qualifications except a business degree, which is useless. I'm 30. Don't care if it's permanent or not.

Note: Mods, I'm not actually using AH to look for a job, just expressing my frustration at the situation, and I'm sure there's lots of people in my position.

Yakult

Do volunteer work.

cherryghost

Here you go OP.

ldxo15wus6fpgm

learn to play guitar/drums/bass, join a band, get good, become successful, sign a massive record deal, marry a supermodel, blow it all on booze drugs and hookers, go to rehab, write an autobiography, do a comeback tour, relapse, go back to rehab, go through a long publicised divorce, do lots of interviews about it, remarry to a slavic beauty much too young for you, have a spat with other band members and break up, write another book about the band's glory days, fade out of the public people's minds, do some charity work to get your name back in the papers, get back together with your 1st wife, do ANOTHER comeback tour but without one of the original band members, fail to sell out a single show, punch a photographer for trying to take your picture, insult the crowd at a gig and walk off stage, do 100 hours community service for assault, get kicked out of the band ("But I AM the band!"), continue existence as a washed up rockstar. That should keep you busy for a little while.

LevelSpirit

We have a few sales jobs (I laugh when the call them business development managers), one web developer and 2 tech support jobs going.
If you are interested i'll see have they been filled when im back Monday week and post the details here.

They still arent posted up here
http://irishjobs.ie/ShowResults.aspx?Recruiter=Both&Category=3&Location=102&Keywords=Any+Extra+Keywords%3F&x=38&y=6

But should be by tomorrow.

Edit : Actually they are there. Im just blind. Knock yourself out.

bnt

cherryghost wrote: »

Here you go OP.

On that site you can get a flavour what it's like out there, if you hit "back". By "sales" I assume the OP means anything that involves "cold calling", whether it's phone, door-to-door, standing on the street etc. I also won't do anything like that, for several reasons:

1. I strongly suspect I'd be really bad at it.
2. Commission: I hate the idea that my pay depends on someone else's whim.
3. Noticed that we're in a recession? Few people are buying anything they don't need, and if they are, they're looking for bargains.
4. The Golden Rule: I hate being "sold at" in any form, therefore I refuse to do that to anyone else.

I have to laugh at how "sales" gets tarted up e.g. "Marketing Executive", "Business Development Executive", "Agent", "Advisor", and so on. I have no objection to working behind a counter, and have done so in the past - then you're at least dealing with people who have come to you, rather than you going out there and annoying them. Such jobs appear to be in the minority.

Banned Account

You can't be that desperate if you rule out sales.

Trashbat

Fitzcaraldo wrote: »

You can't be that desperate if you rule out sales.

Yeah, whats wrong with sales? Its probably the highest paid job that doesn't require qualifications out there (apart from Taoiseach, ba-dum-tish;))

Depends what your selling. If your product is good, then its easy money and not so stressful.

the_syco

Trashbat wrote: »

If your product is good, then its easy money and not so stressful.

The product is always good, but a lot of people are not right for sales.

phill106

Confab wrote: »

Please. Someone's got to have a job they're not using. I'll do anything except sales and prostitution.

Dam. and i had perfect job for you!
*puts away pimp cane, and rearranges purple fedora as i saunter off*

demonspawn

Confab wrote: »

Please. Someone's got to have a job they're not using. I'll do anything except sales and prostitution. I'm sick of being unemployed. Is anyone as tired of being on the dole as I am?

I'll give you my dole every week if you come do my shopping, cooking, cleaning, and other general household duties.

the_syco

the_syco wrote: »

The product is always good, but a lot of people are not right for sales.

Is it f***, try selling a product service that is much the same as the competition but higher priced as the owner of the company has an ego the size of his wifes arse

drunkmonkey

RoverJames wrote: »

Is it f***, try selling a product service that is much the same as the competition but higher priced as the owner of the company has an ego the size of his wifes arse

Working for Vodafones a bitch...:)

admiralofthefleet

I_M wrote: »

There are a number of jobs going in trinity housekeeping.
Very good rates and conditions. Working mornings from 6-10 and possibilities of overtime and sunday work. You would need to contact Ms Jane Flanagan JAFLANAG@tcd.ie or/and call the housekeeping office office: Jane's extension 01 896 2079

These positions will not be advertised, you need to email and ring and express your interest, keenness and enthusiasm. Keep enquiring too!

I have had a very nice time working in housekeeping, all the staff are very nice and are treated with great respect. It sounds like a bad job but it is a perfect job. Keeps you fit and has a great social side.

Any housekeeping experience would help, even if you ever helped out in a b&b.

Males and females are hired

jaysus, you should hide that email address

thebigbiffo

bnt wrote: »

On that site you can get a flavour what it's like out there, if you hit "back". By "sales" I assume the OP means anything that involves "cold calling", whether it's phone, door-to-door, standing on the street etc. I also won't do anything like that, for several reasons:

1. I strongly suspect I'd be really bad at it.
2. Commission: I hate the idea that my pay depends on someone else's whim.
3. Noticed that we're in a recession? Few people are buying anything they don't need, and if they are, they're looking for bargains.
4. The Golden Rule: I hate being "sold at" in any form, therefore I refuse to do that to anyone else.

I have to laugh at how "sales" gets tarted up e.g. "Marketing Executive", "Business Development Executive", "Agent", "Advisor", and so on. I have no objection to working behind a counter, and have done so in the past - then you're at least dealing with people who have come to you, rather than you going out there and annoying them. Such jobs appear to be in the minority.

i started in sales (advertising) when i was 19 working for a ****ty little publisher cold-calling clients. 11 years later i work for a major media corporation in what may be described a senior position, it's a good salary even if not making bonuses/commission these last couple of years and it's secure. my point...if sales isn't for you fair enough - in the same way that rocket science would not be something i'd be good at - but it's a job for people who have no issue working hard and if you stick with it and show ambition what people derogatorily and sometimes sneerily call 'sales' can lead to a very comfortable living.

i think of it like this: in the private sector, every single industry in some way relies on 'sales'...it's a very nessesary skill in business and one that stand to you no matter where you go looking for a job in future

EL_Loco

relax there sales people, clearly the OP is playing to his strengths and knows sales isn't one of them.

Trashbat

RoverJames wrote: »

Is it f***, try selling a product service that is much the same as the competition but higher priced as the owner of the company has an ego the size of his wifes arse

Do you work in the sales department of my work?

Riamfada

I did sales for a while. Told by publicans to "**** off" or "piss off" at least 10 times a day. Im far to emotionally fragile for that shit.

bonerm

Grimes wrote: »

I did sales for a while. Told by publicans to "**** off" or "piss off" at least 10 times a day. Im far to emotionally fragile for that shit.

Plus they were probably busy serving someone at the time anyway.

bonerm

EL_Loco wrote: »

relax there sales people, clearly the OP is playing to his strengths and knows sales isn't one of them.

..... or sex either.

thebigbiffo

EL_Loco wrote: »

relax there sales people, clearly the OP is playing to his strengths and knows sales isn't one of them.

was just trying to point out that sales is a very large and varied industry...selling sparkly dog collars door to door in coolock = s'hite but selling airbuses to middle eastern sheiks = great.

there's a lot of in-betweens that might very well suit the OP. it's just when people hear 'sales' they automatically picture lugging a bag of varied crap around a housing estate - was just trying to say not to knock everything with the 'sales' tag

JONJO THE MISER

I recommend you go to Aus, oh wait.......

Riamfada

bonerm wrote: »

Plus they were probably busy serving someone at the time anyway.

Yeah nothing like an empty pub at 11am on a Wednesday morning. Thats the pressure hour for the LVA

Trashbat

Trashbat wrote: »

Do you work in the sales department of my work?

No thank feck, left my sales engineer job 3 years almost 4 years ago. Have never regretted leaving it either