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scoopmine

Have an interview for summer work with this company on wednesday.
I was wondering does have any experience working with them or the work they do in general. Any tips or comments appreciated!

Thank you

Oranage2

scoopmine wrote: »

Have an interview for summer work with this company on wednesday.
I was wondering does have any experience working with them or the work they do in general. Any tips or comments appreciated!

Thank you

Yep - just be as out going and confident as possible in the interview - if you're a bit nervous or shy they wont hire you so joke around a little and smile a lot.

freeze4real

I think I know the company buoy get pair about €15 plus commission.

You'll be b givn a weekly target anything after this commission. I'm dong it right now as I'm typing but it's a pain.

freeze4real

How did the interview go ?

Susie_Q

I worked for them once. It's a commission-based job which is thankless work, plus the turnover of staff is unreal - I attribute this to a management that don't really give a crap about their staff. Steer clear if you can!

yesno1234

scoopmine wrote: »

Have an interview for summer work with this company on wednesday.
I was wondering does have any experience working with them or the work they do in general. Any tips or comments appreciated!

Thank you

What was the interview like? What did they ask you etc?

scoopmine

Hi lads ended up not going was offered full time work in a concrete factory right beside were I live.After 3 weeks me and the other summer worker were laid off after being told there is not enough work. Im stuck now with nothing dunno what to do. Cannot get the dole as im a student and its only june.

gline

Susie_Q wrote: »

I worked for them once. It's a commission-based job which is thankless work, plus the turnover of staff is unreal - I attribute this to a management that don't really give a crap about their staff. Steer clear if you can!

Totally agree, I worked for them when i was about 17-18, never again :P But if you are into door-to-door sales then it is an easy job to start in, they hire pretty much anyone (well this was years ago, i dont know if it is the same).

Paddymack

Company: IGate Ink & Office Supplies
Based In: Dublin
Number of Vacancies: 3
Areas: Connaught, munster, Leinster
Mobile Phone & Laptop provided & Business Cards
Position is Permanent after a trial period
Please send your CV to sales@igateink.ie only

More details are below

We have positions available for commission only sales developers. . The role will involve introducing our company and vast amount of products to the trade to obtain that all important first sale and then to develop that customer into repeat business. We pay excellent commission rates. OTE €90,000+. The Job Applicant : Must have proven 2-3 sales experience

Further Details : The role requires a great deal of independence and proven sales experience, reporting directly to the Ireland Sales Manager. The rewards you get will be relative to the success you are able to achieve without any form of cap on earnings. This position is available immediately. Must have fluent English speech and a current drivers license and own transport.

Paddymack

Sorry Im posted this in the wrong thread......very sorry.

dsc2

total fundraising are B]emotive words removed by moderator[/B in my opinion. sure the moneys good B]more moderator-editing[/B... but to be perfectly honest, looking back on the time i spent working for them and taking everything into consideration, prostitution would've been a more rewarding job where even the cruelest of pimps would've treated me with more respect than they did.

If you don`t mind being trained into being a liar then go for it! best of luck and i look forward to seeing your opinion up here shortly afterwards.


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dsc2 wrote: »

total fundraising are B]emotive words removed by moderator[/B in my opinion. sure the moneys good B]more moderator-editing[/B... but to be perfectly honest, looking back on the time i spent working for them and taking everything into consideration, prostitution would've been a more rewarding job where even the cruelest of pimps would've treated me with more respect than they did.

If you don`t mind being trained into being a liar then go for it! best of luck and i look forward to seeing your opinion up here shortly afterwards.

I completely agree. I got as far as the interview and knew it was a load. But other 'charites' like the hanely centre are worse. I havent seen these guys in a while but everyone knows to avoid them in town. You'd be lucky to make more than 20 euro for a full days work

Sarutobi

Its a big shame that there is such negative stuff online about being a charity fundraiser. Yes the job can be very hard and lots of people can't hack it. BUT you are helping raise loads of money for fantastic charities and you can (if youre lucky) get to work with really eclectic and varied people. I fund raised and it helped me get into the sales world which I still work in today. Im not saying everyone will have an amazing time but as with many things in life its what YOU make it. Many people I know have gone from this job to working with the charities they represented.

Beano

Sarutobi wrote: »

Its a big shame that there is such negative stuff online about being a charity fundraiser. Yes the job can be very hard and lots of people can't hack it. BUT you are helping raise loads of money for fantastic charities ...

is that actually true for the paid charity fundraisers? For the ones that get people to sign direct debits the charity gets little or nothing for the first 18 months to 2 years. that all goes to pay the fundraisers.

Sarutobi

Beano wrote: »

is that actually true for the paid charity fundraisers? For the ones that get people to sign direct debits the charity gets little or nothing for the first 18 months to 2 years. that all goes to pay the fundraisers.

Hi Beano - So my understanding of the way it works is that charities choose to use outsourced groups as it means they don't have to employ in-house fundraisers on an on-going basis. The money from the direct debits all goes directly to the charities but I believe the charities pay for X amount of donors of a certain quality for an agreed price. Im sure that there are a few different arrangements depending on the company. Charities have not seemed to stop using these groups though so it would seem that it must be working for them.

Check out this video on TED talks it explains a little bit its called: The Way We Think about Charity is Dead Wrong (sorry I am a new user so it wont let me post a link)

Beano

Sarutobi wrote: »

... The money from the direct debits all goes directly to the charities but I believe the charities pay for X amount of donors of a certain quality for an agreed price...

An agreed price which wipes out the direct debits received for the first 18-24 months. The charity only benefits if you continue the direct debit after this. Whatever way you dress it up the big beneficiaries are the collecting companies.