The Wang-Out: You look adopted.

[Inferno.]

Just get a job in a call centre, there's plenty up there in Geordie-land.

I think I screwed up my chances with Teleperformance last time by not phoning them back when they wanted to offer me an interview.

I was pissed off because I've had an interview with them before and they didn't give me the job.

[D]

I think I screwed up my chances with Teleperformance last time by not phoning them back when they wanted to offer me an interview.

I was pissed off because I've had an interview with them before and they didn't give me the job.

Aww. I do feel a bit sorry for someone your age at this time, jobs are like gold dust. I was lucky, if I was a couple of years younger I'd be in the same boat. Managed to get in there just before the financial meltdown.

[Tassadar]

I wouldn't mind a call centre job, although I hear people get burned out from them insanely quickly.

[Inferno.]

I want a call centre job, although I hear people get burned out from them insanely quickly.

My "friend" (term used loosely; only talks to me when he wants something), worked in a call centre diagnosing HP printers for about a year. He hated it.

Also one person had a piece of toast in their printer and didn't understand why it shouldn't be there.

[Inferno.]

Aww. I do feel a bit sorry for someone your age at this time, jobs are like gold dust. I was lucky, if I was a couple of years younger I'd be in the same boat. Managed to get in there just before the financial meltdown.

Yeah, no experience = no job these days.

Not Polish = no job too.

[Inferno.]

I'm off out again. No rest for the wicked.

[D]

I wouldn't mind a call centre job, although I hear people get burned out from them insanely quickly.

It's just a stepping stone onto something else, basically. It's sad when I speak to people who have worked in call centres for 20 years.

[Tassadar]

My "friend" (term used loosely; only talks to me when he wants something), worked in a call centre diagnosing HP printers for about a year. He hated it.

Also one person had a piece of toast in their printer and didn't understand why it shouldn't be there.

A friend of mine did it in one company but moved up in the company to a cushy enough job which amounts to him being a paid moderator for a big ISP's forum.

It's just a stepping stone onto something else, basically. It's sad when I speak to people who have worked in call centres for 20 years.

Yeah, that's what I hear, people get burnt out after 2-3 years.

[D]

A friend of mine did it in one company but moved up in the company to a cushy enough job which amounts to him being a paid moderator for a big ISP's forum.



Yeah, that's what I hear, people get burnt out after 2-3 years.

I worked on a helpdesk which was basically a call centre, but it was all internal clients, no random members of the public giving you shit. That shit sucks.

[Englebert3rd]

What qualifications do you have?

National Diploma in IT, including some Key Skills and CCNA 1&2.

[Gypsy]

I wouldn't mind a call centre job, although I hear people get burned out from them insanely quickly.

Dealing with morons all day will do that to you.

[D]

National Diploma in IT, including some Key Skills and CCNA 1&2.

More than I have then, I have an MCITP and that's all folks.

For a helpdesk job, that's more than enough. Just hope they don't think you're too technical. It happens.

[Englebert3rd]

More than I have then, I have an MCITP and that's all folks.

For a helpdesk job, that's more than enough. Just hope they don't think you're too technical. It happens.

Yeah, I hope that too as I'm not too good at the phone. Will try my best anyway.

[D]

Yeah, I hope that too as I'm not too good at the phone. Will try my best anyway.

Seriously, talking on the phone is a piece of piss after a while. Once you have confidence in what you are talking about, then any reluctance to speak to randomers soon disappears. After all, they're calling you for help so will listen to what you have to say in order to get them working again.

I was a team leader of a helpdesk a few years ago and I would always recruit technical people as phone manner is much easier to learn than techie skills. You're either a techie or you're not. Other team leaders would recruit people who they thought it would be good to go on a night out with or whoever turned up in an Armani suit. Needless to say their desks sucked.

[D]

Oh, and if you ever fancied a Level 3 desktop support role in India, give me a shout, I'm just about to set up a team there.