This may or may not work
Tomorrow, I have a half day assessment centre for a promotion at work. For that, I have to give a 10 minute presentation, followed by a 40 minute interview based on the presentation, plus some generic stuff about my current job.

This will be followed by a 60 minute written exercise (for which I will be given the topic just before I sit down at the laptop), and then finally a 40 minute session on a 'performance issue' - i.e., a role play exercise to deem whether or not I'm capable of dealing with someone who's workplace attitude leaves a bit to be desired.

Should I be successful in my hoop-jumping, I will stand to gain about an extra £300 a month for my efforts. Not bad for just under three hours work, all told.

As far as I know, there's only myself and one other person in for it. So the odds aren't bad...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 3 Aug 2008, 15:07, 8 replies)

Get em tiger.
You know that promotion is yours.
( girlinthehole, Sun 3 Aug 2008, 16:34, closed)

*crosses fingers*
good luck - don't overload on caffeine beforehand!
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Sun 3 Aug 2008, 16:40, closed)

Not much chance of that
As I'm 'on' at 9am...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 3 Aug 2008, 17:07, closed)

Easy money
get in there and wow them with your skillz :)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 3 Aug 2008, 19:26, closed)

I figured out a while ago
that 'sideways' moves within a pay grade where I work are fairly simple - you just ask for one and you'll invariably get one within a couple of months.

Using this to my advantage, I applied for a job on the grade above the one I was on (and getting a £9k rise in the process), knowing full well that I was the only applicant for the job because nobody else wanted it.

Stuck it out for 6 months then put in a request for a sideways move. 6 weeks later I'd done it, and moved into one of the more interesting positions (a job that last time it was advertised had 25+ applicants)
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Mon 4 Aug 2008, 8:08, closed)

ooh Good Luck
:)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 4 Aug 2008, 10:58, closed)

go go davros
as del boy would would say - knock em bandy tiger
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Mon 4 Aug 2008, 17:13, closed)