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[the peanut gallery]

[quote="Samantha"]Peanut G wrote: [quote]Besides, would you take the advice of someone who cant even use the quote function on this board correctly?[/quote]

LOL! You DO have a sense of humour!

The easiest way I have found for using the quote function is to first type your response, then highlight the part you want quoted, and then click on Quote (4th button from the left above your type). Buena suerte.[/quote]

Im not always grumpy Samantha, it's just that our species disappoints me more often than not

Prediction is that this wont work...again! But thanks for the tip.

[the peanut gallery]

See! Im incapable.

[Samantha]

Peanut G wrote:

[the peanut gallery]

"....Are you referring to a job guide of sorts, when you say business directory, or?"

We appear to reside in all parts of the Republic. Im sure between all of us we have hundreds of years experience in the job market. Why not use that wealth of experience and make a database of sorts for (by category, by state, whatever) and list the info we have about the businesses we know a bit about.

EX: SCHOOLS
STATE: COLIMA
CITY: xxxx
SCHOOL NAME: xxxx
TYPE OF EMPLOYEE HIRED:xxxx
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:xxxx
COMPENSATION PACKAGE OFFERED:xxxx
STAFF TURNOVER:xxxx
PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS:xxxx

Teacher certificate providers could be included as well.




"....P.S.
LOL. Bear with me. I am trying to show off my teaching skills and you are making me look bad. hehe You do have a left click button on your mouse, right? "

Now you expect me to know my left from my right? A bridge too far my dear

[gregd75]

I think a thread was started off talking about language schools some time back- but very few people contributed.

I have some bad news for you the peanut gallery, I'm afraid:

More than half of UK companies plan to freeze or cut their employees' pay in 2011, according to a survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12082884

[Samantha]

Peanut G wrote:

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"I think a thread was started off talking about language schools some time back- but very few people contributed. "

Such a shame that nobody is interested in that sort of information



"....I have some bad news for you the peanut gallery, I'm afraid:

More than half of UK companies plan to freeze or cut their employees' pay in 2011,....."

I thought the golden rule on Dave's was to not compare the USA (wages, cost of living, security, etc.) with Mexico. So why does UK wage policy have a place? I neither live in the UK or am employed by a UK company so i dont know why its bad news for me It is certainly bad news for people who are though. Then again, wages in the UK are some of the highest in the world so a year of austerity is manageable, if undesirable.

[gregd75]

Oh, I'm not comparing wages or anything like that- I just think the article shows what business is doing, or thinking about doing.

As we live in a global marketplace I believe this news to be noteworthy and therefore worth posting

[the peanut gallery]

I know you werent comparing wages, just seemed a bit out of place, even for here.

One could read the article as austerity measures being planned for half of UK businesses. Someone else could read that half the companies DONT plan austerity measures. Perhaps the ones freezing salaries are in trouble due to loss of market share or poor hiring resulting in below par customer satisfaction. Anyone can speculate as to the hows and whys but if one company is doing something and another one isnt its a non story IMHO.