Oh dear, just got crunched with no redundancy
sorry to hear that 2scoops. best of luck with the job hunting
Credit crunch- how you doing ?
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sorry to hear that 2scoops. best of luck with the job hunting
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2scoops0406
Cheers, didn't like it anyway
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2scoops0406
well stop moaning then you unemployed layabout, get of your a**e and go and get a job
How very dare you!! I am not unemployed, merely that my company has got a zero cash flow at the moment, which is a slight PITA as I was (by plan) off over summer.
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Busy, but mainly with a couple of large contracts. Other things in pipeline.
Dunno if an influx of laid off workers is gonna affect sparks too much, given the part P reqs etc hamper anyone wanting to start up, and anyone wanting a non-cert cheap job already knows not to bother with english.
I think a lot of domestic customers will be cautious about spending for a little while, untill they know their jobs are reasonably secure for the short-mid term. Thats the biggest issue at the mo- everyone waiting to see what will happen. I've got a customer wanting to buy/refurb a house but while she's taken a little hit with the offer on what she's selling, the owners of the place she wants havn't come to terms with falling prices yet.
Dunno if an influx of laid off workers is gonna affect sparks too much, given the part P reqs etc hamper anyone wanting to start up, and anyone wanting a non-cert cheap job already knows not to bother with english.
I think a lot of domestic customers will be cautious about spending for a little while, untill they know their jobs are reasonably secure for the short-mid term. Thats the biggest issue at the mo- everyone waiting to see what will happen. I've got a customer wanting to buy/refurb a house but while she's taken a little hit with the offer on what she's selling, the owners of the place she wants havn't come to terms with falling prices yet.
i just became a qualified sparky a few months ago and i am really finding it hard to get my foot in the door so i've just took a rubbish job building distribution boards.
i cant even get a job as a joiner which i've been qualified for a few years, i really hope it picks up soon i feel like i've wasted 2 years of training.
i cant even get a job as a joiner which i've been qualified for a few years, i really hope it picks up soon i feel like i've wasted 2 years of training.
sorry to ere that some guys are out of work!
the security trade is going strong in leicester! as the break ins are on the increase
the security trade is going strong in leicester! as the break ins are on the increase
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Goldspoon
I hope things pick up for you. I started plumbing work back in January, sticking to bathrooms and fairly straightforward stuff such as fitting taps, fitting a new rad, bit of work with another plumber etc.
I have probably averaged 3 days a week of work since I started. That's without any Yellow Pages. Yellow Pages comes out shortly so I'm hoping to be full.
The main thing I have learned is that the more people know about you the better (obvious I know). My wife is an osteopath and sees 40 people ish a week and of course they often say "what does your husband do?" Without this I would likely have had almost no work. What does someone do who is not so lucky? Have you printed 5,000 leaflets and got on your bike and delivered them to everybody in your area? Have you offered a free visit to advise how they might save money on electricity costs? Have you strived to get an article in your local press about something to do with electricity? Just recently I've started picking up some jobs from Google after working hard to get up the rankings (was in computers). Also the more jobs you do the more little opportunities pop up - I did a little job for somebody who said at the end "have a cuppa - I've got a chap coming to check the wood burner in ten mins because it's not heating the rads". I stayed and have had three weeks work from him helping fit Wood Burners and associated plumbing and am now starting a venture with him.
I was chatting to two Sparks yesterday (they work together). They work 6 days a week every week and have stacks of work. However they charged £15 per hr each and I think that's a little low (I charge £27 first hour and then £22, no call out). This is North Wales by the way.
Have you got an ad in Yellow Pages? Have you designed it so that it makes you stand out from the competition (unique selling point e.g. the cheapest, the fastest, specialist in this or that, eco-lighting consultant etc. or does it just "blend"?). My YP covers North Wales and Chester and I find myself scanning for the area rather than anything else as it covers such a big area. So I made my new ad stand out by putting my three local towns in BIG LETTERS so they form the major message of the advert. So the customer will say Ah... Llandudno, that's my area (got to see if it works yet). It's different to all the other ads which are very much the same with no differentiation - one made me laugh as it said "specialists in ALL types of plumbing" lol. One good one had the message of "Cheap and local: I do all the little plumbing jobs, leaking taps, blocked sinks etc." - at least he had an angle. Okay this menas you will be ignored for a bathroom refit but you can dio another ad under a different strapline - that's how brands do it.
When you type joiner or electrician into Google or Google Maps are you ranked in the top ten? They are the people who catch the "I found you on the web" pack. Do you drive something that attracts attention? I and the Wood Burning Stove guy are building a trailer with a wood burner sitting in the middle as if it were being delivered. We can throw a smoke pellet in whenever we park up and will take it on every job, all sign written with an eco, save money message.
What I am trying to say is "Are you doing everything you can to ensure people know you are here and know what you do and know why they should choose you over all the others?"
Make yourself a bl**dy six foot screwdriver and strap it to the top of your car/van - or tow round a trailer that is modelled to look like a giant Megger (put your tools in it). Make yourself known.
Apologies if I got carried away...
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2scoops0406
well stop moaning then you unemployed layabout, get of your a**e and go and get a job
Ha, Ha, got a job yesterday and today. OK so delivering local "services" directories is not brilliant but I'm not proud. Damn me for living in a ruaral area, all the bl**dy houses are a long way apart, and 800 directories to deliver, all for the princely sum of £93 Whooot !! Actually, I think I've drunk half of it already.
ive got more respect for someone who gets off their arse in desperate times and makes something of themselves than someone who lays down, dies and claims benefit, top man
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ditto. hold your head high mate.
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2scoops0406
Yeah, can't sit around doing arse all, plus it is imperative to keep the work ethic up, regardless of what it is. Self worth, self esteem etc, I refuse to claim (my rightful) benefits, though gods know why?
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Sylvan Tieger
Actually I am doing quite well and am shocked as to how many new accounts I picked up in the last few weeks.
The really big plumbing /heating/ drainage shops are closing their doors as they are being murdered by the higher taxes on payroll and unemployment benefits they have to pay and lack of funds to maintain their operations.
During their fall from the top the little shops seem to thrive with a much larger profit margin as I increased my prices to cover the lower interest rates I was receiving from the banks.
Repair work thrives in bad times
The really big plumbing /heating/ drainage shops are closing their doors as they are being murdered by the higher taxes on payroll and unemployment benefits they have to pay and lack of funds to maintain their operations.
During their fall from the top the little shops seem to thrive with a much larger profit margin as I increased my prices to cover the lower interest rates I was receiving from the banks.
Repair work thrives in bad times
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