It won’t be very long now until school’s out for summer and for many this means a chance to get a first taste of working life. The Production & Manufacturing sector has long been a favourite target. For some this is because they can earn a good wage and gain work experience before moving on […]
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It could be line dancing, a martial art or the ukulele: constant repetition is what leads to excellence. Working as a production operator or on an assembly line offers the same zen-like masterclass in control and technique. Practice makes perfect. The downside is some jobs can become monotonous, leading to boredom, distraction and, ultimately, a
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Despite the fact the industry employs men and women of all ages in a wide variety of jobs, onshore as well as offshore, clerical as well as physical, the myth endures that all oil workers are big, butch and thoroughly badass blokes. Nicknames such as roughnecks, roustabouts and worms (inexperienced rig workers who are not
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Can you hear it? No, neither can we. Wait, there it is. It’s just very quiet. Quite often good news in the oil and gas sector is whispered. Which is a shame really because there are happy tales to be told loud and proud. Such as the announcement Scotland’s oil industry now has a brighter
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Once upon a time, long before the notion of a staycation ever existed, many Scots chose to spend summers at home. Back then, of course, Granny Ina and Grampa Jack simply called it their ‘holidays’. Today we modern timers think nothing of jetsetting off to far lands . . . but expectations are high for
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They say you should never work with animals and children. When employed in the hospitality and catering sectors, however, you really have no choice: unless a baby rhino is involved. Now that would be difficult. At all other times, you must be ready to offer a warm welcome to customers, whatever age or species they
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It’s quite a challenge to quantify what makes a person come across as uniquely assured and in full control of the situation. For Billy in marketing it has to be his rainbow tank tops, chosen to match his incredibly colourful personality. Mary in finance has that habit of using Alan Partridge lines to deflect whenever
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U-turns, reversals and flip-flops. No matter which particular high-flying act you prefer, right now some politicians sound more like circus trapeze artists than serious, strong-willed leaders. In business, just as in politics, reversing a policy decision is often viewed as a sign of weakness. Dithering just doesn’t sit well with the stakeholders and investors; in
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Land this construction job and you will become master of all you survey. Mwahahaha! Okay, so that’s maybe going a bit far. But the role of Quantity Surveyor really is one of the most important in any building project. Right from the start, when tasked with determining if a plan is even possible or is
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Who wears a hat these days except golfers and rappers? Well there’s one bunch of workers who wouldn’t dare leave home without theirs: construction workers. Their yellow titfers aren’t fashion statements but essential pieces of safety equipment and they aren’t allowed to set foot on a building site without them. s1jobs is where you can
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