Hi everyone. I am after some advice please. I work in the Civil Service and our interviews are difficult. Usually 4 competency style questions and 4 strengths based questions- in a timed environment. ...
Discussion in Employment and careers - 17 May 2021
Hi there, Im working in a professional, client facing job that has 60-100 hour weeks and an expectation of swift promotion to the next level but have been diagnosed with a chronic, progressive, ...
Discussion in Disabled people - 27 Mar 2021
Hello, I've just joined after speaking to a lovely Scope advisor. Has anybody had any dealings with NEBOSH and had problems with them recognising disabilities and allowing reasonable adjustments. My ...
Discussion in Education and learning - 21 May 2021
I suffer from chronic pain that is made worse by physical work and I am struggling to find a job. I have tried working in various part-time retail and cleaning jobs but had to leave them due to the ...
Discussion in Employment and careers - 7 May 2021
I've been off sick for 4 weeks due to 'stress' basically my job is not what they said it would be - they are piling silly little jobs onto me until I can do no more. I asked for adjustments lots of ...
Discussion in Employment and careers - 18 Dec 2020
Hi Happy holidays I've been offered a 6 month job at 25 hours. The only problem is that I would lose my benefits if it was over 16 hours. I don't want to risk losing these because I won't be able ...
Discussion in Employment and careers - 25 Dec 2020
Hi everyone, I'm considering doing an apprenticeship but I can't find information on how easy it is to get accommodations made. The main thing I'd need is to do half as many hours per week over twice ...
Discussion in Employment and careers - 28 Feb 2021
Above. I know it's a legal requirement to put them in if they can, but I also know some places try and get out of it if they can, which obviously is contrary to the 2010 Equality Act, but as I've ...
Discussion in Employment and careers - 14 Mar 2021
I applied for a role in April 2021 and was invited to an interview just at the end of May 2021. I’ve now had that and had the email to say I was successful. It’s a role with NHS Business Services ...
Discussion in Coffee lounge - 6 Jun 2021
Hello, I'm new! I've just been placed in the ESA support group and I would like to know if this is due to my physical or mental health. Looking at the descriptors it isn't obvious which criteria I ...
Discussion in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) - 22 Mar 2021