HAY GUYS

So I've finally decided to get off the internet and see more of the big wide world, 3 months in SE Asia then moving to London on an ancestry visa.

What would be awesome is if some of you London based Biggies could give me some pointers about decent recruitment agencies to suss out before I leave, tips or whatever.

I;m probably going to be looking for something in publishing/magazines or maybe in the beauty industry (ops/admin side of things) as thats where I have experience.

Thank you kindly.

I can give you recruitment agents for PR work but apart from that I'm useless.Let me know if you're keen to explore that avenue

Sure

Its not an area I've had too much experience in but I'm sure heaps of the skills I have are transferrable and its an industry I've always been interested in.

What type of role within admin/ops? How important is it that you have industry specific experience to be able to do your job? That's going to determine whether you approach office/admin agencies (and ask to talk to the consultant who deals with publishing clients) or whether you go to a specialist publishing recuiter.

I wouldn't bother contacting agencies or companies prior to a couple of weeks before your arrival. Otherwise, generally people just aren't interested - unless there is a shortage of people with your skills.

illl give you tips on going out and fun things to do but unless you want to work in the heathcare/medical field im useless also!!

At the moment I do a whole range of things ranging from training new staff in our systems, reports for the CEO, fixing random things that go wrong at our sites and my big project at the moment is getting a new staff incentive scheme up and running, organising all the prizes etc etc. Not your typical ops role. If I were to go back to publishing I'd be looking more at ad sales support, sub editing and maybe even a bit of writing (all of which I've done before).



For publishing? Fairly important. For what I'm doing at the moment (hair company)? Not overly.


Yeah I wont be contacting agencies until right before I get there, but because I'm arriving in London in med December I figure I should get everything sorted ASAP and have a decent list of places to approach so at least I'll be ready for interviews etc straight after the holiday period.

I'd actually like to look into working for L'Oreal UK so I'll be keeping an eye out for anything that looks like me on their recruitment page.

My good friend's pretty high up there. Got any idea what you'd like to do for them?? VERY tough place to work, but pretty rewarding if you do well.

I'd be really interested in working in their professional products division because I already work with those products (at the company I work for now) and know a bit about them and how that area of the company works.

At a stretch maybe even the luxury products division?

Ideally I'd be applying the skills I already have and I'd be willing to give almost anything a shot (bar sales).

I'm aware of how hard those guys work so I don't think it'd come as a shock but the company culture sounds great and the opportunities would be nearly limitless.

What does your friend do there spike?

She's UK marketing manager. I can have a chat to her if you want? She what she suggests you do etc? I'll PM you my email

Hmm not sure PM's are working either Lemme know

Yup! Most definitely keen for any advice/tips that your friend might have for me!

PM'd you my email address.

Thanks dude!

Work hard? In the UK? Are you having a laugh?

Well comparatively.

Goddamn I'm going to have to take up tea drinking.

depends on the company... big international companies (especially American owned) can have a pretty full on work ethic...

luckily for me, mine's pretty cruisy

Another question:

How did you guys get all your stuff over to the UK? I'm going to do some touristy stuff in Asia for 3 months along the way and there is no way in hell I'm trudging around with 20kgs of stuff in my backpack for 3 months. Just no.

So naturally I'll be sending a suitcase over with all the stuff I need in it. Air NZ is roughly $14/kg (with an international ticket) for unaccompanied baggage. Any better deals out there or is this as good as its going to get?

Unaccompanied stuff needs to be picked up from an office near Heathrow and it's not much fun doing that, trust me I did it.

Look into someone that will drop it at your door

I have but its roughly double the price of unaccompanied baggage.

For 20kgs you can send via International courier - FedEx etc (pricey but door to door, although my friends got lost!). Or unaccompanied baggage which the airlines are required to offer you at a discounted rate (i.e. not charge you excess baggage rate). You must be going to the destination yourself to qualify (of course). Less Customs dramas at your point of destination.

I wouldn't recommend sending anything of that size as personal effects via a freight forwarder. To my knowledge UK customs alone will set you back 100pounds for entry clearance.