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A 20-ish Swedish lad I know has just landed up in Edinburgh and needs some work. He's got little work axperience apart from the usual bartending type stuff, and has also played low-league professional footy in Sweden.
Any ideas, please?


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 8:12 pm
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Loads of temp work at the moment, try some local agencies.


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 8:18 pm
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Private hire cab companies are ALWAYS taking on staff at this time of year. Just have a look on Gumtree Jobs.

Costs £50 to get a private hire licence. Most companies don't require experience, some are even okay without a clean driving licence: I've been offered a job with one and I have a current SP30 and a 10 year old DR10. And there's a hell of a lot more to that than just me being pissed and driving, before anyone gets on their soapbox.


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 8:20 pm
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Low league professional footballer you say . Try [url= http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/Welcome ]here..[/url]


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 8:24 pm
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Low league professional footballer you say . Try here..

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I can imagine that there are a few other teams in the SPL that would probably sign him up as well!


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 8:27 pm
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Probably get a game for Hibs or Hearts if he's played low league footy in Sweden. I expect the standard he's used to will be higher.


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 8:34 pm
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I noticed these while out running last night: Chinese take away in Blackhall looking for a delivery driver, and the optician next door to it looking for a receptionist.


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 8:36 pm
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I noticed when I was down in Leith a few weeks ago that loads of places had notices in the window. Weekly pay type stuff but a job is a job and all that.

The motorbike shop was looking for a "bike valeter" which I guess means cleaning dirty bikes for lazy types like me !


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 8:39 pm
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The motorbike shop was looking for a "bike valeter" which I guess means cleaning dirty bikes for lazy types like me !

Wouldn't be too bad a job in the summer, but I don't fancy it at this time of year...


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 8:41 pm
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If it's down in Leith it'd probably mean working for Carrick, if they're as good an employer as they are a bike shop I'd rather eat my own head than work for them.


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 8:55 pm
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Aye thats the one - are they rubbish ? Only Yamaha dealer near me. Nobody rates Two Wheels either and the place in Gala had a couple of right monkeys behind the counter.

P.S Moses. Er, pics ??


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 9:25 pm
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Getting OT but they're thieving c**ts basically. Various long stories but the shortest one was trying to charge me for a replacement starter motor when all they'd done was repair a burnt wire. Wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire now. Still it's been my great pleasure to have cost them about £15000 worth of bike sales since then :mrgreen: More time consuming than a jobby in a box but ultimately more satisfying.

2 Wheels have a decent workshop but not a great retail op. Saltire seem best of the bunch to me, though the shop's a bit limited, I'll be honest and say they do know me there and so I might be getting better service than most but I can't fault them despite being a horrible negative git.


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 9:40 pm
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Thank you one and all!
I'll pass this on, and for Hels I'll get hold of a pic if you give me an email address.
Any more suggestions will also be welcome, folks!


 
Posted : 17/11/2010 11:41 pm
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Nursing homes - always looking for staff.


 
Posted : 18/11/2010 12:17 am

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