Recent content by Linden Lewis

  1. Linden Lewis

    Aptitude Tests

    Thanks both, yes - we will probably end up offering a trial as well. We'll probably create our own aptitude test as well, I have found them helpful at interview stage to offer a bit more insight. But I know a lot of theory goes into them, so thought something off the shelf might be useful
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    Aptitude Tests

    We're employing an apprentice, and I'm keen to give the prospective candidates an aptitude test. Can anyone recommend a good resource, or website, where I can find some?
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    Employee arrest, can I get the details?

    Yeah - I thought that, but nothing showed up
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    Employee arrest, can I get the details?

    I don't actually. Sounds like that's what I'll need to ascertain. The information I should retrieve for situations like this is all new to me! I think there's only one local one to where he is, that I can definitely make a guess. But I'll ask him to fill out all the court case details as a...
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    Employee arrest, can I get the details?

    The penalty seems pretty severe for a drink driving, and yes @Mr D - he's got his story, and is an honest person, but I just want to do my diligence and check up on what he's actually been done for in the eyes of the law
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    Employee arrest, can I get the details?

    No, I haven't, I didn't think of that - thank you. But also he works remotely, so it's not that easy for me to enquire as we're not based in the same place.
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    Employee arrest, can I get the details?

    I've recently had an employee get arrested for a drink driving charge. It went to court, and he's been put under curfew. Currently we haven't let this affect his employment status with us, but I would like to receive the full information on the case, and the incident. Has anyone had...
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    Invoicing Software/App that works with Sage

    No I haven't, looking interesting though. But at $189 for the cheapest bundle it's a lot more than I'm planning to spend!
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    Invoicing Software/App that works with Sage

    Thanks for all the replies - we actually use Freeagent as a part time solution. The problem with teh Cloud based solutions is that while they're great for many businesses they are limited in what they do. We have 4 different divisions, so need unique invoices for each ones, as well as...
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    Invoicing Software/App that works with Sage

    We're looking for a nice invoicing system, that's easy to use, has good interface, can have multi-users which can interlink easily with our sage account. This way our sales team can create and update invoices nicely, as well as check who owes etc, without having to get into the full Sage system...
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    Simple Excel Query

    I have actually beenable to solve it: =IF(A1<4,170,IF(a1<7,150,IF(a1>7,130)))
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    Simple Excel Query

    Should be a simple solution for someone: I am calculating a spreadsheet to work out total costs. I have one cost, variable on the amount of instructors I employ. 1-3 instructors = $130 4-6 Instructors = $150 7+ = $130 The number of instructors will be in Excel cell A1 so I need to express the...
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    Taking Card Payments - Quick Solution?

    Yes - an online payment gateway. FYI - turns out the other ones I listed above are US only
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    Taking Card Payments - Quick Solution?

    I've had a bit of a look around: www.noca.com - quick to set up (2.9% for cards) - cost of withdrawal? www.paypal.com - lengthy set up www.payza.com - 2.5% receive $4.0 withdrawal www.wepay.com - 2.9% - looks good This was a useful resource...
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    Taking Card Payments - Quick Solution?

    I have recently taken over the assets of a company, and need to take card payments as quickly as possible. I plan to arrange a merchant account etc, but there are a few complications (concern over money being taken in advance etc) and there's always quite a slow turnaround on these things. Any...