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So...what exactly was Elle's job?
I can't believe Sir Alan asked her point blank what she did and what she would do on a Monday morning and she gave an evasive answer. He was literally handing her a chance to say that this task wasn't actually what she did in her job.
The way she put it she's basically paid to be a pair of eyes on site and watch everyone else doing their jobs. I want her job! |
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I can't believe Sir Alan asked her point blank what she did and what she would do on a Monday morning and she gave an evasive answer. He was literally handing her a chance to say that this task wasn't actually what she did in her job.
The way she put it she's basically paid to be a pair of eyes on site and watch everyone else doing their jobs. I want her job! Think its not; DO IT NOW (30 seconds) - were you cogent, or did you cheat. See. And the thing is what DO you DO, rather than THINK you do - and don't use YOUR business related speak. Do it to someone that has no experience or interest in what you do. Its actually quite tough for most jobs. There will be a smarta.... on later, ok, not talking about you, and suspect your lying in reality. |
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Did you use the words/phrases "facilitate", "endevour", "work with" "strategy" or its derivatives "plan" or its derivatives "co-ordinate" or its derivatives.
Then by definition you failed.... |
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The way she put it she's basically paid to be a pair of eyes on site and watch everyone else doing their jobs. I want her job!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r86yg So perhaps Elle's job is to sit around flicking through Vogue and Tatler while making sure the builders wipe their feet and no Mergim paints over the Picasso; snapping the odd photo on her iphone for progress reports. On Friday she writes cheques for the directors to sign, to pay for materials and subcontractors. |
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I've met "suits" like her on construction sites before and her answer was hilarious as it was so true. She actually did'nt have a clue what her job was and I found that very true of the building industry.
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I've met "suits" like her on construction sites before and her answer was hilarious as it was so true. She actually did'nt have a clue what her job was and I found that very true of the building industry.
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She's a glorified admin assistant!
She delivers Instructions given to her by the foremen/ bosses etc to the workers on site. Probably knows the square root of eff all about "construction" |
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I have no evidence but Elle's job sounds like a family firm trying to find her a job. Third class degree at a mediocre uni with no employable skills nor much common sense.
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I have no evidence but Elle's job sounds like a family firm trying to find her a job. Third class degree at a mediocre uni with no employable skills nor much common sense.
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That's what I thought too - having the position she supposedly has in the company seems unlikely at the age of 21, unless it's some kind of family business.
With so many of the candidates, the job title they give themselves for the purposes of the show is often a huge distortion of the truth. I think one or two in the past have described themselves as being 'serial entrrepreneurs' which, if I'm being uncharitable (which I am) translates to me as 'set up many businesses, all of which failed'. Not that there's any shame in that - businesses fail all the time and many hugely successful business owners had initial failure - but it's very much a case of positive spin! |
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She was only 21? God I wouldnt've assumed that was her age.
To be honest I don't know why she'd inflate her job title at that age. Surely it would be an advantage to be able to fall back on "I'm only young, I'm only a ___ and I'm still learning lots in this process"? Still, she gave up very easy, I guess she recognised she was out of her depth. I still think it was brave of her to speak firmly with Vana in that early task. Those girls were pretty intimidating. |
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She was only 21? God I wouldnt've assumed that was her age.
To be honest I don't know why she'd inflate her job title at that age. Surely it would be an advantage to be able to fall back on "I'm only young, I'm only a ___ and I'm still learning lots in this process"? Still, she gave up very easy, I guess she recognised she was out of her depth. I still think it was brave of her to speak firmly with Vana in that early task. Those girls were pretty intimidating. |
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Maybe her dad is a self employed builder and gave her a job doing a bit of paper-work in the porto-cabin.
It's the only explanation I can come up with for her claims to be 'hands-on' in the building trade |
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