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Abtran jobs!!!!!!

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  • 19-04-2009 2:03am
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    goodcitizen
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    Heard about abtran in cork advertising so called graduate level jobs in cork with a big hullabolo and fan fare along with cowen visiting the place. The jobs are customer service so what's the story, do we need a degree now to answer bloody phones , more **** talk as usual from RTE along with politicians trying to take the credit ........typical.


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    jhegarty
    Registered Users Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    goodcitizen wrote: »
    do we need a degree now to answer bloody phones

    In the current job market, yes.


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    LegacyUser
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    I worked there a few years back, at that stage they couldn't get enough people and would have hired a trained monkey, provided the monkey had a decent enough phone manner. Now they can pick and choose who they hire so a lot of people will be over-qualified, I'd imagine if you'd experience they wouldn't require 3rd level education. Some of the campaigns aremore stressful then others though.


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    vector
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    I'm surprised there isin't a bigger thread on Abtran, Cork
    (maybe there is, but boards.ie internal search is woeful, where is the google search gone?!)

    It's hard to put your finger exactly what Abtran does, I mean to pull back the marketing curtain, is it a call centre, I mean if we were to be a fly on the wall would we see rows of desk with people ansering phones? If yes, then it's a call centre.

    Yes there are 300 new jobs, but is this really a "knowledge economy" thing-a-mijig, it is insofar as you don't get your hands dirty but the positions don't require masters? they could be moved next month to English spealing Bangalore?


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    Firetrap
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    When they were interviewing the head honcho of the company the other morning and asked about the salary, he got himself tied up in knots. It was a bit cringey - would I be right in guessing the wages are a tad on the paltry side?


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