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Island time works like a backwards clock yet again - arrrrrgggggggggggggggh!
Applied for a couple of jobs on the vibusinesslink.com website, only to get an e-mail reply like a WEEK LATER, seemingly telling me that I need to visit the Labor Dept. IN PERSON to REGISTER???????
The e-mail suggested phoning was probably not a good idea as the phone was always busy.
1. Why have the jobs posted online if you can't apply online? Or at least start the application process this way prior to a face to face if the employer so decides after seeing the submissions.
2. Where physically is the Labor Dept located? The phone book....with great intelligence??? NOT, lists only the phone number.
3. NEED JOB>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Posted : July 11, 2004 3:02 pm
Not that it helps you, Island Paul, but this isn't just an island thing. The Virginia Department of Labor functions exactly the same way: there is a large searchable database of jobs called ALEX, but in order to apply for any of the jobs to must go in person to the office. In fact, they dont even tell you HOW to apply on their web site, let alone offer you any way to contact them about specific jobs except through a main number. I think it's the same way with DMV's -- they're all a big hurry up and wait shop, regardless of where they are located and who runs them. 🙂
I do strongly agree about the phone book issues you raise -- many of the listings (including government offices and yellow pages business ads) don't indicate what area they are in or even what island it is on! And the phone book listings for government offices don't use the names that the departments are commonly known by.
In trying to get our car registered, we were told to visit the "public safety" office to get a form, and then take it to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Neither one is listed in the book , so I called the C'sted police station to ask where to get the form, and was referred to a woman in another police station, who in turn referred me to another woman in another station. Fortunately, that did the trick -- she not only gave me the direct line of the person I needed, but also gave me terrific directions and the tip to keep letting the phone ring because there is only person in that office and no answering machine/service if she can't make it to the phone right away. That insider tip got my call answered on the first try because I let it ring for as long as it took (about 25 rings).
Hey Islander, here's a suggestion that would make the already amazing info on the site utterly invaluable -- add the locations of all the various government offices that one needs to deal with during a move to the respective sections of the site like transporting your vehicle, getting a job, etc. I would have loved to not only know what taxes one needs to pay to get our car here, but also where we needed to go to pay them, where the cxontainer port/port authority office is, etc. I bet with all of the knowledgeable folks who frequent this board, we could help pull that info together for you to post pretty easily. What do you think?
IP, good luck with your job search -- and hang in there!
HC
Posted : July 11, 2004 3:54 pm
It's on lower Main Street Paul. Drive past the Catholic Church, heading west. It's exactly at the next stop light!
Ronnie
Posted : July 12, 2004 1:12 am
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Thanks I guess that I'll be stopping in for a visit?
Wonder how many days I'll have to spend there to accomplish anything useful?
Posted : July 12, 2004 12:04 pm
