The Kintyre Forum

You could say people like to come on to the Kintyre Forum to have a right good moan so for a change we want to hear what we could do to improve the Kintyre Forum?

What would you like to see, what do you think will work etc?

As we have said all along the Kintyre Forum belongs to the people who read and use it so please help us improve it!

Also, is there anyone out there who could help post news etc?

What about a job/employmet section for Kintyre - where people not who are looking to employ and generally dont use the job centre but prefer to use word of mouth could use this medium to advertise? Could there also be a weekly link to the job centre website where filtered data detailing jobs in Kintyre could be accessed?

Just a thought.

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Lot of good posts I see that I have no time to reply to or agree to....

Asymetric wrote:What about a job/employmet section for Kintyre - where people not who are looking to employ and generally dont use the job centre but prefer to use word of mouth could use this medium to advertise? Could there also be a weekly link to the job centre website where filtered data detailing jobs in Kintyre could be accessed?

Just a thought.

Yes, good suggestion and something we have always had in our thoughts but few people seem to use the forum to post their vacancies. The one we posted last night had over 300 views in 24 hours so does show it is something people are interested in.

Out of interest do you have the link to the Job Centre Website? Cheers

People may not have advertised as there is no dedicated section for job vacancies/employment. I suppose it could also be used for people to advertise themselves, intimating that they are looking for work and what type of work etc they are looking for. No names or personal info would need to be added, if a prospective employer noticed someone out of work looking for a job in the same line of employment, they could PM them to find out more information.

I do not have any links to the job centre website showing filtered data for Kintyre, it was merely a suggestion - possibly an Admistrator could moot this idea to people at the job centre to guage their reaction and see whether it is something they would be keen to engage in.

I wouldn't imagine the people running the forum would want to see it turned into a job centre website, but anything that could get people in Kintyre out of work back into employment is surely a good thing.

Jobcentre plus vacancies can be viewed at: http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk

This should cover both local and national jobs being advertised.

as was mentioned here recently a section with the latest births deaths and marriages would be extremely appreciated.keep up the good work there at the forum

What about a section alongside the For Sale/ Wanted section that lets forum user post any good deals that they have seen around town and/or on the internet.

For exampe mybe someone has seen Razor blades for £4 in boots on the Longrow, or Toilet rolls are going cheap up in the Co-op.

Local businesses could advertise any offers they have. Perhps the butchers has a box of meat for £15 or the fish shop might be selling a particular type of fish for less that week.

Perhaps BT have a better deal on broadband than Talk-Talk etc.

May require users to delete post when offer expires though. Can see other administritive difficulties but there are smarter folks than me out there.

Kintyre Forum News wrote:You could say people like to come on to the Kintyre Forum to have a right good moan so for a change we want to hear what we could do to improve the Kintyre Forum?

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