The CJS Team are scattered across the continents this week, almost but not quite literally, IT is being working on transatlanticly (is that a real word, I think I just coined it) whist KH's head is in Melbourne for the tennis at the Australian Open and HB is partially in Dubai for the 2nd Pakistan-England cricket test match. Isn't the internet wonderful? (when it works comes the muttered response down the corridor). We realise that we're not really demonstrating examples of good office practice but it keeps us sane (and in the office and at least pretending to work).
Are you doing the Big Garden Bird Watch? I'm looking forward to a lovely pot of tea, heap of buttered toast, pad, pen, lots of lovely birds (although not too many chaffinches at one time please, I go cross eyed trying to count them all and generally give up at twentysomething) and David Attenborough's Desert Island Discs. So that's my Sunday morning sorted, a lovely way to pass the time when you're incapacitated (still, and it's driving me round the bend, only another 6-10 weeks to go!)
This week's Weekly contains the first Volunteer practical work days, these have been online only until now but we think they really should be included in the Weekly edition. From 2012 onward the last edition of each month will include details of those occurring in the coming month. Organisers can send details of their work days to Helen via the online form or email direct to training@countryside-jobs.com. AW's working through her second online Weekly and it's almost there. The paper edition is rolling off the printers and will be dispatched overnight. This week you're getting 17 pages with 68 new paid posts of which 61 came direct to CJS there are 14+ volunteer placements and full details of this week's news.
27 January 2012
25 January 2012
Royal Mail Price increases
Wonderful! We've just received notification from Royal mail that the cost of postage will go up in April. At the moment they "cannot announce all our prices until our regulator, Ofcom, has completed its public consultation". But if the national press is to believed (see the information on the Press Association website here) it is going to be substantial, possibly up by 50%. Which means that the cost of postal subscriptions to CJS Weekly will have to go up simply to cover the cost of postage. Unless the Chancellor changes the VAT rate we don't expect digital, either email or download, subs to change.
Read more about the prices changes on the Royal Mail website here.
Read more about the prices changes on the Royal Mail website here.
20 January 2012
Oh dear
We really thought 2012 was going to be better than 2011. Well, not so far! Last week we had all the IT problems (which so far seem to be over - for now!) and this week KH was pushed off a short flight of steps by Finnegan the Foolish Hooligan (the Irish Wolfhound) which resulted in a trip to A&E and is now on crutches - again!! You don't realise how often you go from one side of the office to the other until you can't, my desk has disappeared under a sea of paper and files which haven't been put away, just in case they're needed again.
Monday sees the start of the Chinese year of the dragon, apparently a year of powerful changes. The CJS Team is really hoping that these are all for the better...
Another busy week, lots of jobs posted online, 16 today alone (so far). As part of the team sharing and co-operation ethos AW is putting her first Weekly online she's found it's changed a lot since the last time (a few years ago). We picked a nice big one to start with! 20 pages long with 76 new paid posts of which 63 came direct to CJS plus 24 adverts for volunteers, not too much news this week but it does have the Training Calendar for March. Paper editions are now rolling off the printers and the digital edition is in progress - it will be live soon.
Monday sees the start of the Chinese year of the dragon, apparently a year of powerful changes. The CJS Team is really hoping that these are all for the better...
Another busy week, lots of jobs posted online, 16 today alone (so far). As part of the team sharing and co-operation ethos AW is putting her first Weekly online she's found it's changed a lot since the last time (a few years ago). We picked a nice big one to start with! 20 pages long with 76 new paid posts of which 63 came direct to CJS plus 24 adverts for volunteers, not too much news this week but it does have the Training Calendar for March. Paper editions are now rolling off the printers and the digital edition is in progress - it will be live soon.
13 January 2012
What a week...
We really should have known better than to try to produce the first editions of 2012 in a week which ends with a Friday the Thirteenth - not that we're superstitious, littlestitious or even remotely paraskavedekatriaphobic you understand, touching wood!
Well, last Friday was completely crackers with 40 adverts posted online. Monday was reasonably busy, on Tuesday everything went pineapple shaped (that's 17 degrees worse than pears in case you were wondering) and pretty much stayed that way. By dint of dogged determination, and previous experience of IT disasters, we ploughed through doing things by alternate routes and hopefully (except for the missing website obviously) most people remained none the wiser - until now. Further contingency plans are now being devised.
You should already have your copies of CJS Monthly, CJS Weekly has finally gone to print, digital editions will be with you shortly and print copies on Monday. This week it's 18 pages with 122 new paid posts of which 113 came direct to CJS. There are also 12+ volunteer opportunities - there are lots more volunteer placement adverts to come in future weeks, not every volunteer advert received this week is included, otherwise we'd still be typing them up!
Last Friday in the midst of the advert mayhem we heard the village fire engine go screaming out, the fire station is at the end of the lane leading to the CJS Office. Then we heard them coming back only to head off again, a bit odd we thought, they must forgotten someone. Turns out they were being filmed by BBC local news, the crew are trying to get our dinky little fire station into the Guinness Book of World Records for the smallest fire station. It's only just big enough for the long wheel base Land Rover but it's a fire station and a busy little one at that. See the news report on the i-player here.
Well, last Friday was completely crackers with 40 adverts posted online. Monday was reasonably busy, on Tuesday everything went pineapple shaped (that's 17 degrees worse than pears in case you were wondering) and pretty much stayed that way. By dint of dogged determination, and previous experience of IT disasters, we ploughed through doing things by alternate routes and hopefully (except for the missing website obviously) most people remained none the wiser - until now. Further contingency plans are now being devised.
You should already have your copies of CJS Monthly, CJS Weekly has finally gone to print, digital editions will be with you shortly and print copies on Monday. This week it's 18 pages with 122 new paid posts of which 113 came direct to CJS. There are also 12+ volunteer opportunities - there are lots more volunteer placement adverts to come in future weeks, not every volunteer advert received this week is included, otherwise we'd still be typing them up!
Last Friday in the midst of the advert mayhem we heard the village fire engine go screaming out, the fire station is at the end of the lane leading to the CJS Office. Then we heard them coming back only to head off again, a bit odd we thought, they must forgotten someone. Turns out they were being filmed by BBC local news, the crew are trying to get our dinky little fire station into the Guinness Book of World Records for the smallest fire station. It's only just big enough for the long wheel base Land Rover but it's a fire station and a busy little one at that. See the news report on the i-player here.
12 January 2012
First CJS Monthly Edition of 2012
The latest edition of CJS Monthly is now online, read it in full here: http://www.countryside-jobs.com/cjsmonthly/Monthly.htm (you may need to refresh your browser)
CJS Notices:
CJS Focus on Volunteering: advertise your 2012 volunteer requirements - free of charge. See: http://www.countryside-jobs.com/Focus/Information.htm
CJS Calendar for 2012, download your copy from: http://www.countryside-jobs.com/printouts/Cal 2012.pdf
Jobs advertised in this Month's edition:
Director, Malvern Hills Conservators
Seasonal Visitor Centre Coordinators, Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Door to Door Membership Recruiters, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
Assistant Consultant, Cain Bio-Engineering
Operations Manager, Cain Bio-Engineering
Other adverts:
Countryside Volunteers are being offered the chance of free training to improve their skills with Smart Training, two courses offered: Level 3 Diploma in Countryside Management and Level 3 Diploma in Volunteer Management.
Employers sought to offer immediate apprenticeships in Horticulture or Trees and Timber, Capel Manor College
Campaign information, petitions and notices:
Bird Survey Techniques for Ecological and Environmental Professionals Training Course, BTO
Top headlines from the past month: Click here to read
Training Calendar for March is 6 pagesClick here to read
CJS Notices:
CJS Focus on Volunteering: advertise your 2012 volunteer requirements - free of charge. See: http://www.countryside-jobs.com/Focus/Information.htm
CJS Calendar for 2012, download your copy from: http://www.countryside-jobs.com/printouts/Cal 2012.pdf
Jobs advertised in this Month's edition:
Director, Malvern Hills Conservators
Seasonal Visitor Centre Coordinators, Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Door to Door Membership Recruiters, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
Assistant Consultant, Cain Bio-Engineering
Operations Manager, Cain Bio-Engineering
Other adverts:
Countryside Volunteers are being offered the chance of free training to improve their skills with Smart Training, two courses offered: Level 3 Diploma in Countryside Management and Level 3 Diploma in Volunteer Management.
Employers sought to offer immediate apprenticeships in Horticulture or Trees and Timber, Capel Manor College
Campaign information, petitions and notices:
Bird Survey Techniques for Ecological and Environmental Professionals Training Course, BTO
Top headlines from the past month: Click here to read
Training Calendar for March is 6 pagesClick here to read
11 January 2012
IT, yes again
It would appear that although the website is still working our emails have not been accessible since about two o'clock this afternoon. Please use the contact us form on the website or email our backup account of TheCJSTeam@googlemail.com
CJS Website
It's back, and so are the emails - rather a lot of them have just arrived in the inbox. We'll work through them this morning and you'll all get a reply in due course. The site will be updated as soon as we're able.
Thanks for your patience.
Thanks for your patience.
10 January 2012
Still no web or email
It's been very quiet here in the CJS office today, no website and no email. The web hosting company say they have 'bumped our support ticket to the top of the order' but we're still sans email. Oh well.
Looking on the bright side, or at least the pink one (office dog Hebe's favourite colour), it was another glorious sunrise this morning.
If you've emailed us and not heard please resend to our back up address of TheCJSTeam@googlemail.com which IS working. Assuming the IT company get it sorted tomorrow will be busy...
Looking on the bright side, or at least the pink one (office dog Hebe's favourite colour), it was another glorious sunrise this morning.
If you've emailed us and not heard please resend to our back up address of TheCJSTeam@googlemail.com which IS working. Assuming the IT company get it sorted tomorrow will be busy...
IT problem - again
Our web hosts have yet another problem.
Or to be more precise a whole series since yesterday, latest one says:
No incoming email since yesterday evening. Once again if you're trying to reach us and not receiving a response please use our backup email of TheCJSTeam@googlemail.com
Thanks for your patience, and like open hosting we apologise for any inconvenience.
Or to be more precise a whole series since yesterday, latest one says:
Thanks for your patience, and like open hosting we apologise for any inconvenience.
09 January 2012
Stunning sunrise and new streamlined News
This was sunrise this morning! (no filters and no photoshop either for those doubters among you!)
A bit quieter today, thank goodness. So just the News to catch up, over 1000 items in reader, several hundred press releases and heaven only know how many tweets. Anyway we think we've picked the best from over the break and a few for today today. We're launching a new streamlined email news service today, so have a look at your daily email for a quick overview and if you're interested click through for more detail.
A bit quieter today, thank goodness. So just the News to catch up, over 1000 items in reader, several hundred press releases and heaven only know how many tweets. Anyway we think we've picked the best from over the break and a few for today today. We're launching a new streamlined email news service today, so have a look at your daily email for a quick overview and if you're interested click through for more detail.
06 January 2012
January fill in-box
The CJS office equivalent of February fill-dyke. It's lovely to know you missed us, so many of you welcomed us back and have wished us Happy New Year, thank you.
The jobs market is picking up again it would seem, we have posted 40 new adverts online today the most in one day since the website was created. Although the first Weekly edition is not officially published until a week on Monday (16/1) we have emailed subscribers today with details of the vacancies.
Normal service will (we hope) be resumed next week...
The jobs market is picking up again it would seem, we have posted 40 new adverts online today the most in one day since the website was created. Although the first Weekly edition is not officially published until a week on Monday (16/1) we have emailed subscribers today with details of the vacancies.
Normal service will (we hope) be resumed next week...
And we're back
Busy but back in the office.
Enjoyable Christmas everyone? Good, good, yes us too.
We will work our way through your millions of emails, tweets and messages and reply to you all - eventually.
Job updates begin again today, news update on Monday.
First CJS Monthly will be published next week and the first CJS Weekly on 2012 on the 16th, sorry insufficient time to get one out for Monday 9th.
Enjoyable Christmas everyone? Good, good, yes us too.
We will work our way through your millions of emails, tweets and messages and reply to you all - eventually.
Job updates begin again today, news update on Monday.
First CJS Monthly will be published next week and the first CJS Weekly on 2012 on the 16th, sorry insufficient time to get one out for Monday 9th.
01 January 2012
Happily Employed New Year
The CJS Team hope all our readers have a happily employed New Year.
And to help you in that aim we're giving you a New Year present of 10% off all new digital subscriptions to CJS Weekly. First edition published on 16th, but you get immediate online access. To get your discount quote Jan12 at the checkout on the shop.
Small print T&C: minimum spend of £10, new digital subscriptions (ie not postal) only, discount code valid until 31 January 2012.
And to help you in that aim we're giving you a New Year present of 10% off all new digital subscriptions to CJS Weekly. First edition published on 16th, but you get immediate online access. To get your discount quote Jan12 at the checkout on the shop.
Small print T&C: minimum spend of £10, new digital subscriptions (ie not postal) only, discount code valid until 31 January 2012.
25 December 2011
20 December 2011
See you all in 2012
Not literally obviously!
The office is now closed for Christmas and the New Year and will open on Friday 6 January, first job updates will appear on 6th, first news updates on Monday 9th.
Get all the dates, deadlines and publication dates here: http://www.countryside-jobs.com/CJS_Stuff/Christmas.htm
The office is now closed for Christmas and the New Year and will open on Friday 6 January, first job updates will appear on 6th, first news updates on Monday 9th.
Get all the dates, deadlines and publication dates here: http://www.countryside-jobs.com/CJS_Stuff/Christmas.htm
16 December 2011
Christmas shopping
The IT system, specifically the web server (website, emails etc) decided that as it's the last deadline before Christmas today was the perfect day to go Christmas shopping and left the CJS office without a by-your-leave, exeat slip, pink ticket or even a see you later. The rest of the CJS Team were not best pleased but plodded on regardless. Then after lunch the website returned puffing and wheezing laden down with widgets, gadgets and add ons. The team swung into action (minus sub-ed HB who had to go to the children's nativity play) and the Weekly was soon almost online when the network remembered it had forgotten the turkey and went out again in a flap.
was how the IT company described it. Well now we think it's forgotten the stuffing too because it's gone again. *sighs*.
We do hope you manage to access your copy of CJS Weekly they are online (we think) and email readers have been given two different links one to the usual location and one to a back up version on google docs.
Print editions are absolutely fine and will be dispatched as normal.
This week there are 16 pages including the training calendar for February, 69 jobs sent direct to CJS 78 in total. There is also the CJS Calendar for 2012, your Christmas bonus and details of office hours over the holiday shut down.
Sub-Ed returned from the play (wonderful, especially Master Tom as Joseph complete with singing solo and Miss Katie as alpha shepherd) and is now wishing she'd stayed behind to help clear up!
Ho Hum, it can only get better, pass the mulled wine and mince pies...
We do hope you manage to access your copy of CJS Weekly they are online (we think) and email readers have been given two different links one to the usual location and one to a back up version on google docs.
Print editions are absolutely fine and will be dispatched as normal.
This week there are 16 pages including the training calendar for February, 69 jobs sent direct to CJS 78 in total. There is also the CJS Calendar for 2012, your Christmas bonus and details of office hours over the holiday shut down.
Sub-Ed returned from the play (wonderful, especially Master Tom as Joseph complete with singing solo and Miss Katie as alpha shepherd) and is now wishing she'd stayed behind to help clear up!
Ho Hum, it can only get better, pass the mulled wine and mince pies...
08 December 2011
CJS Monthly, December edition
The latest edition of CJS Monthly is now online, read it in full here: http://www.countryside-jobs.com/cjsmonthly/Monthly.htm (you may need to refresh your browser)
CJS Notices:
> CJS is delighted to announce that we are now endorsed by NATUR as well as by CMA and SCRA.
> Happy Christmas and all the best for 2012 from the CJS Team, those all important dates, deadlines etc. plus our card to you all - this year from Office Dog Hebe!
> CJS Calendar for 2012, download your copy from: http://www.countryside-jobs.com/printouts/Cal 2012.pdf
> ; Look out for CJS Focus on Trees and Hedges, included in full with this edition, read it here: http://www.countryside-jobs.com/Focus/Current.htm
Jobs advertised in this Month's edition:
Head of Nature Reserves and Land Management, Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Estate Manager, Formakin Garden Company
West Norfolk Heathlands Officer, Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Outdoor & Environmental Assistant (Environmental Project Development), Simonsbath House Outdoor Centre
Other adverts:
Countryside Volunteers are being offered the chance of free training to improve their skills with Smart Training, two courses offered: Level 3 Diploma in Countryside Management and Level 3 Diploma in Volunteer Management.
Employers sought to offer immediate apprenticeships in Horticulture or Trees and Timber, Capel Manor College
Campaign information, petitions and notices:
Urgent call for papers - the Mammal Society Conference 2012
Octavia Hill Awards, The National Trust is seeking 'Green Heroes'
Top headlines from the past month: Click here to read
Training Calendar for February is 4 pagesClick here to read
CJS Notices:
> CJS is delighted to announce that we are now endorsed by NATUR as well as by CMA and SCRA.
> Happy Christmas and all the best for 2012 from the CJS Team, those all important dates, deadlines etc. plus our card to you all - this year from Office Dog Hebe!
> CJS Calendar for 2012, download your copy from: http://www.countryside-jobs.com/printouts/Cal 2012.pdf
> ; Look out for CJS Focus on Trees and Hedges, included in full with this edition, read it here: http://www.countryside-jobs.com/Focus/Current.htm
Jobs advertised in this Month's edition:
Head of Nature Reserves and Land Management, Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Estate Manager, Formakin Garden Company
West Norfolk Heathlands Officer, Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Outdoor & Environmental Assistant (Environmental Project Development), Simonsbath House Outdoor Centre
Other adverts:
Countryside Volunteers are being offered the chance of free training to improve their skills with Smart Training, two courses offered: Level 3 Diploma in Countryside Management and Level 3 Diploma in Volunteer Management.
Employers sought to offer immediate apprenticeships in Horticulture or Trees and Timber, Capel Manor College
Campaign information, petitions and notices:
Urgent call for papers - the Mammal Society Conference 2012
Octavia Hill Awards, The National Trust is seeking 'Green Heroes'
Top headlines from the past month: Click here to read
Training Calendar for February is 4 pagesClick here to read
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