Help!: Looking for work

[anno]

Hi all,
I am new to this forum, I wonder what suggestions are there on how to get new jobs. I have tried leafletting, mailshots, rated people.... non seem to work. I would appreciate your thoughts.

Anno.

[diamondtiling]

Welcome to the forum Anno.

I think you will find many people are in the same situation as you. Whats your background regarding tiling?

[Sir Ramic]

I see you do painting and decorating. Loft conversions too .

[anno]

I am a trained tiler, had my training from STC a couple of years ago after a voluntary redundancy from the finance industry and had worked on a few projects both domestic and commercial, I recently went away to europe to evaluate the market. I am back now and looking for work.

[anno]

I do painting as well but not loft convertion

[Sir Ramic]

I do painting as well but not loft convertion

This is you isnt it http://www.westbrookhay.co.uk/resource.aspx?id=1472

[anno]

Yes, that is me.

[suave]

welcome!

[anno]

At the time af that advert, I was in partnership with a loft converter. I can still recommend them for a good job if the service is needed.

[Bri]

Welcome along

[anno]

thanks

[whitebeam]

I thought Westbrook Hay prep school sounded familiar, your in my neck of the woods

[anno]

k, I am based in Hemel hempstead

[whitebeam]

So am I. the rough end of course

[Daz]

Out of interest, what was your financial services role?

Other than some cheap shot advertising, what direct marketing have you actually carried out? What local networking have you done?

[anno]

Means you have a lot of smoothing to do with your tiles

[anno]

I am an accountant and had worked within various part of finance, treasury and accounting

[Daz]

You need to get yourself in to the local tile shops and sell yourself. Give them a bit of tile chat and say that you have just moved to the area and could use their help in establishing yourself in the new area.

Get down to your local Builders Merchants (in your work clothes) and get talking to as many plasterers, builders and plumbers as you can. Always have a wedge of business cards in your pocket and get them handed out.

You will make your own luck, so get out there and don't just sit at home waiting for things to happen.

[whitebeam]

There's no tilers advertising in the free herald, worth a try

[anno]

this is something I have done in the past so heavily and I still do so, infact at every chance I get i talk to people about what I do