Working for the Group - Employee Profile
A company is only as good as the people it employs and retains. To help you experience what it is like to work at CALA, the following employee profile has been created to help you experience CALA through the eyes of an employee. Happy reading!
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Name: Tricia GouldJob: Receptionist for our Falkirk officeCALA Company: CALA Homes (West) Ltd.Service: 17 years |
Describe what a typical day at work involves?
Dealing with the all the varied calls and visitors to the office, keeping tabs on who is in the office and who left the building by the fire exit!) Greeting visitors, signing for dozens of parcels delivered into the office each day. Dealing with the incoming and outgoing mail. Operating the carpark barrier and keeping the telephone lists and holiday lists up to date etc,etc.
What do you most enjoy about your job?
Meeting so many people
What do you enjoy most about working at CALA?
No two days are the same!
What advice would you give someone who is starting out in your field?
Keep smiling
What training do you need to do your job?
I was BT trained
What’s the strangest work situation you have been in / dealt with?
I had to sign for a polythene bag containing two goldfish swimming around! It was a 21st birthday present for someone in the office
What was the last album you bought?
Rockferry - Duffy
What book are you currently reading?
Russia by Jonathan Dimbleby
Other than your current job, what would be your dream job?
P.A.D.I. Divemaster in Bora Bora
Which person, living or dead, do you most admire and why?
Marie Curie for her pioneering work