Health and safety gone crazy?

A pensioner living in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, has been told by the local council that nothing can be done about the nest of angry wasps outside her bathroom window. The council has claimed that using ladders is considered too dangerous when environmental health staff were required to wear the neccessary protective clothing and carry the poision.

The elderly pensioner was concerned that she may be stung from the wasps whilst in the bath.

Local councillor David Whipp said, "Unfortunately, you do not find wasps nesting on the ground, although it would be better for the people doing the risk assessments if they did."

"But its a barmy situation if people employed to tackle nuisances at a high level are not allowed to go up a ladder to do it."

"People wearing cumbersome suits have managed to land on the moon. Presumably, we would never have got there if the health and safety brigade had their way."

"Perhaps the council needs to advertise for Spider Man to carry out this work."

Here at Housing Jobs, we're beginning to think this health and safety epidemic is here to stay!

Housing Jobs celebrate its first birthday!

May 2011 sees the first birthday of online job board, Housing Jobs. The specialist recruitment advertising website has continually grown over the past year, and now has a number of key clients ranging from reputable Housing Associations such as Yorkshire Housing & Opportunity Housing Trust, to the market leader in e-recruitment solutions – networx Recruitment.

The website also benefits from having a top five Google ranking, and thousands of registered candidates waiting for quality roles based within housing organisations. The online job board has been a first of it’s kind to offer the platform it does – whereby you can ask candidates to apply in a range of methods, from offline, by e-mail or directing them straight through to your website – but the website also offers the ability to upload supporting documents such as job descriptions.

Many of the registered candidates have a social media based relationship with the website as well – an aspect of marketing that Housing Jobs has recognised is key to success. With an active Twitter page, Facebook page and LinkedIn group, the website is constantly building its social media presence in an aim to engage their readers and subsequently attract good quality candidates to the roles advertised. All positions are automatically Tweeted, as well as posted on Facebook and LinkedIn to help their clients reach the biggest audience possible.

To celebrate their first birthday, Housing Jobs are currently offering job posting credits at a reduced rate of £99.99 per vacancy. For more information on the services the website offers, please e-mail sophie.taylor@housingjobs.org.uk