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by Joe McTiernan, Human Resources Manager

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General info - interests, etc.

Playing / watching football, writing skits, watching comedy, chasing sheep around church yards, cycling, reading (especially historical biogs), music (live and buying), socialising, the internet.

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Music

Anything at all. Love many different types, if I had to choose some favourite bands... Radiohead, David Bowie, Air, The Kinks, Gorillaz, Fun Loving Criminals, The White Stripes, Doves, Elbow, the Chemical Brothers, Foo Fighters, Basement Jaxx, Groove Armada, Nirvana, RHCP, Leftfield, DJ Shadow, Bob Marley, They Might be Giants, Terry Bush amongst many.

Funniest thing I've done

There are so many. Possibly in a previous job unblocking the drains with a long rod, during a torrential rain storm, whilst dressed as Santa Claus (it was Christmas Day).

Movies

Shaun of the Dead, Garden State, The Deerhunter, Subway, Highlander, Bladerunner, Leon, Enter the Dragon, Old Boy, Taxi (French version!), Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, anything with Monica Belucci or Sophie Marceau.

Television

Father Ted, Black Books, Spooks, Lost, 24, Scrubs, Spaced, The League of Gentlemen, Phoenix Nights.

The last thing made me laugh

A van drove past me on the motorway today with the words written on the back: "Wisely Driven? If so call police - vehicle stolen"

Books

Man and Boy (Tony Parsons), The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy), Seize the night / Fear nothing (Dean Koontz), other authors: Harlan Coben, Stephen King, John Grisham, Charlie Higson, Stephen Fry, Dan Brown, Nick Hornby, Iain Banks, Irvine Welsh.

Favourite Websites

www.newsnow.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk
www.spurs.co.uk
www.monkeymania.co.uk
www.dti.gov.uk (useful)
www.cipd.co.uk
www.hrzone.co.uk
www.hrgateway.com
www.personneltoday.com

3 things the person next to me doesn't know

How to tie his shoelaces without assistance, the twelve times tables, how to get home at night.

Food

Indian, Chinese, Thai, Irish, English, French, Israeli, African, Caribbean, Italian, Spanish etc. I love food. Favourite - lobster!

What I'd do if I won the lottery

Not tell anyone. People always say that people change towards you if they know you have money, if they don't know then they won't change. They will just think that with my excess cash I have become a drug dealer or am selling arms to various countries...

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Joe McTiernan
Human Resources Manager

My name as you may have guessed is Joe McTiernan, and my role at Jobsite is Human Resources Manager. This is a role which covers all aspects of HR, following up on general personnel, training and development, and recruitment-related issues. If you want to find out more about HR and other things going on, you're in the right place...

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