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Enterprise Car Hire

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You call Enterprise Rent-A-Car hire before the local office opens and you get re-routed to the national call centre which provides excellent service. You call later to the local office and no one picks up for the 1 min you could be bothered to hang on.

You call the second local office at the other end of the hire and they also don’t pick up. So why don’t Enterprise invest a bit of cash into a call system which automatically re-routes calls after 45 seconds just to be pushy to national office, even when the local office is open?

You do the math or ROI or whatever you call it?

PS: So I went online and got the national call centre number, and in the process wrote this;-)

PPS: I then called the national call number, but got bored with the options, and called the local number, which this time re-routed me to someone in a few secs, and booked a car for

Development Director vacancy at Christ’s College, Cambridge

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Christ’s College, Cambridge — Development Director

Christ’s College is a vibrant, international community.  The College was founded in 1505 and continues its mission to offer strong tutorial support to its students as they pursue their academic work, while encouraging them to explore a wide range of outside interests.  Christ’s College alumni are found all over the world, many in key positions in their fields, and they continue to engage with and support the College in a variety of ways.  This is an opportunity to join an exciting and successful College, be a part of the lively College environment and make a positive contribution to the future of this great institution.  Having celebrated the Quincentenary and being in the final stages of a £15m campaign, the College is seeking an experienced person to lead the next stage of its fundraising and develop its existing relationships with alumni and supporters.  You will play a major role in continuing to build a national and international strategy for the alumni and supporters’ programme.  You will also cultivate the College’s relationships with its top major donors and create a culture of donor engagement and affinity.   You will have a track record of securing major gifts and building successful alumni programmes.  You will be astute, able to provide clear direction and be confident in your ability to work effectively in an academic community of the highest calibre.

Competitive salary and benefits package.

For further information, please contact Chris Murphy at Richmond Associates on +44 (0)20 8392 6654 or email at cmurphy@richmond-associates.com or via the website www.richmond-associates.com.

The closing date for applications is Monday 31st March 2008.