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Its not a permanent job but it gives you good experience of handling strees and dealing with people. It also makes you punctual because its an exam conducting service and an exam should always start and finish on time.
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Personally having very bad experience. Never recommend someone to spoil their time .

If you want to work with them then you just have to forget about the sellary...I have just done their several sessions but till now did not get my sellary they are not going to response any of your emails or queries ... They said that they have their so called name and profile and not going to compromise over it but they treat their employees badly .... Totally favouritism base. They didn't even allow you to sit during the exams....like if you are working their for 5 hours you are a human or Robots that you can not even sit.... Personally having very bad experience. Never recommend someone to spoil their time .
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a forward looking organisation

Excellent place to be as an employee. I have worked here and have learned a lot. very supportive and focused on professional development of the employees.
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I needed the job, and was delighted to get the chance

I enjoyed working with them. They need to hire more well spoken people in Karachi region. And less of their current employees family & friends.
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Learning ,productive and relaxive enviroment

overall good and unforgetable experience with this organization where you feel most comfortable and learning plat form for your up coming challenges in future so, i would said british council is one of them.

Pros

getting lunch and over time and medical facilities +pick and drop for all employees

Cons

long hours working
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Really nice work on place.

The British council worked out really well for me it boosted my confidence and have me a positive environment to work in. It also helped me with my speaking skills.

Pros

The overall positive environment

Cons

None
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Good interview

The expience of british council pakistan was amazing.
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Productive & Utililized

We normally enter at the very dawn of the day in our allocated institutes. The day typically is tough but extremely utilized and productive at full length till the eleventh hour. I have learnt the systematic and organized discipline there. Management was in touch with the invigilators and in turn we look after the candidates for any solution they need from us during the exam hours. The workplace culture was smooth and friendly but very firm. The hardest part of the job was the detection of the examinee for any fraudulent activities at the time of entrance or during the exam hours. The most enjoyable part is calling all the waiting candidates towards the hall by their reporting time when half of them don;t listen the floaters.

Pros

Short timings

Cons

No lunch
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Excellent Work Environment

British Council is a place one can dream to work, with it brilliant work environment, implementing its policies with full scale benefiting the employees

Pros

Work/Life balance environment

Cons

Job nature contractual
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The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. Work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society. Last year we reached over 65 million people directly and 731 million people overall including online, broadcasts and publications. Founded in 1934, its a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body.
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Require Hard work And Patience.

working for the CIE examinations at the venue is a tuff job. You have many responsibilities during examinations. This job requires patience and physically fit person because you have to stand all along the examinations to keep an eye on the students while keeping it quiet.
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We have pool table in club where we can play and have lunch

1. A day at work start with a cup of tea and then carry on with the work flow. 2. Learned communication skills. 3. Very good Management. 4. Very good Co-worker very caring and supportive. 5. Every single day at work is enjoyable every good environment.

Pros

sometimes free lunch

Cons

lots of short break
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Productive and Fun

An organization which believes in Quality Education and Great Customer Satisfaction. I personally learn how to denouement critical situations while working in British Council. The management`s precocious ability is great regarding the workers problem and difficulties.The great thing about British Council is that the organization never vitiate on costumer`s satisfaction.The most enjoyable part of the job is that the management always focus on the entertainment side of employee by arranging different activities and events to boost the there employees moral.
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Amazing Employer to work with.

-You get immense learning exposure. -co-workers and management are very supportive -I enjoy the overall day at work. -I gained good pharmaceutical experience fro there.
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Productive and Learning work place

Learn so many thing from British Council like how to achieve targets on time what is time management how to manage all the venue and deal with client how to give child protection what is child protection

Pros

free transportation

Cons

long hours
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A good employer to work with

The office environment is friendly and comfortable. Management and SLT keep the employees abreast of the changes in procedures and policies. Equality and diversity are the distictive features of work place in British Council.

Pros

Training opportunities, valuing people, diversity, equal opportunity and benefits(health, insurance and flexi hours)

Cons

work life balance for exams team
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Productive and fun

We started off by setting up the exam venue. Everything had to be checked and well prepared so that the candidates would not face any trouble. Occasional glitches were handled by the cooperative effort of the team members.

Pros

Simple job

Cons

No breaks
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boosts your communication skills

-you get promoted if you work hard. no seniority required for that and this is the best thing in working with British Council.

Pros

ood part time job for students

Cons

one cannot rely on this job as they dont pay you timely, usually it takes four to five months to process your payment.
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Amazing work environment

The British Council is an organisation which is perceived to have seasonal work. This is not the case at all. There is work thoroughout the year, from O and A level registration, to daily candidate queries via telephone/email and creating purchase orders on SAP ERP.Working at the British Council has helped me develop interpersonal skills and self confidence. I have also learned how to use SAP ERP to settle account payables. Be able to work in a team was one of the major requirements at the Council and this is something that I'm extremely good at. My co-workers at the British Council were more like friends, who at no point would let you be over burdened with a task, each and everyone would be ever willing to lend a helping hand to complete a task.Working as an examination services officer was very taxing at there are a lot of financial reprocussions as majority of the work revolves around registering candidates for O and A level examinations.The most enjoyable part of the job was the satisfation of knowing that thousands of candidates are able to appear for an internationally recognised qualification and being a part of making such a thing possible is amazing.

Pros

abundance of recreational activities available

Cons

major security issues because of the sensitivity of the council in pakistan
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Fun to manage candidates giving exams and facilitate them accordingly

A generally good experience in the field of management, crowd control and team work.
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i consider it only a part time job

the work is good and the fellow invigilators are nice and polite, however there is no job security and its seasonal , based on examinations, i wish to seek a job that is relating engineering.
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3.7 out of 5 stars for Compensation/Benefits
3.6 out of 5 stars for Job Security/Advancement
3.8 out of 5 stars for Management
4.0 out of 5 stars for Culture

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