Monday morning saw me at 'The Manor' before 6 O'clock ... to welcome Martin onto our team. We met Martin soon after we started the process of puchasing "The Old Manor" as it then was ... he had just moved to the Melksham area a month or two earlier and was settling into his first job here. But you know what it's like with first jobs - get what you can, and it may not turn out to be what you want to do longer term ...

Martin comes to us with prior experience of the hospitality business and of housekeeping, and by training he's a dietitian / healthy food expert. He'll be taking the early shift - providing a healthy continental breakfast for our guests, then making sure that the rooms are ready for the following night; on days that course lunches are in-house, he'll be helping with those as his last job of the day.

Welcome on board, Martin.

Update - November 2008 Two years later, this welcoming message has resurfaced as one of our random archive articles. Martin joined us in October 2006, with the intention of being with us for just a short while - but in the end he stayed over 18 months before he decided to move on to a new role as an administrator elsewhere. We wish him well

(written 2006-10-16, updated 2008-11-23)

 M301 - The Well House Manor team
  [849] Staff Meeting - (2006-08-30)
  [972] Both one team and two - (2006-12-08)
  [1002] Meet the neighbours - (2006-12-20)
  [1065] Graham Ellis - an Introduction - (2007-02-05)
  [1083] Behind the scenes - (2007-02-17)
  [1324] Well House Manor appoints a General Manager - (2007-08-28)
  [1580] Congratulations, Martin and Marta - (2008-03-17)
  [1585] Well House Consultants / Manor - Staff - (2008-03-21)
  [1805] Carlisle High School - Class of 1973 Reunion - (2008-09-21)
  [1839] Job application - (2008-10-13)
  [1927] Team changes at Well House - looking forward - (2008-12-06)
  [2021] Short health and safety course - (2009-02-02)
  [2027] Who sticks by you in the snow? - (2009-02-05)
  [2037] The Interview and The Lift - (2009-02-12)
  [2924] Job applicants - wondering why they apply - (2010-08-16)
  [2938] An opportunity to join our team! - (2010-08-28)
  [2946] Level playing fields, job vacancies, lemons and peaches - (2010-09-05)
  [2952] Concluding the interview process - (2010-09-10)
  [3201] A change to the Well House team - thank you and good luck, Chris - (2011-03-14)
  [3312] Are you cheerful, reliable and available on Saturday mornings? - (2011-05-30)
  [3425] Our National Autograss Champion, from Melksham - (2011-09-08)
  [3871] On getting noticed for the right reasons when you ask about job availability - (2012-09-26)
  [3988] Three cheers for the staff at Well House Manor - (2013-01-24)
  [4004] Annual Accounts - a big job for a small business - (2013-02-15)
  [4227] Happy Christmas from the Well House Manor team - (2013-12-25)

G207 - Well House Consultants - Staff
  [10] What do you look for in your IT trainer? - (2004-08-10)
  [41] A Thousand and four words - (2004-09-07)
  [88] Getting the right level of trainer - (2004-10-14)
  [168] Welcoming Leah Davies to our team - (2005-01-04)
  [185] Who am I? - (2005-01-21)
  [371] The training team that's looking out for you - (2005-07-07)
  [393] Trainer answers phone - (2005-07-28)
  [578] Woman screaming at me - (2006-01-26)
  [862] 4 weeks to go - (2006-09-11)
  [1141] A strong team broadens the professional coverage - (2007-04-10)
  [2009] The Royal Mail Receipt - (2009-01-26)
  [2044] Please Trouble me - (2009-02-16)
  [2050] Why the Pony Tail? - (2009-02-21)
  [2164] Updating my public profile - Graham Ellis - (2009-05-09)
  [2566] Excellent staff make for excellent hotel - (2010-01-07)
  [2772] Graham Ellis - Summary of Training Record - (2010-05-21)
  [2775] Declarations of interest - knowing where you stand with people - (2010-05-22)
  [2934] Not so much software training - more hotel keeping! - (2010-08-25)
  [2960] The Well House team - September 2010 - (2010-09-19)
  [3051] Positively reforming the system - could it be done? - (2010-11-14)
  [3103] Thank you - and Happy Christmas - (2010-12-24)
  [3212] Well House Manor - a home from home for the business and leisure guest in Melksham - (2011-03-26)
  [3311] Exhilarating day! - (2011-05-30)
  [3460] Flying Colours! - (2011-09-28)
  [3490] How not to call when job seeking ... - (2011-10-20)
  [3586] Emergency First Aid Provision at Well House Manor - part of the service - (2012-01-19)
  [3961] Well House Staff Party - (2012-12-22)
  [4189] Who are we - Lisa, Graham, Gypsy and Billy - (2013-10-07)

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