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Arrrgghhh so angry, for those who say just get a job stacking shelves
:mad::mad::mad: I get so angry looking at posts on this site from people desperate to get a job where replies say "well just get a job stacking shelves". Or "get a part time job" or "a summer job in a supermarket until something else comes up"! There are no jobs out there! Those in work just don't seem to get it and…
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College fees
Hi everyone I am 22 with two children and a disabled partner, we live off of income support with incapacity credits, child tax credits, child benefit, housing benefit and council tax benefit. I have just completed my level 3 in accountancy and have now been told by my college that the fees for next year will be 1250 GBP…
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Opinions from HR / Rec. Consultants etc
Hi All, I was made redundant from my last job in May 2010 after working there for 6 years. I have been hunting and applying for all types of jobs and had been to interviews, but have not been successful. I took up a temporary job in Nov 2010 for 2 months and have been unemployed after that. I had recently been to 2…
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Found out I was self-employed after 2 months they want expenses back
I left my full time employment after losing my business to join one of my suppliers after they told me I could make more money. It wasnt until yesterday 2months into the job that I found out I was self employed. As far as I am aware if your employer tells you the hours to work and when to be in the office you are not self…
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JSA and voluntary work
How many hours of voluntary work can I do without it affecting my JSA? Will I receive help with travel costs?
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Got a job but Job Centre insist I get a different one!
I have recently been offered a job in a school which starts in September. As I am on jobseekers allowance I have been told I need to apply for other 'better' jobs until I start in September! As I have already agreed to the offer, I don't see what difference it would make if I was offered another position, say next week,…
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Discrimination?
Not for me (honest) but a friend of mine runs a small company and employs an older chap in his early 60s to do a job that has a physical element to it - carrying/moving stuff around. He's worked there for about 3-4 years I think. He's got quite frail looking in past couple of years but hasn't mentioned any health problems,…
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Childcare vouchers and maternity leave
Hello i am about to begin maternity leave for my second child currently i claim childcare vouchers for my first child i've been thinking about what happens when i am on SMP, and have been told that as SMP is a benefit, empoyers can't deduct from it, yet must still provide your childcare vouchers. this seems too good to be…
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Advice on what recruitment agencies do with your CV
Hello, I have been applying for jobs online by sending CV's to recruitment agencies. I know most employers use recruitment agencies to search for potential employees. But if your not successful for the job you applied for what do recruitment agencies do with CV's? One recruitment agent phoned me and advised me that I…
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working out tax rebate for period April 2011 to present
Is there a calculator available or can someone tell me how to work out how much tax I should have paid so far this tax year? From April to May I was with Job A still and on 747L tax code, I moved to Job B in June but stayed with Job A on a 0 hr contract. Job B I was on tax code BR. I filled in a p46 in June and only last…
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'tax deductible expenses' - quick question.
Reet... for the past few years i've been contracting, and using an umbrella company. So like all other contractors i've been sticking my expenses in and getting the tax benefits on it, but i'm just about to hit a possible problem. my current contract is supposed to end tomorrow but one of the companies i'm working through…
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Moving to US with job - financial advice please?
This is my first time posting although I've read the forums for ages and they've been so useful. There's a possibility that my partner could be offered a job in the US with his company and that we could move our family out there. But I'd like some advice on financial stuff before we go. Two things really: 1) my partner has…
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Double your chances of getting that job.
The trick is as simple as 1 2 3. Buy the latest copy of "What color is your parachute", and read it cover to cover at least twice; then apply what you've read.
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Closure date on Job Roles
Hi all - have applied for a job role for a large household name multi national. The role directly mirrors my rather unique skills, experience, salary and includes progression into an area I have wanted to move into for ages……. so I am very very keen. The role is a very good match and as such I was expecting a look in at…
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Advice please, oh tactful ones....
I have a new employee started this week. Very experienced, done a lot of high level stuff including contracting, has taken on a somewhat different role with us as a bit of a change of direction (although previous experience is relevant and useful). A lot of this job is quite new to her and I am running her training…
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want to reduce my contracted hours employer says "No"
I have two jobs, I work 2 days on a flexible contract for job A and 15 hours/week/term time only on job B.Next school year I want to reduce my contracted hours in job B to 10 hours in order to work another day for job A (better paid).My employer of job B is saying that I can't reduce my hours to work another job and in…
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Advice?
Hi I have a small safety role at my place of work. One of my team consistently ignores safety advice. Yesterday, he was asked by another member of the team (not me - this time) to correct something he'd done which posed a safety hazard. He didn't correct the problem, just moved it and proceeded to have a go at me about why…
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Quitting job
I am currently in a job I can't stand, it is making me ill with stress and depression. I really want to quit even without another job lined up. Am i mad to do this? Is there really no work around, even temp work? I have looked for other jobs but I don't get any replies. I live in London. Right now I want to save my health…
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recently graduated...unemployed and drowning in debts.
Im not sure if this is the right place to post, but im losing the will and any help or advice would be greatly received! fact that im posting at 2.50 am speaks for its self! I have two student o/ds maxed out (one about to start charging £1 per day due to the fact that its an o/d from the first time i went to uni and…
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Worth joining a Union ?
Junior has a part-time job (been there less than a year so I know he doesn't have much employment rights at the mo) although with the summer hols hopefully he will work more hours. Anyway his manager has made a couple of comments to him, which on the face of it are nothing more than scarasm, but there was an incident today…
