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Have I considered everything?
Forgive me if I'm posting this in the wrong forum, but I'm wanting to check some facts before I make a financial decision, and I would appreciate your help. I have recently inherited a substantial amount, approx £40,000, and am contemplating how best to use this to help meet my future goals. Specifically, I'm contemplating…
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My brother isn't getting the minimum wage...
Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone can help. I've lurked on these forums for ages, but a whole spate of recent problems has prompted me to post asking for advice! My brother has just left full time education and was chuffed to get a job straight away whilst he seraches for something better, as we live (not together) in a…
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Adult male text operator
Hi does anyone know if there are any jobs for male text operators that i can earn extra cash from?
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The Latest Unemployment Figures - Grim!
How does everybody feel about the latest unemployment figures? To describe them in one word, I would say GRIM. Is there any hope for ANY of us???
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What happens at a 13 week review?
I'm interested as I have one next week!
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Just been suspended from work
Advice needed. Over the weekend I did something I shouldn't have done but they made a error so couldn't touch me for it. I went into work tonight and it was teh first time I saw the manager that tried getting me done since the weekend. Tonight he put me on a job he knows I hate doing, I said to him you have put me on this…
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Corporate Finance qualification
Anyone heard of it as I need to know if i need to complete any qualifications before that. I called the centre that does the qualification but she couldnt explain it, im actually wondering how she got the job of advisor, lol
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how long do you commute for?
Sorry if this is in the wrong section! Anyhoo, as it looks like I am getting a 6 month ban (no comments please, I have heard it a million times over the last few weeks!) it looks like I am going to have a long commute to work. My journey to work was approximately 13 miles from where I live and its quite a rural area - no…
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The Silent Phone Agony - Anybody Suffering It?
Is there anybody here unemployed and suffering THE SILENT PHONE SYNDROME, day in and day out? You no doubt know what I mean: you are desperate for a job, and after applying for numerous vacancies online, you hope that at least SOME employer or agency will ring you up. But you wait . . . and you wait . . . and you wait . .…
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B&Q Interview 4 hours
Hi as anyone been to a B&Q interview that lasted 4 hours :eek: and if so what happened. Any advice would be great thanks.
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JSA question
Hi there. I'm not certain this is in the correct place but i'm pretty sure it is. Anyway, I finished college in May and my last exam was 18th June. I made a new claim for JSA on 30th June. Went to my first signing yesterday and everything is going pretty okay in terms of job seeking. Have applied to loads of jobs, and I'm…
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Unemployed - What to do next.
Like very many at the moment I have been made unemployed. I lost my job the end of April and it has slowly begun to take its toll as my savings have dwindled. I have done the obvious, - Tried to claim for job seekers allowance - I can not as I was a student just over a year ago and you need to be paying NI for 2 years to…
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Being forced out of job
Just when i thought things were going ok for us, things are going downhill again. My fiancee works for an agency, been at the same place for over a year. He was getting a contract in December but the same week all the contracts were being signed, he was diagnosed with cancer and had to leave for a little while. They told…
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Feel overwhelmed - Lost job yesterday what happens next?
The company I work for has been hit, as have many others by the recesison, and it has gone into administration. I don't know where to go to get any answers - my ex-boss doesn't know anything and seems in shock about what's going on. 3 weeks ago I went from monthly to weekly wages and I was paid yesterday but I assume we…
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On IB and wanting to try and work again
Hi I am on longterm Incapacity Bnefit and am wanting to try and return to work again, not sure how well I will be or do though. What do I have to do and what support can I recieve during the transition? What if I find out it was a mistake and need to stop work again? I have a degenerative condition of my spine amongst…
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Really need some advice
I've been out of work since 2007 my last job was as a recruitment consultant, for which I got fired. The boss of my company decided to advertise my own job behind my back because getting rid of someone in the probationary period is easier than afterwards. I received the phone call for the advert confirmation , I blew my…
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Handing Jobcentre application forms back to JC
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People returning to work after a long break
. Been having this discussion with someone and wanted to bring it to the boards? Do you think there is enough recognition for people who have had a break from work due to caring for children or maybe adults and are signing on. The emphasis always seems to be on giving a job to the person who has had the most experience and…
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Out of work for 6 month
My lad is unemployed and has been for 5 months now he is 20 and only had one job since leaving collage at the age of 18 from a bricklaying 2 year course that led to nothing.He then got a job which lasted 15 months before been laid off so has been on job seekers since December. I think he gets around £49 a week. I have…
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help with debt recovery company
I owe some money about £1000 for an over payment of salary. I have got a debt recovery company after the money...i have said i will pay £5.00 a week back. They arent happy with this and are asking for all my own and my husbands income and out goings. Could any one tell me is it a legal requirement that we provide these…