One in six children live in jobless households

ILW

Cannot get a reliable window cleaner where I live.

IveSeenTheLight

prowla wrote: »

Right now there aren't enough jobs to go around, so it doesn't really matter whether the people who are unemployed want to work or not.

Absolutely disagree.

If I was unemployed, if I wasn't attending job interviews, sending out CV's, cold calling potential employees, marketing myself, I would do absolutely anything to take in a bit of money.

There are still millions of people in work and the oppertunity to earn from them i.e. dog walking, grass cutting, car washing, window cleaning etc etc etc.

It may not make your firtune, but could be enough to help in the hard times

inspector_monkfish

ILW wrote: »

Cannot get a reliable window cleaner where I live.

whats a 'reliable window cleaner' ????

thats an oxymoron isn't it ??

ILW

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

whats a 'reliable window cleaner' ????

One that cleans reliable windows.

lemonjelly

Have to say that this reports highlights the level of families where they are claiming benefits & saying the family is not working.

It doesn't take into account undisclosed work/cash in hand etc etc.

& trust me, that is a LOT more rife than joe public is aware of. Despite all the fancy media campaigns, people signing on & working is everywhere.

ILW

lemonjelly wrote: »

Have to say that this reports highlights the level of families where they are claiming benefits & saying the family is not working.

It doesn't take into account undisclosed work/cash in hand etc etc.

& trust me, that is a LOT more rife than joe public is aware of. Despite all the fancy media campaigns, people signing on & working is everywhere.

I have seen the TV campaign.
Is there some rule that states, if you want to fiddle your benefits, you have to wear a tracksuit?

inspector_monkfish

ILW wrote: »

I have seen the TV campaign.
Is there some rule that states, if you want to fiddle your benefits, you have to wear a tracksuit?

only if its Lonsdale

lemonjelly

Not only must it be a tracksuit, it must also be WHITE!

Snooze

IveSeenTheLight wrote: »

Absolutely disagree.

If I was unemployed, if I wasn't attending job interviews, sending out CV's, cold calling potential employees, marketing myself, I would do absolutely anything to take in a bit of money.

There are still millions of people in work and the oppertunity to earn from them i.e. dog walking, grass cutting, car washing, window cleaning etc etc etc.

It may not make your firtune, but could be enough to help in the hard times

Funny you should mention it - I 'employ' an unemployed lad to cut my grass and hedges every month for £35 in his hand and he can't get enough of it. He does a fantastic job and even dug out a huge ivy bush one time, which, if anyone knows about ivy, is no easy job. The lad is about the same age as me and used to work at the foundry before being made redundant and then later became a joiner and same happened there too. He's not had much luck.

He knocks at my door about every 10 days or so asking if I want anything doing and I hate having to turn him down.

Rob

IveSeenTheLight

Snooze wrote: »

Funny you should mention it - I 'employ' an unemployed lad to cut my grass and hedges every month for £35 in his hand and he can't get enough of it. He does a fantastic job and even dug out a huge ivy bush one time, which, if anyone knows about ivy, is no easy job. The lad is about the same age as me and used to work at the foundry before being made redundant and then later became a joiner and same happened there too. He's not had much luck.

He knocks at my door about every 10 days or so asking if I want anything doing and I hate having to turn him down.

Rob

I think in today's society, there is an oppertunity to be a handy man.
I've considered for my future retiring early and being my own boss doing these sort of jobs.

You can extend to gutter cleaning, window re-painting, house painint etc etc etc.

If you do a good job, then you will find work