JSA Questions

donnajunkie

Angel898 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Mate why are you worrying so much that you are going to be forced into a job??? :cool:


About 10% of the population is unemployed at the moment,
and theres 100s and 100s of people all applying for crappy low minimum wage jobs,
but who actuallly want to get the job.



Just start doing the signing on for JSA, apply for a few jobs a week,
and let the cash flow into your bank account each week! :beer::T


Theres extremely little chance that you will ever get any response to any of your applications for either partime or fulltime,
so you got nothing to worry about. :rotfl::rolleyes::A

you certainly have a humourous and slightly mad way of looking at things and sadly part of what you say is true.
one thing i like about you is alot of what you say (even if i dont agree with it) will annoy the very people here that deserve to be annoyed. you know all those daily mail readers. i suspect that is why you do it?

DX2

donnajunkie wrote: »

you certainly have a humourous and slightly mad way of looking at things and sadly part of what you say is true.
one thing i like about you is alot of what you say (even if i dont agree with it) will annoy the very people here that deserve to be annoyed. you know all those daily mail readers. i suspect that is why you do it?

You know what they say, simple things amuse simple minds

loisa

BrightEyes wrote: »

The woman was very rude and patronising and I don't see why I should agree to work 40 hours per week when there are no such jobs available and I don't have the experience and they would only find me a part time job anyway

A very similar thing happened to me. I'm doing some voluntary work which I really think will help me with my career in the long-term. Eventually it will lead to a recognised qualification. At the moment it only takes a day a week of my time. So ideally I'd like to work maybe 4 days a week. I'd also be willing to work evenings and weekends.

When I explained this at the job centre the woman just snapped "You can't limit your hours!" I was probably a bit naive in thinking that they might actually be impressed or something but I was very new to the jobcentre then and had no idea how it worked. I was really upset by this individual's comments, I have never mentioned it again since. They know that I do voluntary work but I don't discuss my plans. Less is definitely more at the jobcentre!

I just haven't been able to get a job that is flexible enough. I know to get a job quickly I'm going to have to do mon to fri 9-5 and accept low paid temp work. I'm starting to really panic now about not having a paid job so I'm going to have to make some big decisions soon...

qwertyuiop12345

Hi BrightEyes,

I think I understand your situation, please correct me if I am wrong - you are taking a year out between school and university (medical school?) in order to gain work experience relevant to your degree and likely future career, but you also need money to live on and are finding it hard to find work given the current economic situation with the fact that you have only just left school and have no experience making it even harder.

In those circumstances it seems quite reasonable to me that you should want to claim JSA until you manage to find paid work. There are many hours in a week (if you are going to medical school this will soon become far too clear to you ). So I don't see why you can't say you are still available for full time work despite doing unpaid work experience as well.

I suspect you are being too conscientious and this is making the people at the jobcentre (along with some people here) think you are trying to do something dishonest.

Good luck with finding both work experience and paid work and I hope you also manage to enjoy your gap year.

P.S. Try to ignore any insults or mean sarcastic comments you get here - there are a lot of them on this board!

dookar

loisa wrote: »

A very similar thing happened to me. I'm doing some voluntary work which I really think will help me with my career in the long-term. Eventually it will lead to a recognised qualification. At the moment it only takes a day a week of my time. So ideally I'd like to work maybe 4 days a week. I'd also be willing to work evenings and weekends.

When I explained this at the job centre the woman just snapped "You can't limit your hours!" I was probably a bit naive in thinking that they might actually be impressed or something but I was very new to the jobcentre then and had no idea how it worked. I was really upset by this individual's comments, I have never mentioned it again since. They know that I do voluntary work but I don't discuss my plans. Less is definitely more at the jobcentre!

I just haven't been able to get a job that is flexible enough. I know to get a job quickly I'm going to have to do mon to fri 9-5 and accept low paid temp work. I'm starting to really panic now about not having a paid job so I'm going to have to make some big decisions soon...

There seven days in a week, where do you get the four from?

And the lady in the jobcentre was incorrect. You may restrict your hours to ne fewer than forty providing you can show reasonable prospects of finding employment within that restriction

loisa

I meant four weekdays (rather than 5). I would consider weekends, so yes it's quite possible that I could work for 40 hours. I have applied for a range of suitable positions but have just missed out on them so far.

donnajunkie

after 6 months out of work you cant restrict the hours you are willing to work anymore.

dookar

loisa wrote: »

I meant four weekdays (rather than 5). I would consider weekends, so yes it's quite possible that I could work for 40 hours. I have applied for a range of suitable positions but have just missed out on them so far.

Okay, fair enough. If I were you, I would go back to the jobcentre and tell them I want to change my pattern of availability. If they get funny about it tell them to send it to a decision maker.

*warning* this action may cause a suspension of benefit, but I'm terrible for cutting off my nose to spite my face on a point of principle.

loisa

I'm not at the 6 month stage if that makes any difference... I don't think I have been dishonest. I applied for the last full time job that they suggested for me and never got a reply, hardly my fault.

I am applying for full time (mon-fri) jobs that pay well and have prospects but it would be a real shame to have to give up my voluntary work for a job with no prospects that payed minimum wage.

I know that everyone has to start somewhere but I have already had a couple of low paid jobs since finishing uni and really want to better myself now and get my career moving in the right direction. At the moment I really don't know what to do for the best...

qwertyuiop12345

loisa wrote: »

I know that everyone has to start somewhere but I have already had a couple of low paid jobs since finishing uni and really want to better myself now and get my career moving in the right direction. At the moment I really don't know what to do for the best...

Hi Loisa,

If you don't mind me asking, what did you study at university and what career area are you hoping for?

If you tell us these things it might be possible for someone here to give you more specific advice.