Why bother anymore!

givememoney

jimbms wrote: »

I know it doesn't help much but for me it seems the job may have only been decided on because of the benifits gained if taking a long term unemployed on, so it may not have lasted anyway. From my view I will always give preference in an interview to someone who has take a crap job with low pay to keep self respect and money coming in above someone who has signed on and wont take low jobs because they think they are beneath them.

Both my husband and I have proved this works.

I myself was made redundant at 51. I applied for lots of posts with no luck. I took a 3 month contract job with the council which extended to 9 months, by then I had some experience working in a council/nhs joint job. I then easily got a temp job with the NHS was taken on permanently and have worked with them ever since.

Hubby was made redundant at 60 then went on to get 3 more jobs before he retired at 65. He was a cabinet maker by trade but 1 job was with wood (they were a bit reluctant to pay on time so left) but the other two were completely different and lower money (one testing soil - moved to Manchester we are London so had to leave - the other Tesco till he retired) but they kept him going to retirement.