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Who knows best: get me a job
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It will be interesting to see just how many of these long term jobless are still in work 12 months from now when everyone has forgotten who they are. I also don't see them trying to help those that have had a good work history and have been made redundant in their 40 or 50s. There are thousands of people like that with large mortgages that can't survive on JSA or NMW. It's all very well helping the !!!!less living nicely on benefits but what about the rest? I saw a bit of one programme and was so irritated I had to switch it off!0
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It will be interesting to see just how many of these long term jobless are still in work 12 months from now when everyone has forgotten who they are. I also don't see them trying to help those that have had a good work history and have been made redundant in their 40 or 50s. There are thousands of people like that with large mortgages that can't survive on JSA or NMW. It's all very well helping the !!!!less living nicely on benefits but what about the rest? I saw a bit of one programme and was so irritated I had to switch it off!
It's probably worth bearing in mind that these programmes are made as entertainment, aiming to attract the most viewers and turn a profit for the company who produces them.
If they thought for a moment that there would be a good market making a show about someone who's worked hard all their life and then been made redundant I'm sure they would. However, the truth of the matter is that the format they are using attracts the most viewers, and the most discussion - thus making them more money!0 -
Very true. I'd hoped too much. Shame working lunch has finished as that is the kind of programme that could have done something useful. The forum has also decided that a word rhyming with reckless is swearing!0
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Well it means more than having no GCSE's, or does it?
Not really. My brother has a law degree but is as thick as two short planks. When I see his posts of Facebook, the spelling makes me cringe. Worst part is he is now a teacher but that answers many questions I've had about the levels of literacy now prevalent amongst school leavers.0 -
What made me cringe was the other bloke in his 40's. Very poor work history, a criminal record but they still managed to find him a permanent job and he didn't take it. The look on his face when they told him they could extend the start date was a picture, he was trying everything he could to not take it!
At least he found another job, but to turn down a £19K job with his record was incredible.0 -
NewarkDave wrote: »I watched this programme with great interest as in some ways it mirrors my life story. I left school at 16 with no qualifications, and spent 3 years wasting my life, smoking weed and playing on my playstation. When I was 19 the jobcentre sent me on New Deal, and within a week the company running the New Deal course had me an interview as an admin assistant with a local haulage firm for a job paying 13K. I attended the interview, and 3 days later got a call to say that they wanted to offer me a job as a traffic co-ordinator, paying 18K instead. That was 1 year ago, and on the 23rd August I will start my new role as traffic manager, paying 32K + bonus + car. I was told by my HR manager that the only reason I was hired initially was because of a personal recommendation from the New Deal provider I had been referred to, so I think it goes to show that this sort of success can happen to anyone, not just someone on a TV show!
Great, so where can I buy some weed?0 -
It will be interesting to see just how many of these long term jobless are still in work 12 months from now when everyone has forgotten who they are. I also don't see them trying to help those that have had a good work history and have been made redundant in their 40 or 50s. There are thousands of people like that with large mortgages that can't survive on JSA or NMW. It's all very well helping the !!!!less living nicely on benefits but what about the rest? I saw a bit of one programme and was so irritated I had to switch it off!
Sorry - what is NMW please?0 -
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NewarkDave wrote: »It's probably worth bearing in mind that these programmes are made as entertainment, aiming to attract the most viewers and turn a profit for the company who produces them.
If they thought for a moment that there would be a good market making a show about someone who's worked hard all their life and then been made redundant I'm sure they would. However, the truth of the matter is that the format they are using attracts the most viewers, and the most discussion - thus making them more money!
but its also to highlight what people go through when not in work0
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