have to send 4 cvs a week

SevenOfNine

I think the only way you could change your adviser is to switch Job Centre, which you can do if you have a second one in your area.

Tell your adviser that you WANT to be enrolled on an A4e course as she initially suggested. This will indicate that you want help to increase your chances of employment. Ask her for a leaflet, they provide advice, training, help identify barriers to you being gainfully employed etc.

Will cost you nothing but your time and will show the Job Centre that you are being a bit more proactive.

As for 2 CV's a week not being enough, look at the person whose daughter sent out 150 - didn't actually lead to a job did it! Not that I'm criticising the time and effort that went in to that, top marks for effort to her. 2 CV's might be enough in the early stages of JSA, my Job Centre gaily informed me I don't have to apply for anything which is less money than I got pre redundancy, more hours or in any different field of work for the first 3 months of claiming (great, I'll just sit on my bum collecting £65 per week contribution based JSA then).

However, I attend a Job Club run by our local Age UK for the over 50's, offers no end of training and advice. I am also enrolled on the A4e, done via a Women and Work thing we have locally which helps women into work. The Job Centre advisors have been extremely pleasant because they are aware that these organisations are helping with my CV, interview skills, application forms and general job hunt. They are right to give you an ear bashing if you've done nothing more than send a couple of CV's.

chamley

SevenOfNine wrote: »

I think the only way you could change your adviser is to switch Job Centre, which you can do if you have a second one in your area.

Tell your adviser that you WANT to be enrolled on an A4e course as she initially suggested. This will indicate that you want help to increase your chances of employment. Ask her for a leaflet, they provide advice, training, help identify barriers to you being gainfully employed etc.

Will cost you nothing but your time and will show the Job Centre that you are being a bit more proactive.

As for 2 CV's a week not being enough, look at the person whose daughter sent out 150 - didn't actually lead to a job did it! Not that I'm criticising the time and effort that went in to that, top marks for effort to her. 2 CV's might be enough in the early stages of JSA, my Job Centre gaily informed me I don't have to apply for anything which is less money than I got pre redundancy, more hours or in any different field of work for the first 3 months of claiming (great, I'll just sit on my bum collecting £65 per week contribution based JSA then).

However, I attend a Job Club run by our local Age UK for the over 50's, offers no end of training and advice. I am also enrolled on the A4e, done via a Women and Work thing we have locally which helps women into work. The Job Centre advisors have been extremely pleasant because they are aware that these organisations are helping with my CV, interview skills, application forms and general job hunt. They are right to give you an ear bashing if you've done nothing more than send a couple of CV's.

i am going to ask about the new deal 50 plus,do you know anything that this course entails,
thanks.

Mr_Falling_Star

As I recall the 50+ thing is a day long course which looks at jobseeking for that age bracket and gives you some tips, it also acts as a bit of a confidence builder

As a ex jobcentre plus I can tell you that two CV's a week is a bit feeble.

Vader123

To all posters.......

Can we stop now please?

The OP has had advice, the OP has only been back once and that was to call someone a "pig".

The advice given is not what they want to hear.

Lets all move on.....

Vader

inmypocketnottheirs

Another solution....

Become a window cleaner or somesuch and then register for tax credits. Earn around 6k a year and collect a bundle of tax credits. You will get more than on JSA.

donnajunkie

chamley wrote: »

im a single dad (52) yrs old,my son is 12,on my last visit to the jobcentre, my job advisor a youing lady in her twenties,got really stroppy because i had only sent 2 cvs in a fortnight,she raised her voice,and spoke to me like a school kid.and told me to ring a number for a work trial.
then said i had to send 8 cvs a fortnight,and start ringing companies for job interveiws,and also put me on a a4e course,whatever that is,then she cancelled the course 10 mins later,i think she has taken a dislike to me ,and me her,could i change my adviser,

2 in a fortnight is a low amount. what does it say on your jobseekers agreement regarding how many you will send? if you are fulfilling that they cant say too much. although they could change it i guess.

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Out of all the CV 's i have ever sent out when i was unemployed, i can think of hardly any that were even acknowledged. Even when i gave an email address and just asked for a quick email to say they had recieved it.

The best way to deal with advisors is to try and be cheerful and pleasent to them, most of them are bored and have to put up with lots of grumpy people. If you are nice to them and can make decent conversation they are much more likely to be more positive towards you. Remember it can't be the most fun job to do can it.

SevenOfNine

Vader123 wrote: »

To all posters.......

Can we stop now please?

The OP has had advice, the OP has only been back once and that was to call someone a "pig".

The advice given is not what they want to hear.

Lets all move on.....

Vader

If you want to stop Vader, by all means do so. :wave: Not quite sure why you feel entitled to request everyone else do so as well - the OP has actually asked a further question about training (which I don't know the answer to).

"Moving on" is quite easy. Stop opening, or adding to, threads YOU are bored with. Simplzz. :silenced:

puddy

i think the best way of dealing with the advisor's personality is to avoid the job centre as much as possible

if it were me, i would do this by getting a job so that i didnt have to sign on and see the advisor

patman99

Funny that. In Colchester all the JC+ advisors are pleasent and welcoming.
If anything, they probably get fed up of me asking them about training courses etc.

Nice to know jobfairs work. I posted a thread a while back asking for opinions on whether or not they were worth attending.

As for cv's, a friends colleague's daughter works as a temp for several large companies. She tells me it is pretty much standard practice to shred any prospective cv's, and delete any emails enquiring about jobs. Apparently a lot of firms are getting the ar5e over the amount of time being tied-up processing prospective job applications. That's why you don't get a reply.