Way out of job interview through the jobcentre?

cathy2907

I understand your reaosns for not wanting that job, it canbe hard to travel alot for the same money as you get for staying at home.

What you do not get at home is the exp, which makes it easier to find another job, maybe more local and better paid. Thats the way the Job centre would view it.

I do think they will treat you the same as evryine and think you should give it ago. Sorry i do not have an answer for your excuse.

I travel 3 hours a day stuck on Motorways for a salary that just pays the bills. I could just go bankrupt and have benefits, but I dont want to be sat at home. I enjoy getting to work - you may find you like the people and the job, and maybe after a short period you could get a transfer closer.

See if there is a bigger picture and alternatives in the interview.

morganedge

Cheers.
I guess there's no way out of it. I'll have to go.
Im completely nervous, even though I kind of have nothing to be nervous about considering i dont really want this job, but that's just the way I am. Very nervous/anxious in general as a person. I wont be able to relax at all until its over. I literally cant wait until I can walk OUT of the interview office.
Thanks for the good answers.

PARIS_5000

morganedge wrote: »

I guess my mistake was agreeing to the Jobcentre guy for him to send me info, but I thought if i'd said 'dont send me it' it would look bad.
I didn't know i'd get a phonecall seconds later from the actual place pushing for an interview date.

I also really regret giving the jobcentre my home phone number when i signed on.
Would it be possible to tell them to take my landline off of their database and to give my mobile number instead? Then id probably never have been inconvinienced.

I guess ill just turn up tomorrow in jeans and T-shirt. Be polite but uninterested and leave zero impression without making it terribly obvious! After spending over 2 hours travelling per day for a minumum wage job i'd barely be better off so not remotely interested in the job.

If you turn up in jeans and trainers that will do the trick and just tell the job centre that change your home number.

It up to you whether you give them your home phone number or a moblie they cannot make you give them a number.

David_Brent

I understand your reservations about this especially at minimum wage (I don't know how anyone can live on on it). But then again getting job seekers alowance is a lot worse at roughly £65 per week.

But it does mean you will be in full time employment and is getting your foot back on the ladder and when you apply for other jobs, this will help otherwise they will think you are just a lazy bum and not interested in work!

In terms of your travel I travel 1 hour each way to work and back and its fine.

It may be worth asking the employer if they can help put with expenses getting too and from work.

Also surely it will be good in terms of getting back in a routine getting up in the morning gonig to work etc..the longer you stay out of work the harder it is to get back into it..! I would give it a go and wear a shirt and tie...!

If it really isn't for you then just tell them after the interview. Don't get anxious about it as stated previously look at this as training for future interviews.

morganedge

David_Brent wrote: »

I understand your reservations about this especially at minimum wage (I don't know how anyone can live on on it). But then again getting job seekers alowance is a lot worse at roughly £65 per week.

But it does mean you will be in full time employment and is getting your foot back on the ladder and when you apply for other jobs, this will help otherwise they will think you are just a lazy bum and not interested in work!

In terms of your travel I travel 1 hour each way to work and back and its fine.

It may be worth asking the employer if they can help put with expenses getting too and from work.

Also surely it will be good in terms of getting back in a routine getting up in the morning gonig to work etc..the longer you stay out of work the harder it is to get back into it..! I would give it a go and wear a shirt and tie...!

If it really isn't for you then just tell them after the interview. Don't get anxious about it as stated previously look at this as training for future interviews.

Cheers, although i cant not get anxious unfortunately.
I've been this way for years.
Maybe that's why I could never pass my driving test despite my instructor telling me I was 'a great driver' and obviously putting my in for my tests. When it came to the test I felt sick to the stomach with nerves, almost going dizzy and my examiner said it looked like I was 'in a daze' when I took my driving test(s) which I obviously failed when gliding through roundabouts without looking etc!! lol.

I'm the same when it comes to interviews and things. Even tomorrows interview, which is strange considering I dont even want the job and so dont need to impress anybody!

EllaKeat

Morgan - sometimes the best things happen to you in the strangest ways, call it fate if you like, but go to this interview and just be open minded about it.
I went for an interview, advertised at 7 hrs a week, just above minimum wage. I had been off work for a year and just wanted to get out of the house, it was just admin work, nothing special.
I am now CEO of that company, earning a nice salary and based at home (although I do have to travel).
The point is, you don't know until you try - and when you start your interview, tell them you always stuff up due to nerves - it's a great ice breaker;)

Good luck!

nzmegs

You never know - explain to the person who is interviewing you that you are concerned about the pay scale as you don't think it will be worth your while due to travel costs. Be honest about this as they may consider offering a better wage to the right candidate.The hourly rate is not written in stone, it up to you to negotiate at the interview.

there could be other jobs within the company which may suit you better and they may keep your details on file. Take every opportunity which is offered to you as you may stop getting offers one day and will live to regret it.

iclayt

It was a condition of my JSA that I was prepared to travel an hour each way for work, and I live in quite a rural area so it isn't easy. An hour isn't really very long. You can just space out on the bus, listen to music or the radio, it won't kill you. I'm back in work now and it's 40 minutes each way - for only a little over minimum wage.

I think you don't want to go because you're anxious, not because the travel conditions are less than ideal. Bear in mind that the Jobcentre may follow up on your interview and getting a report that "they turned up in jeans and trainers and really didn't make an effort" wouldn't go down well. You're supposed to be making an effort to come off JSA, minimum wage is still more than £65pw JSA, you can't be so picky.

You might even get the job and enjoy it, improving your confidence, and it's easier to find another job when you already have one.

Hammyman

morganedge wrote: »

I felt like I had to say 'Yes' because its 'through' the jobcentre, but the job is minimum wage, but worse that that it is quite far away.
I cant drive, so it would be over an hours bus journey just to get there. Not at all ideal. Hardly worth it with such low wages.

The interview is tomorrow

Can I get out of this without losing my benefits?

You're damned right your only option was to say yes and no, you can't get out of it. Obviously you've been scrounging and not trying to find a job to the point where the jobcentre found an interview for you. They don't do that to many people.

Hammyman

PARIS_5000 wrote: »

If you turn up in jeans and trainers that will do the trick and just tell the job centre that change your home number.

It up to you whether you give them your home phone number or a moblie they cannot make you give them a number.

Oh cheers. So we, the workers of this country have to continue to support the OP? perhaps you'd like to pay her their benefits instead? Thought not.