"Just get a job" advice

PasturesNew

A_nice_fellow wrote: »

I wll emploiy intelligent people with good work ethic, PM me. SERIOUS REQUEST.

I'll take that challenge.

PasturesNew

adg1 wrote: »

Register with any jobseeker website and they will email you everything that matches basic criteria on a daily basis.

I am registered with four large ones, I get about 2 emails/month containing jobs I am not qualified to do.

MrChandlerBing

Person_one wrote: »

Are you employed? Have you had to look for work in the last two years or so?

Why all the malice directed at people in a tough spot who haven't hurt you?

Yes I graduated from university this year, it took me 3 months to find a job. If I was desperate I could have got a job the next day but I worked part time throughout uni and had enough money to keep going for a while whilst I looked for something I would like.

Its not malice, I'm just sick of this "there are no jobs!". There are lots of jobs, just in areas that people don't want to work.

PasturesNew

MrChandlerBing wrote: »

Yes I graduated from university this year, it took me 3 months to find a job. If I was desperate I could have got a job the next day but I worked part time throughout uni and had enough money to keep going for a while whilst I looked for something I would like.

Its not malice, I'm just sick of this "there are no jobs!". There are lots of jobs, just in areas that people don't want to work.

I hope your employer knows what a treasure they have in you.

A lot of employers want degrees these days. A job at £6/hour's no good if it's 100 miles away. Many jobs are part-time (won't cover the rent for a single person, never mind bills/food/travel to work).

You were lucky ... the trouble is, you don't know how lucky.

seven-day-weekend

My son was recently made redundant from Matalan and luckily got the second job he applied for, at Morrisons.

However....this is a 16 hour post; due to his circumstances he can afford to take this, but not everybody can. He wrote to about fifteen other major retailers (some advertised posts, some not), the only other thing that came his way was an offer of a FOUR hour temporary contract at a major clothes retailer.

Nobody else bothered to even reply, and this is to someone who is very experienced in retail and very good at it. I dread to think how other people fare.

So yes, there are jobs, but, at least in retail, they are usually short hours and very often temporary (although my son's job is a permanent one, thank goodness).

It does not appear to be easy to get ANY job, let alone a suitable one.

looby75

MrChandlerBing wrote: »

I imagine every single one of them would get a job actually or at the very least a couple of interviews, especially if they were willing to do telesales or say be a kitchen porter.

I think a better test would be these people who claim they are desperate to work is to see if they would still be in these jobs after a month

sorry but that is totally wrong.

I've been applying for anything I can physically do (I have some health problems that rule out certain jobs) for almost 2 years now and get very few interviews, in fact it's unusual for me to even get a rejection letter/email. My CV has been checked and tweaked and I adapt it for every application but so far no luck, but I'll accept my situation isn't perfect because of the limits on the jobs I can physically do.

However my daughters boyfriend's dad was made redundant earlier this year, his contributions based JSA has run out now and his wife's earnings mean that he doesn't get a penny now. Her wage isn't exactly high and they are really struggling, he is desperate as it gets to get a job and applies for every single job he sees advertised, from cleaner to engineer (his previous job) and so far he's had 8 interviews in almost a year :eek: he hardly ever gets so much as a rejection letter from the lower down the scale jobs, they can see from his past work experience that he is highly qualified and obviously he's not going to stay as a pot washer for years so they don't even waste their time interviewing him.

DCFC79

How about mcdonalds and get a mcdegree,

I accept it is slightly harder than people think to get a job as some areas of the country are more affluent with jobs than others, the last couple of weeks there has only been 1 job that actually caught my eye as being interesting. Luckily i am in work(even though its mind numbigly boring) but not sure how long i could last if i didnt have a job, i search jobsite, direct.gov and the others but the jobs on there are all for people with qualifications and/or years of experience which i dotn have or the jobs are ones i cant see myself doing

looby75

even McDonalds aren't hiring at the moment. My daughter is looking for a p/t job and has handed her CV in to all the local fast food places, they have all told her they aren't hiring right now and that when people leave they aren't being replaced if at all possible.

emilyteach1

I have never struggled to find work. This is NOT a gloat, merely an observation as an alternative to the bad luck(?) that so many people seem to be experiencing right now. AND I’ve changed jobs twice during this recession, so my experience isn’t isolated to that distant past when jobs were plentiful [though, admittedly, I was in the privileged position of already being employed. Nevertheless, my 3 most recent jobs have been completely unrelated in nature].

I’ve had part-time, full-time, temp, permanent, days, nights, weekends, menial, complex, graduate, non-graduate. You get the picture – all kinds of jobs.

And I’ve lived and worked in and around Liverpool all my life, so I’m not exactly living in an area known for its plentiful employment offerings.

My secret has always been to carefully tailor each job application to the advert [I can spend days on one application], and to make sure I tick every single box re the skills, qualities and attributes that the employer is looking for.

I will do any job, nothing is beneath me. I’m a graduate, but I’m not ‘too qualified’ for anything. I will work any hours that God sends, including weekends, evenings, etc., and I make sure I point this out in applications and interviews – and I stick to my word, too.

I’ve had my fair share of rejections and have ballsed-up more interviews than I can count, but I’ve always just shrugged the negatives off, as there always seems to be something just around the corner.

I genuinely feel for people who are willing to give it their all, but aren’t even getting interviews [assuming there’s nothing wrong with their applications], which is why also believe that heaps of luck goes a long way when you’re jobseeking!

DCFC79

looby75 wrote: »

even McDonalds aren't hiring at the moment. My daughter is looking for a p/t job and has handed her CV in to all the local fast food places, they have all told her they aren't hiring right now and that when people leave they aren't being replaced if at all possible.

must the mcdonalds your daughter applied for as theres mcjobs at the mcdonalds close to me