Census Jobs

looking-up_2

I did my e-learning yesterday and today have received an email saying that I will soon be contacted about classroom training on Tuesday.

Looks like I will be starting a few days late again.

So you should hear soon

dou_jyr

nope, nothing oh well, one last day ringing doorbells tomorrow ....

telboyo

NonGeographicalMan wrote: »

Many thanks for the clarification.

But the question then remains as to why Crapita couldn't organise things so that a smaller number of people got a decent and worthwhile three month or so long period of employment as a Special Enumerator, then Collector and then Interviewer instead of all the nonsense of advertising so many different job titles of such short duration.

Who in their right mind for instance would apply for the role of Interviewer alone given the tiny total number of hours of employment vs all the hassle of Siftability, telephone interview, online learning, classroom training and CRB checks before actually getting employed.

Why not apply for a 25 hr per week job? There are places in Britain where full time jobs are like the proverbial rocking horse poo so why not stop whining and get what you can. In the last few weeks I have gone from no work to having 4 jobs next week totaling 57 hrs.

1. 6 hrs cleaning (Cash in Hand)
2. 16 Hrs supermarket (perm contract)
3. 25 hrs Census ( 4 week contract)
4. 10-12 stocktaking ( casual )

It was my first day at the supermarket today and they offered me Overtime for tomorrow but I am already fully booked.

With 4 jobs on the go if 1 vanishes it is not a complete disaster.

timefortea

57 hours is a lot, don't burn yourself out!

beckythemadcow

telboyo wrote: »

There are places in Britain where full time jobs are like the proverbial rocking horse poo so why not stop whining and get what you can.

That's the attitude! People moaning get nowhere. A positive attitude gets you where you want to be! I have been working between 55-70 hours a week over the last month or so. It was a bit much, so I have put a hold on the casual work in the supermarket (3rd job).

It's true about full time jobs, damn near impossible to find, but there are plenty of part time positions.

NonGeographicalMan

beckythemadcow wrote: »

That's the attitude! People moaning get nowhere. A positive attitude gets you where you want to be!

Cue Norman Tebbitt and cries of "On Your Bike"

Yes there are lots of very dull part time jobs on supermarket checkouts or filling shelves at B&Q at or just above minimum wage waiting to be done but whether you will be better off doing one will depend on your personal financial circumstances (if you have several children below 18 you may not be) and your previous education and background as a person.

If your only experience of work has been in things like shop retail and you left school at 16 you may be happy working long hours in very routine work for low wages but if you were educated to do better things and used to earn higher wages you will find it a very demeaning and depressing experience.

It is the artificial impediments in the job market to skilled people continuing to get skilled jobs once they are much over 40 that need to be addressed.

beckythemadcow

NonGeographicalMan wrote: »

Cue Norman Tebbitt and cries of "On Your Bike"

Yes there are lots of very dull part time jobs on supermarket checkouts or filling shelves at B&Q at or just above minimum wage waiting to be done but whether you will be better off doing one will depend on your personal financial circumstances (if you have several children below 18 you may not be) and your previous education and background as a person.

If your only experience of work has been in things like shop retail and you left school at 16 you may be happy working long hours in very routine work for low wages but if you were educated to do better things and used to earn higher wages you will find it a very demeaning and depressing experience.

It is the artificial impediments in the job market to skilled people continuing to get skilled jobs once they are much over 40 that need to be addressed.

I have an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering and trained at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, I think I am entitled to call myself educated.

I find it much more depressing sitting at home moaning that there is no work, than working menial jobs, earning money and having the satisfaction of doing something!

I do not plan to be working casual jobs forever, but like I said. A negative attitude will get you nowhere. Any prospective employer will see that. No surprise you didn't get the census job.

telboyo

Well said Becky

I gave up a perfectly good well paid job because I had had enough of working 200 miles from my home and commuting on a weekly basis, it was my choice to change my lifestyle- unfortunately there are not many jobs around here that pay £30k plus unlimited overtime.
The vast majority of jobs around here are P/T casual at NMW or less.

The funny thing about these "dull" jobs is that nobody whinges about having a job. In my previous role people would whinge constantly about the work to be done and then moan in the next breath that I would only allow them 15 hrs O/T that week. It seems that some people are never happy.

I think my best job is a pub cleaning one- I work on my own and I have a definite target, which I achieve without completing endless spreadsheets for charts of KPI targets met.

Oh I have an Honours degree in Engineering and worked constantly from the age of 16 through to 47. My degree was taken part time.

Some people are obviously far too proud to work for a living if the job does not suit them.

Thanet62

Re CENSUS COVERAGE SURVEY - Interviewers

How did it go people? Thanks to an earlier post who suggested taking an address listing off the Royal Mail site. The day has been a breeze with this list, although the whole of the paperwork that needs to be completed still seems extremely excessive. Door knocking tomorrow...let the fun begin!!

Lil_Me_2

Yeh it was really easy. With my list it was a simple case of ticking off that the address existed and looking out for others that might be missed. My partner and I got a coffee so didn't start til around 11 and we'd been round all our houses by 1:30 so went for lunch and chatted about what we'd do.

I was a little annoyed to find out that I'm meant to do my 25 hours by Friday as that is when the working week runs to! I'm at normal work wed-fri this week so it's not really going to be possible. We can carry hours over, but then I'll miss the payrun for it. Ho hum I'll see how things go.

I think we've picked the long straw of households as we don't seem to have as many as others so I think we'll end up helping them out. Spoke to an elderly lady who was very cautious and rightfully so, she was going to speak to her family to check we were legit. I imagine we'll get this a lot.