Support Each Other In Looking For Work?

williacg

925dancer wrote: »

I have been in constant contact with my landlady but she's only got this one property and had a three year tenancy before me so has never faced this sort of thing before. Neither have I as a tenant, I have as a property manager (my previous profession making this all the harder).

I would happily pay something towards arrears but it's just not possible, I'm single, live alone and have no family to turn to. I already have to use £50 per month from my Jobseekers to pay the shortfall between LHA and my actual rent, finding anything else is impossible. She's just getting very nervous, as I understand but as I said to her yesterday (we communicate via email) I don't know what else I can do.

I'm going to apply for a discretionary housing payment, we'll see if anything comes of that, I really hope so as I want to keep my landlady on side and with every email I receive I'm getting more and more nervous.

Just got to keep on keeping on and hope a job comes up sooner rather than later!

Good luck with the discretionary housing payment - fingers crosssed for you.

Why not have a chat with the CAB to find out if you're entitled to any other discretioary assistance or benefits, you never know.

williacg

livermum wrote: »

Well, the manager from the interview I had yesterday called me and I didn't get the job. She said that (once again) I came second, the person who got the job had more relevant experience than me. I was a bit upset as out of all of the jobs I have interviewed for this was the one that I could really see myself doing long term. I have decided to have the weekend off from searching and start again next week.

Sorry to hear that livermum, I hope something turns up soon.

Have you got any chocolate biccies or ice cream at home? pig out and leave the job hunting for the week-end.

joyce63

top_drawer wrote: »

I have "current and relevant" work experience. Thank you. A job in Oxfam marking tat for sale is not what I need at the moment, in fact I think it would push me over the edge.

I lurk on this thread - I took voluntary redundancy from the civil service at the end of March and despite having over 25 years' experience, am still struggling to even get interviews for jobs. This post touched a nerve though, as I have been volunteering at a local charity shop for the past month or so, and I LOVE it! Sure I wade through loads of tat, but it keeps me busy, gives me some new skills and generally breaks up a week of filling out job applications and signing on. In fact if any paid opportunities were to come up, I'd definitely apply - which is something I'd never have considered before. Keep your options open, that's all I'm saying.

Slinky

Been away for a week, husband still hasn't heard back from his second interview two weeks ago, so that's looking increasingly negative now. The annoying thing that occured last week was a very good contract position my husband was being put forward for they conducted the interviews while we were away. The agency bloke said he would ensure this wasn't a problem, but seeing we haven't heard from him despite calling last week, it would appear the company may have chosen from the other two candidates.

November5th - glad to hear you've got yourself sorted, I could see from the drive you had it would only be a matter of time.

morizot

ladystardust88 wrote: »

I can reveal that it was Hugo Boss. I used to spend quite a lot of hard-earned money in there but now I won't bother. You are completely right about the lucky escape, I kind of got my hopes up about it as it was a spur of the moment and initially it WOULD have sorted out a lot of the money difficulties I am having at the moment.

I've come across similar attitudes regarding my degree choice, but that was honestly the worst reaction I've had. I chose a joint Journalism course as my passion is writing. I constantly have my nose in newspapers, online devouring EVERYTHING I can that can be reported. At the time the industry was so different, but I loved every second of it!

With all honesty, if I had chosen a more traditional subject then not only would I have hated every second of it, I would have taken a place that someone else would have needed. I came from a bit of a bad place as well (the sort where the ambitions of a lot of the girls at school were to get pregnant and a flat...) so university was a massive learning curve for me as it brought me out of my shell and yes, helped develop essential life skills needed for the working world. I am trying to be as practical as I can since I am working from the bare bones up...but if I put aside a penny for every negative comment I've had I would be minted right now :rotfl:

Wow fantastic response, glad that you are fighting back with excellent and thought out arguments, and that the idiotic b****(insert swearword) did not grind you down. Will avoid Hugo Boss in light of your comments, if they cannot conduct an interview professionally, how can I trust them to produce and sell a high quality product?

asparagusnextleft

ladystardust88 wrote: »

I can reveal that it was Hugo Boss. I used to spend quite a lot of hard-earned money in there but now I won't bother. You are completely right about the lucky escape, I kind of got my hopes up about it as it was a spur of the moment and initially it WOULD have sorted out a lot of the money difficulties I am having at the moment.

A friend of mine applied to Hugo Boss and when they phoned her up to ask her in for an interview, they asked her if she was a 'normal' size as she would be expected to wear Hugo Boss clothes which only go up to a size 14 so if she was larger than that there was little point in her going for the interview as she wouldn't be able to wear the uniform.

Shops like this discriminate against plus size people and they get away with it.

EndlessStruggle

OH DEAR GOD!

Sooo. Out of curiousity I googled my full name and all variants, found my very old uni myspace complete with pictures of me with full cleavage on display, various drunk pictures and fancy dress and basically giving the impression I was a drunk floozy and a punch in the facebook page with the title basically saying punch me because of the drunkern situtations I got my friends in. Oh dear.

I volunteer in a charity shop too and I love it too! A paid position came up in another store and I didn't get it I love sorting through stuff. I have got so much stuff from my shop, mostly rescuing it from the bin lol.

starryshell

asparagusnextleft wrote: »

A friend of mine applied to Hugo Boss and when they phoned her up to ask her in for an interview, they asked her if she was a 'normal' size as she would be expected to wear Hugo Boss clothes which only go up to a size 14 so if she was larger than that there was little point in her going for the interview as she wouldn't be able to wear the uniform.

Shops like this discriminate against plus size people and they get away with it.

It isn't just shops who discriminate against larger people. Unfortunately, it is a completely legal discrimination these days.

minicooper272

top_drawer wrote: »

My degree means I can apply for a wide range of positions and I can state I have research and statisitics experience but other than that I think I would have been better [STRIKE]wasting time[/STRIKE] studying Media Studies or similar ;( where I wouldnt have had to work hard/meet deadlines etc and still be in the same position.
Jen

Tell me about it. My flatmates degree classification was 50% based on a 10000 word, 10 page dissertation and 50% on a rather involved presentation. My degree is based on everything I do, my dissertation was 20000 words, 140 pages and only counted for 6% of my degree. I'm glad she has a job now but it's so frustrating getting turned down while someone on a less involved degree gets one so quickly.

I've just finished uni now and I'm in a serious limbo... I need some income until I get a permanent job but most of the 'right here, right now' employers will not take on someone actively job hunting for something better. Grumble.

persa

EndlessStruggle wrote: »

OH DEAR GOD!

Sooo. Out of curiousity I googled my full name and all variants, found my very old uni myspace complete with pictures of me with full cleavage on display, various drunk pictures and fancy dress and basically giving the impression I was a drunk floozy and a punch in the facebook page with the title basically saying punch me because of the drunkern situtations I got my friends in. Oh dear.

I volunteer in a charity shop too and I love it too! A paid position came up in another store and I didn't get it I love sorting through stuff. I have got so much stuff from my shop, mostly rescuing it from the bin lol.

I googled my name before I started looking for work and deleted all traces of me from the internet! My FB settings are private, however if you post a comment on a public fan page, your name gets picked up and indexed. I went back through every page I'd ever commented on and hit delete. Now if you search for me, the only link that comes up is LinkedIn, which is my professional page so nothing dodgy there.

If you delete your MySpace now (or clean it up!) it will in time disappear from Google. I don't know if any employers actually google candidates, but I know I would, so I'm very careful!

Used to volunteer in a charity shop and I loved it too. You get to know the regulars and I never once had a mean customer.