Support Each Other In Looking For Work?

stephyt23

livermum wrote: »

Steph at our local university bookshop they have a section selling used text books that students had from the previous year. I found this particularly useful as they are so much cheaper then buying them new.

Welcome to all the new people, good luck with your job searching!

Drea how was your first day?

Thanks Livermum I'll look into that as well I had hoped this uni would use the same books as my old one but there's only 2 books that are the same. My brother suggested I sell mine to help pay for new ones but knowing my luck I'll need them again over the next 4 years so think I'd best keep hold of them

Drea

livermum wrote: »

Steph at our local university bookshop they have a section selling used text books that students had from the previous year. I found this particularly useful as they are so much cheaper then buying them new.

Welcome to all the new people, good luck with your job searching!

Drea how was your first day?

Not bad, been doing the same as I did when I went there temp but tomorrow will start to do another job too. Been told from HR that my "issues" were more extensive than they first thought so they need to think about the next step.... which doesn't sound hopeful to me but just have to wait and see I guess.

morizot

Productive day today. Have a phone interview lined up for tomorrow, a couple of potential leads being explored and the possibility of taking a job with present company, (would mean staying away from home but worth a trial period to see if I can hack it).

Best of all the phone was ringing, made a pleasant change. Also managed a cycle ride in the afternoon:cool:

If only all the days were like this, sigh

tygr

Steph

Can I ask what you've said about going to uni in September to the job centre? Do they know and do they accept that it has an impact on the types of jobs you're looking for i.e. part time/ temporary etc? I told the guy in the Welsh job centre to ask if I was eligible and he said yes but I'm nervous about what to say at my interview in the English job centre tomorrow. I assume it's best to be up front as realistically I don't want a permanent full time job so won't be applying for them. I'm available to work full time but only til the end of Sept then if I'm still claiming by then I'll sign off.

Were they ok about it?

thunderb0lt

tygr wrote: »

Steph

Can I ask what you've said about going to uni in September to the job centre? Do they know and do they accept that it has an impact on the types of jobs you're looking for i.e. part time/ temporary etc? I told the guy in the Welsh job centre to ask if I was eligible and he said yes but I'm nervous about what to say at my interview in the English job centre tomorrow. I assume it's best to be up front as realistically I don't want a permanent full time job so won't be applying for them. I'm available to work full time but only til the end of Sept then if I'm still claiming by then I'll sign off.

Were they ok about it?

As a general rule you need to be available for 40 hours a week to qualify for JSA. The exception is if you have an underlyingn health problem or caring responsibilites. You may explain to them that you are going to uni in September. That's fine but until then you should ideally be looking for FT temp work. Full time is anything over 16 hours.

charlie-chan

Steph, if you are doing an Education or Teaching course, I have some textbooks left over from my degree that I haven't yet sold on Ebay .

PM me if interested.

tygr

thunderb0lt wrote: »

As a general rule you need to be available for 40 hours a week to qualify for JSA. The exception is if you have an underlyingn health problem or caring responsibilites. You may explain to them that you are going to uni in September. That's fine but until then you should ideally be looking for FT temp work. Full time is anything over 16 hours.

Thanks. I haven't worked FT for 18 months. I was off sick with depression for 6 months, went back PT and then we were all made redundant. Since then I've been studying. I think I'm well enough to work FT but would prefer not to work 40 hours. I could definitely manage at least 25 hours as I did that in April. Technically I am currently available for 40 hours. I'll explain it all tomorrow and see what they say.

As long as they realise that I can't commit to anything permanent then that's fine.

925dancer

Well, three jobs with my specific property experience advertised over the last few days, all applied for, fingers crossed! At least I still have my Amazon assessment in mid July to keep me going in the meantime.

Stephy, try Amazon for books, loads of second hand sellers, I got an amazing book for about £10 that's usually about £30-40 for my course off there.

Stew68

Evening all,

I've just realised that I haven't told you the outcome of the interview I had last Thursday, well I didn't get it but with the distance and the low wages I wasn't that upset.

I do have another interview lined up now for Friday morning for a job that is quite similar to what I was doing before I was made redundant last year, it's a permanent job and the wages aren't bad so i'm really going to go all out for this one.

Welcome to the new arrivals, I hope you find the support here that you need, we are all really very friendly and supportive.

Hope for some more good news for people this week.

prosaver

Drea wrote: »

Hey,

I fully expected to already find a thread like this here and wanted to join in but haven't seemed to find one (if I'm wrong please let me know).

There are debt free diaries, there's a big daily OS thread, why not have one for those of us looking for work? It can be demoralising and I figure it might help to keep us going.

I've only been looking a couple days but so far have joined a couple of agencies (not that I hold out much hope with them), applied for around 15 jobs and even had my first proper interview this morning! I think it went well and I hope to get the job, it sounded perfect for me.

Now I'm sat here half way through an online application form not quite finding the motivation to finish it... I'll get there :rotfl:


Interview Question Ideas:

Questions to Ask:

• Why has this vacancy arisen?
• How do you review performance?
• How was the job handled in the past?
• What would you expect of me in the first six months?
• What do you see as my key long-term challenges?
• What is the expected career path for this position?
• Do you expect me to develop new expertise in any areas?
• What are the characteristics of successful people in this firm?
• Where would I fit into the overall structure?
• Will anyone report into me?
• Who would I report to and what is the line of authority?
• Is any training required as part of this job?
• What are the opportunities for advancement/promotion?
• What is the firm’s long-term strategy?
• Is the firm looking to expand into new areas?
• What is the largest challenge facing the firm at the moment?
• How would you describe the firm’s values?
• Is there likely to be any relocation in the future?

Questions you might be asked:


Questions where you can sell yourself

Tell me about yourself.

• Why do you want this job?
• What would you expect to accomplish here?
• Where do you want to be in five years time?
• Do you consider yourself to be a natural leader?
• What attracts you to this role?
• What does success mean to you?
• What are your career aspirations?
• What have been your major accomplishments?
• How would members of your team describe you?
• What really motivates you?
• What special skills do you have?
• What is your greatest strength?
• What do you do on your days off?

Questions where the interviewer is seeking informative answers:

• What do you know about this firm?
• What is a typical week’s work in your current job?
• Describe your greatest challenge so far.
• What are you looking for in your next job?
• How long have you been looking for another position?
• Why do you want to work for this firm?
• What can we offer that your current firm cannot?
• Do you deal with any of your firm’s top 10 clients?
• How do you determine priorities?
• Why should I hire you?
• How do you handle criticism?
• What makes a good manager?
• How do you run a meeting?

Questions where you may need to turn a negative into a positive:

• Why do you want to leave your current employer?
• What has been your greatest challenge in business so far?
• What are your key strengths or weaknesses?
• What thing irritates you most in the workplace?
• Describe your toughest client.
• How do you work under pressure?
• Describer a difficult work situation and how you managed it.
• What do you dislike about your current role?
• Which tasks don’t you like to do?
• Is there anyone in your current organisation you really don’t get on with?
• Do you make your opinions known if you disagree with a more senior member of staff?
• How do you feel about working weekends?
• Why aren’t you earning more at this stage of your career?
• Why were you made redundant/fired?

Blue-sky questions

• What would you do if you won the lottery?
• If you became Prime Minister what would be the first thing you’d change?
• What do you think of me as an interviewer?
• If you had to move to another industry, which would you choose?

do you know anyone here?:cool:
yes my brother..;)
ok start on monday.:cool: