I have a vacancy but no one wants to work!

more_money_for_me

Lets face it, if a young person at the moment gets work experience and the chance to network and meet other potential employers, and its not costing them money. Then they are probably considerably better off than a student doing a sociology degree, getting further into debt each day with little chance of employment at the end. I have had jobs since I was around 12, and can honestly say each one taught me something, they also allowed me to move on, build my skills, and end up in secure employment I enjoy. We are not all going to end up being Jamie Oliver, Katie Price, Beckham et al. Life is generally hard work with not huge financial reward, and an early lesson in this is no bad thing.

AdaptiveSequence

more_money_for_me wrote: »

Lets face it, if a young person at the moment gets work experience and the chance to network and meet other potential employers, and its not costing them money. Then they are probably considerably better off than a student doing a sociology degree, getting further into debt each day with little chance of employment at the end. I have had jobs since I was around 12, and can honestly say each one taught me something, they also allowed me to move on, build my skills, and end up in secure employment I enjoy. We are not all going to end up being Jamie Oliver, Katie Price, Beckham et al. Life is generally hard work with not huge financial reward, and an early lesson in this is no bad thing.

That is an excellent tale - please tell me more:T

dark_lady

I left school on 12th June 1989. On 13th June 1989 i started a job at Tesco Garden Centre for £65.00 a week. This was a lot of money back then for a sixteen year old so not all of us were struggling on YTS type wages back in the 80s so i think its a bit unfair for some posters to use these training courses that they did back then as a benchmark or an excuse for saying that young people should do them now when costs are so much higher. The way some posters are coming across is "well we had to do it so why shouldnt you" but not all of us did have to do it back then. And it was more of a choice back then as well but it seems more young people might be forced into it now.
Some posters on here are so desperate to be right and so willing to belittle and stereotype young people, that they are trying to rewrite history just so they can win their side of the argument.

Humphrey10

I wouldn't expect anyone to work for so little. The minimum wage exists for a reason, people shouldn't be allowed to get out of paying it just by calling something an apprenticeship.

I got my first job 10 years ago, aged 17, with zero experience, part time in Tesco, it was paid above minimum wage (can't remember how much though, but it was something like 20p more, not 1p more like ToysRUs paid me a few years ago!), and my pay increased when I turned 18, to keep it above min wage for 18+.

elisebutt65

more_money_for_me wrote: »

Lets face it, if a young person at the moment gets work experience and the chance to network and meet other potential employers, and its not costing them money. Then they are probably considerably better off than a student doing a sociology degree, getting further into debt each day with little chance of employment at the end. I have had jobs since I was around 12, and can honestly say each one taught me something, they also allowed me to move on, build my skills, and end up in secure employment I enjoy. We are not all going to end up being Jamie Oliver, Katie Price, Beckham et al. Life is generally hard work with not huge financial reward, and an early lesson in this is no bad thing.

I was picking crops down the road when I was 13 for an absolute pittance! - Taught me to avoid manual labour like the plague!!!!
:rotfl:

more_money_for_me

elisebutt65 wrote: »

I was picking crops down the road when I was 13 for an absolute pittance! - Taught me to avoid manual labour like the plague!!!!
:rotfl:

LOL. But it is useful to learn early in life what you don't want to do as well. Most of my early jobs were agricultural, nice being outside but rubbish money. Like you I actively avoid this type of work now.

Oldernotwiser

dark_lady wrote: »

I left school on 12th June 1989. On 13th June 1989 i started a job at Tesco Garden Centre for £65.00 a week. This was a lot of money back then for a sixteen year old so not all of us were struggling on YTS type wages back in the 80s so i think its a bit unfair for some posters to use these training courses that they did back then as a benchmark or an excuse for saying that young people should do them now when costs are so much higher.

But not everybody wants to encourage 16 year olds to start work in dead end jobs, even if well paid, and this won't be allowed to happens soon, fortunately.

dickydonkin

We are not all going to end up being Jamie Oliver, Katie Price, Beckham et al.

And we should all be eternally grateful for that IMO.

teabelly

If non one applies for your job when there are so many people unemployed then it must suck, big time. Re-advertise with a decent wage/board and lodgings and see if there are any takers.

starchild1972

Sorry guys £2.50 p.h. is the going rate for an apprenticeship

• £5.93 - the main rate for workers aged 21 and over
• £4.92 - the 18-20 rate
• £3.64 - the 16-17 rate for workers above school leaving age but under 18
• £2.50 - the apprentice rate, for apprentices under 19 or 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/TheNationalMinimumWage/DG_10027201