I have a vacancy but no one wants to work!

vaporate

In other words, pay is poor.

Gordon_Hose

The minimum wage for an apprentice is £2.50 an hour.

SHIPSHAPE

In 1985 I started my apprenticeship for £40 a week and cycled a round trip of 18 miles a day.
I believe I was on about £15 a week more than my mates on the dole at the time and catching buses would have reduced even that.

If somebody has enough within them to get on in life then distance and money come second for just a few years when one is young.

BackOnTrack

The pay for an apprentice may be poor but your getting real training and qualifications as well as being paid. Compared to the 40k+ of debt you are likely incur getting a degree actually getting paid £2.50 an hour doesn't seem that bad.

Oldernotwiser

Have you placed the vacancy with the local Connexions office and any neighbouring schools?

Spendless

What sort of times are you looking at finishing? If I had a 16-19yo then *possibly* I could BUT we have a 2nd car, with hubby working away o/night erratically without one we wouldn't be able to, I have to get up for work the next day myself, unlike teenager who can presumably sleep in and start work later the following day? And I have a younger child who would possibly be in bed, so would have to come with us, or be left alone late at night. I am not surprised you are struggling to find someone.

Are you a completely out in the sticks place, or is there a village that you are close to that you could advertise the position there?

wantsajob

Apprenticeship = exploitation, bet there isn't a job at the end of it, even if the apprentice turns out to be better than Jamie Oliver.

System

SHIPSHAPE wrote: »

In 1985 I started my apprenticeship for £40 a week and cycled a round trip of 18 miles a day.
I believe I was on about £15 a week more than my mates on the dole at the time and catching buses would have reduced even that.

If somebody has enough within them to get on in life then distance and money come second for just a few years when one is young.

Would you let your 17 yr old daughter cycle 15 miles down a major trunk road at 1AM? :eek:

SHIPSHAPE

!!!!!! wrote: »

Would you let your 17 yr old daughter cycle 15 miles down a major trunk road at 1AM? :eek:

It's safer to drive on a road such as this at 1am than at 7-9am, when more cyclists do.

DGJsaver

SHIPSHAPE wrote: »

It's safer to drive on a road such as this at 1am than at 7-9am, when more cyclists do.

Maybe so , but theres more chance of whatever IS coming down that road at that time in the morning being either a tired foreign trailer driver or a !!!!head