Arrrgghhh so angry, for those who say just get a job stacking shelves

Gillyx

What annoys me is the effort I put in to apply for jobs and no response at all. It's easy to apply for 10 jobs a day if all you're doing is firing off your c.v

Adapting your c.v to jobs you're applying for to address all criteria asked for in the job description, writing an apt covering letter and sending it, either mail or electronically takes alot of effort and time on my part, I'm not asking for an interview every time but surely when you email the employer it's not difficult to send out a generic email to let you know they're not interested.

It all stems down to too many people applying for 1 or 2 positions. In my OH's work, they had 600 applications for a 16 hour a week, minimum wage job. He said they looked through the top pile and when they had enough to interview, the rest of the applications got binned :eek:

palna

meer53 wrote: »

My son who is 24 was made redundant in March from a job he had worked in for 2 years. (He is also a graduate) He has applied for lots of jobs. This week he has had 2 job offers ! One working full time for a bank and another from an electrical retailer (the one that sells trendy things beginning with "i" ) There are jobs out there, you just have to make sure that you sell yourself and do your research before you go to any interviews.

With a degree and over 2 years exprinec i think its alot easier for him to find a job then me, who has a-levels, and lots of diffrent jobs.

skintandscared_2

maybe it depends on the area you live in/skills base you have? I left college at 17 on a Friday, and started work on the Monday, and have been lucky enough to have stayed in continuous work 26 years later as a PA. My niece turns 17 at the end of this month and at one point last year had 2 part time jobs because the first employer couldn't find anyone to replace her and needed her to do any hours she could manage until someone else applied! Ok, it was just positions at a milkshake bar and Next, but the amount of young people I see on here about to start Uni who have never had a job....

GothicStirling

palna wrote: »

With a degree and over 2 years exprinec i think its alot easier for him to find a job then me, who has a-levels, and lots of diffrent jobs.

I think I may have spotted the reason.

thorsoak

palna wrote: »

With a degree and over 2 years exprinec i think its alot easier for him to find a job then me, who has a-levels, and lots of diffrent jobs.

When you do get a job there are three basic points that should be emphasised if you want to keep that job:-

1. Arrive on time, looking as if you are ready to work.

2. Do the work - enthusiastically.

3. Don't moan about it whilst you are there/on facebook.

starchild1972

Before DH fell ill he would do anything and I mean anything to earn money. Cleaned toilets, herded pigs, worked at a fuel station (as manager), stacked shelves, drove buses, cleaned trucks, made cheese by hand.
He has done all this with no UK education (he was educated in South Africa as his parents were forever going backwards and forwards).
He would always start at the very bottom and work his way up. When he couldn't get paid work he got voluntary work.
He was on his way to becoming farm manager (with no agri qualifications) when he fell ill and unfortunately hasn't been able to manually work since.
He now voluntarily teaches handicrafts at a local school and is retraining for admin work with a job offer when qualified.

Beckyy

starchild1972 wrote: »

Before DH fell ill he would do anything and I mean anything to earn money. Cleaned toilets, herded pigs, worked at a fuel station (as manager), stacked shelves, drove buses, cleaned trucks, made cheese by hand.
He has done all this with no UK education (he was educated in South Africa as his parents were forever going backwards and forwards).
He would always start at the very bottom and work his way up. When he couldn't get paid work he got voluntary work.
He was on his way to becoming farm manager (with no agri qualifications) when he fell ill and unfortunately hasn't been able to manually work since.
He now voluntarily teaches handicrafts at a local school and is retraining for admin work with a job offer when qualified.

Maybe some people should take a leaf out of his book!


There are job out there, not necessarily a lot, but they're there. You need to make yourself the ideal candidate.

WelshPaul

I have received over nine hundred application forms for a post advertised two weeks ago, i guess the thought of working from home and being provided with a landline, mobile phone, apple mac and broadband connection at no cost and a full time pay packet is attractive to a lot of people these days.

After all who get's paid for sitting in their underwear listening to a radio in the comfort of their own home lol

Most of those applications will end up in the bin as the man hours it is going to take shifting through them all is simply not viable or fun.

vroombroom

^^^ employ me Welshpaul^^^:money:

I got finished from my job two weeks ago and I'm going to have to cut my mat leave early and get a part time job. I've been applying for cleaning jobs, bar jobs, even one working on a Newcastle-London train as a trolley dolly! (would be fab that as its at night so OH can mind the baby!) xx

But I'm one of the lucky ones I guess cos I have my own transport and can be quite flexible with my hours x

asparagusnextleft

I used to work as an office manager but have experience in supermarkets and call centres as well. When I started looking for work, I applied for office manager and administrator jobs but started to find that employers are demanding a degree for these types of jobs (or even senior management experience in one case, which was ridiculous), which I do not have (just several years experience) and got nowhere. Applied for hundreds of jobs and got one interview. It's worth remembering that a lot of the jobs advertised online do not actually exist, so out of all the jobs I applied for, a lot of the time and effort was wasted as there was actually no job in the first place, they were just a figment of the recruitment consultant's imagination.

After getting nowhere with that, I also looked for supermarket jobs as I just wanted to be at work again. I found that supermarket jobs were few and far between, if you ask in store they direct you to their website where very few jobs were advertised. I also got nowhere with this. The few jobs that were advertised had hundreds of applicants and competition for these jobs is extremely tough as, as has already been mentioned, EVERYONE is applying for them.

Eventually I got a part time job in a small call centre which is actually a mix of calls and admin. It has taken months to get this job, they also had an awful lot of applicants but I was able to meet all their essential criteria and all but one of the desirables.

It's easy for people to say 'just get any job' but the reality is a lot harder as everyone is trying to 'just get any job' at the moment.