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  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    edited 30 July 2011 at 10:19PM
    LadyMissA wrote: »
    More than 3 a week? Anyone seriously looking will be looking all day every day like I am now inbetween here. On page 26 now on www.totaljobs.com :(

    i do 3 / 4 maybe even 6 job searches, im not on the programme yet though. I dont use totaljobs as ive found its more for people with qualifications whereas i dont have any
  • LadyMissA
    LadyMissA Posts: 3,263 Forumite
    DCFC79 wrote: »
    i do more than 3 a week, 3 or 4 maybe even 5 job searchs i do but i also write down my interviews i have, im not on the programme yet though


    You only look for work 5 times a week? Seriously? I have over 60 jobs to write down in my booklet for this last week
  • DCFC79
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    LadyMissA wrote: »
    You only look for work 5 times a week? Seriously? I have over 60 jobs to write down in my booklet for this last week

    its more like 10 maybe more over 2 week period as im on drop and go, cant do much more otherwise ill lose the plot plus im doing learndirect
  • LadyMissA
    LadyMissA Posts: 3,263 Forumite
    DCFC79 wrote: »
    its more like 10 maybe more over 2 week period as im on drop and go


    drop and go?
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    edited 30 July 2011 at 11:05PM
    LadyMissA wrote: »
    drop and go?

    every other week I have an appointment with the advisor and during the time between 1 appointment and the next I fill in a sheet much like the booklet you start off with. So instead of going to the JC every week its every other week for me. Advisor said its because of my age so he says. My searches last about 1 hour to 1 hour and half as i search different sites, i actually do more than i write down.
  • LadyMissA
    LadyMissA Posts: 3,263 Forumite
    DCFC79 wrote: »
    every other week I have an appointment with the advisor and during the time between 1 appointment and the next I fill in a sheet much like the booklet you start off with. So instead of going to the JC every week its every other week for me. Advisor said its because of my age so he says. My searches last about 1 hour to 1 hour and half as i search different sites, i actually do more than i write down.


    Yes I up till the other week signed on week one and then the next week saw the adviser and filled in at least 2 booklets every 3 weeks or so but I am only writing down the jobs I apply for.

    How long have you been signing on and how old are you?

    You do 1.5 hrs a day searching?
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    LadyMissA wrote: »
    Yes I up till the other week signed on week one and then the next week saw the adviser and filled in at least 2 booklets every 3 weeks or so but I am only writing down the jobs I apply for.

    How long have you been signing on and how old are you?

    You do 1.5 hrs a day searching?


    since end of march, 31,

    yes about 1.5 hours a day, sometimes 6 times a week.

    I got my last appointment with my advisor next week then 2 weeks after I have an appointment with another advisor. Im apparently meant to have widened my search to cover other jobs but im applying for what jobs I can based on my experience.
  • LadyMissA
    LadyMissA Posts: 3,263 Forumite
    DCFC79 wrote: »
    since end of march, 31,

    yes about 1.5 hours a day, sometimes 6 times a week.

    I got my last appointment with my advisor next week then 2 weeks after I have an appointment with another advisor. Im apparently meant to have widened my search to cover other jobs but im applying for what jobs I can based on my experience.

    1.5 hrs a day is nothing at all really. Sites are being updated every 5 minutes.

    Yeah they made me widen my search to admin instead of accounts anf the minimum wage.
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    LadyMissA wrote: »
    1.5 hrs a day is nothing at all really. Sites are being updated every 5 minutes.

    Yeah they made me widen my search to admin instead of accounts anf the minimum wage.

    direct.gov isnt updated that often, maybe once a day, cant say jobsite is and neither is another site i use.
  • LadyMissA
    LadyMissA Posts: 3,263 Forumite
    DCFC79 wrote: »
    direct.gov isnt updated that often, maybe once a day, cant say jobsite is and neither is another site i use.


    you only used two sites?
    what work are you looking for?
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