I need a boost

Nemo

If you're determined to get into a school, contact local schools and ask about volunteering. Many will be happy to give you some hours. It'll give you the opportunity to see if it's an environment you want to work in, and will be experience to put on an application form.

wannabehermit

crazyguy wrote: »

Here:

Hope you get sorted out with things,

Thanks

doodoot wrote: »

((HUGS)) OP.

Just a thought, but what about doing some voluntary work to get you out of the house and keep your sanity intact for a bit?

JCP has a list of volunteering opportunities, and you will have something recent to show on your CV.

At least it will show that you are willing to do something even if it's unpaid...it will also fill a gap in your CV.

Good luck!

Nemo wrote: »

If you're determined to get into a school, contact local schools and ask about volunteering. Many will be happy to give you some hours. It'll give you the opportunity to see if it's an environment you want to work in, and will be experience to put on an application form.

There are a few things I'd like to do volunteering wise, HomeStart is one, especially as they helped me a lot when I was with my ex, I've looked into a few things, the local food banks being one example. My trouble is childcare, we really can't afford childcare atm and I don't have anyone who could look after DD for a few hours a week while I did something. DHs hours are such that even if I did something in the evening I would need to cover some time between him getting home and me going out. Reading my posts it sounds like I'm trying to make excuses for any little thing, but I promise you I'm not. HomeStart for example is something I would love to do, but without childcare I can't.

Oldernotwiser

wannabehermit wrote: »

I already have, well actually it was a CV workshop type thing that the council run that helped me do it. They've helped me in the past and my CV is basically just like the examples that they use just with my experience instead of the examples. I really don't think it's my actual CV. I have a lot of gaps (which are accounted for) but I think my cv looks crap because of it so I wonder what an employer must think. Unfortunately there's not a lot I can do about that.

Then it almost certainly is your CV that's a contributory factor.

Firstly, you should be looking at doing a skills based CV rather than a chronological one, which will be far more suitable for your circumstances.

Secondly, you must get away from the idea of only having one CV but a variety, for the different types of jobs you're applying for.

wannabehermit

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Then it almost certainly is your CV that's a contributory factor.

Firstly, you should be looking at doing a skills based CV rather than a chronological one, which will be far more suitable for your circumstances.

Secondly, you must get away from the idea of only having one CV but a variety, for the different types of jobs you're applying for.

I have 3 already. A waitressing one, a shop one and a general/office one. So should I be leaving dates off? Just putting that I have worked for x employer and gained xyz skills?

Oldernotwiser

wannabehermit wrote: »

I have 3 already. A waitressing one, a shop one and a general/office one. So should I be leaving dates off? Just putting that I have worked for x employer and gained xyz skills?

You shouldn't leave dates off but the chronological part of a skills based CV should come second and be in far less detail than the skills part. There are lots of examples on the internet but these are quite good.

https://nextstep.direct.gov.uk/gettingajob/cvsandcoveringletters/cvadvice/cvformats/functionaladvice/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.open.ac.uk/careers/skills-based-or-functional-cv.php

wannabehermit

Thank you Oldernotwiser. I'll be spending Monday changing my cv to something like that. Thank you very much.