Agency can't put you forward as you aren't working?

Wellery82

LadyMissA wrote: »

I have done that & I have an online advert

How many companies have you applied to speculatively using that option? In central London there must be literally thousands you could apply to - surely you haven't exhausted all of the options, and surely this must be getting you interviews - if not i really feel you would need to look at your CV

LadyMissA

Red_Elle wrote: »

I'm not interested in giving you advice, as you're not open to it. What I will say is that you're not doing anything particularly spectacular there and you're not doing anything that 101 other people aren't doing.
What you're doing ISN'T WORKING. I doubt even I could find work for my candidates using that approach.

Sorry that was one expample? You do not know what I am doing to look for work.

I spend hours every day doing lots of different things.

Did I ask for your advice though?

LadyMissA

Jimavfc82 wrote: »

How many companies have you applied to speculatively using that option? In central London there must be literally thousands you could apply to - surely you haven't exhausted all of the options, and surely this must be getting you interviews - if not i really feel you would need to look at your CV

speculatively cv's are not applications for jobs that exsist and without checking back at a guess I have sent 40 where there had been no actual job was advertised.

Wellery82

LadyMissA wrote: »

speculatively cv's are not applications for jobs that exsist and without checking back at a guess I have sent 40 where there had been no actual job was advertised.

If you are going to speculatively apply then volume is the key - as you say there aren't actual jobs so you need to get lucky in terms of timing. The beauty is though if you get lucky this often means you are interviewed before a company try other options. When i was last looking for work i had two interviews this way, and out of the blue got a call a few months later from another

To find real jobs think about social networking sites, think about which job boards you are looking at, which newspapers, which large companies are in the news for taking on staff, which agencies you are registered with etc.

Job hunting is frustrating but should also be exciting, if you can go to bed knowing you have sent off a number of good applications tailored to jobs you are interested in, and some speculative CVs to companies you would love to work for then who knows what tomorrow brings. If you keep doing that, and keep positive in your approach luck will change

Red_Elle

LadyMissA wrote: »

Sorry that was one expample? You do not know what I am doing to look for work.

I spend hours every day doing lots of different things.

Did I ask for your advice though?

Admittedly I don't know what you're doing, but if that was your shining example I expect the rest of your activities are just as run of the mill and unoriginal.

You didn't ask for my advice no. I wouldn't have given it to you had you asked because I consider you unemployable. You're beyond rude, obstructive, defensive and aggressive.

Red_Elle

Jimavfc82 wrote: »

and keep positive in your approach luck will change

:rotfl:Have you read the entirety of this thread? I am sure you mean well and you offer good advice, but the OP isn't remotely positive.
Besides, you make your own luck.

LadyMissA

Red_Elle wrote: »

Admittedly I don't know what you're doing, but if that was your shining example I expect the rest of your activities are just as run of the mill and unoriginal.

You didn't ask for my advice no. I wouldn't have given it to you had you asked because I consider you unemployable. You're beyond rude, obstructive, defensive and aggressive.

I can't be unemployeable as I have been in work since 1987 till now, but that's year opinion.

LadyMissA

Red_Elle wrote: »

:rotfl:Have you read the entirety of this thread? I am sure you mean well and you offer good advice, but the OP isn't remotely positive.
Besides, you make your own luck.

yeah and I made my bad luck by getting made redundant

Emmzi

if one person calls you a horse, ignore them

if two people call you a horse, look in the mirror

if three people call you a horse, go buy yourself a saddlle.

Red_Elle

LadyMissA wrote: »

I can't be unemployeable as I have been in work since 1987 till now, but that's year opinion.

Like you said earlier; you're old and ugly now. You were probably younger and prettier in 1987.