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donnajunkie

lori64 wrote: »

Yes, same for me. My advisor has also told me she is so busy she cant handle the amount off people she has to deal with...350 people to be exact. I get fortnightly calls, thats only when she remembers me and isnt too busy! The past 6months has been monthly calls only.

mine has said the rules mean she isnt allowed to have more than 250.

donnajunkie

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

Record what on paper? Jobs you apply for? The friend I have who is on it told me he emails over all the jobs he has applied for ie the links online and who the application went to - if it was a company or agency. I think he does that weekly.

No one has thought this through at all as it's not one size fits all .

Do you apply for jobs via your work programmes website?

what i mean by piece of paper is what they call a jobs log. it is like a table with sections for the type of job, the employer, date applied etc.
yes i do apply for jobs on the providers website.

MissSarah1972

donnajunkie wrote: »

what i mean by piece of paper is what they call a jobs log. it is like a table with sections for the type of job, the employer, date applied etc.
yes i do apply for jobs on the providers website.

never heard of a job log apart from the one I do for the job centre but they arent allowed nor do they have the facilities to check the jobs.

Oh they have lots of jobs on their site then?

donnajunkie

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

never heard of a job log apart from the one I do for the job centre but they arent allowed nor do they have the facilities to check the jobs.

Oh they have lots of jobs on their site then?

a jobs log is alot like the one you sometimes get from the jobcentre but usually on an a4 sheet and nothing flash, usually photocopied.
they uploaded my cv and it matches me to jobs based on my cv. unfortunately its not the greatest and it matches me to alot of jobs i arent qualified for. this means i spend alot of time declining jobs and saying why. i just type not qualified everytime. i can do a search just like on the jobcentre site if there isnt anything already matched to me. i manage to do enough to meet the requirements of the jsa agreement. so if they want to see anything else i do they can get stuffed.

lori64

donnajunkie wrote: »

mine has said the rules mean she isnt allowed to have more than 250.

Just had a call this afternoon from my "new" advisor.
This is my 4th one since I started the programme. Doubt if it will make any difference in me finding work to be honest. The last 3 were no help at all!

MissSarah1972

My mate went to his work programme today and just got a text from him. I told him to ask about this job search thing and he was told 'who really does 35 hours a week job searching' and also 'I wouldn't put it past them but it's a mad idea' and also 'who is going to look at all of these job applications'.

The guy he sees also said he can't imagine that every site like say Reed, Totaljobs could be included in this site as they probably wouldn't want to be.

naf123

I have heard as long you don't give consent such as data wavier or giving over your CV there is nothing much they can do.

ason

U only have to prove u can make a cv if u give them one they will send it out to all the jobs they no off even the ones u can not do so thats just a waste off time they really dont no what there doing my so called adviser really is bad and dont give them your phone number,they dont match jobs to u at all if u tell them u want a job as a milk man there tell u that u should join the army.its just a waste of tax payers money private companies making from the poor.

Samuel_

Midnighter wrote: »

I'm into my second year and it just seems like more of the same old, same old. As I mentioned in another thread I'm with a provider who seems to see you less and less the longer you're with them.

Hey mate, I'm about to start with A4e. Any idea what they've got in store?

Samuel_

ason wrote: »

U only have to prove u can make a cv if u give them one they will send it out to all the jobs they no off even the ones u can not do so thats just a waste off time they really dont no what there doing my so called adviser really is bad and dont give them your phone number,they dont match jobs to u at all if u tell them u want a job as a milk man there tell u that u should join the army.its just a waste of tax payers money private companies making from the poor.

How do you prove you can make a CV without giving it to them?