Jobcentre "work placement" begins March. Help?

jabanico

Humphrey10 wrote: »

I found one thanks, first I got a temporary one (so I was still applying for jobs while working there), then it was made permanent after about 6 months.

Even if you want a perm job, still apply for the temp ones, a temp job is better than no job.

Well don for getting a job and thanks.

dandelionclock30

I dont think you have to work for 2 years for nothing,I think its about 3 weeks or so.
If you are interested in film and t.v have you thought of doing extra work? My friend was an extra and got around £100 per day, she was on Emmerdale and Fat Friends. She did o.k out of it.

jabanico

DCFC79 wrote: »

Well i feel you dont want help or resigned to staying as you are, if you want to get off jsa dn get a job then maybe tellign the JC that you have confidence issues would help you to get a job. Ive been on jsa so i know what its like.

Print off your CV plus cover letter and ask in every shop on the high street and any shopping centres/retail parks you can easily get to.

Yeah I guess I am resigned to staying as I am. Thanks anyway though.

LadyMissA

jabanico wrote: »

I don't want to be stuck in that programme for 2 years having to do hours of work a week for nothing in return.

So who has told you that you are going to be working for nothing?

jabanico

mountainofdebt wrote: »

Well on the basis the reply I want to post would get me banned from this site all I will say is perhaps its the 'I've got a degree and therefore I'm better than any crappy old job' or the 'I've got a degree and I'm better than you and your crappy old job' attitide that's holding you back.

I sincerely hope that your attempts to screw the system will fail

Haha not really. Maybe they are scared of my cv though you're right.

The first interview I went for was in a coffee shop and he asked me what I had been doing up until then. I said I had just finished university and was looking for a job. Hos reply was "Why would you want to work here? you need a career not work in a coffee shop" and then he ended the interview.

Thanks

jabanico

LadyMissA wrote: »

So who has told you that you are going to be working for nothing?

The many things I have read online about it. You do 4 weeks of working 30 hours a week and all you get is your usual jobseekers money.

jabanico

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

I dont think you have to work for 2 years for nothing,I think its about 3 weeks or so.
If you are interested in film and t.v have you thought of doing extra work? My friend was an extra and got around £100 per day, she was on Emmerdale and Fat Friends. She did o.k out of it.

I live in a little villiage miles from citys that have film and tv. But thank you. I liked Fat friends

LadyMissA

jabanico wrote: »

The many things I have read online about it. You do 4 weeks of working 30 hours a week and all you get is your usual jobseekers money.

Well I don't

saterkey

You need experience, the work programme will look good on a cv, maybe give you some experience, even my 15 yr old has done saturdays in a library for 6 months and has now started at oxfam on a saturday, her confidence has come on leaps and bounds this last year. I feel really sad that a person can have a degree but have no confidence or work experience to speak of, every degree should have an element of a work placement. Unfortunately you cannot get the job on the level you want without work experience in that field first unless youre extremely lucky. Maybe drop the degree in your cv and look for something that interests you in the hope that it gets you to where you want to be. Have you got something better to do than the work placement, there is a way, give up your benefits or get a job.

LadyMissA

saterkey wrote: »

You need experience, the work programme will look good on a cv,

Sorry but are you on it? How will the Work Programme look good on a CV?