Jobcentre "work placement" begins March. Help?

jabanico

LadyMissA wrote: »

Well I don't

Ok

LadyMissA

jabanico wrote: »

Ok

I am sure there is no one else on here who is working 30 hrs a week on the WP

dandelionclock30

If you get forced on a placement ask for one in line with your career goals. Theres loads of places doing accounts/bookeeping,I'd be asking for this now as soon as you go on it.So there sorting you out with something you want.

jabanico

saterkey wrote: »

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.

I have 6 months experience working in a shop. The work placement will be working in a shop.

Thanks

jabanico

LadyMissA wrote: »

I am sure there is no one else on here who is working 30 hrs a week on the WP

I would send you a link to a story about it but this website won't let me as I am new.

what is your experience of the work programme then?

jasonwatkins

SarEl wrote: »

I'm voting troll

Well the exact same thread is on Digital Spy so I don't know

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1625641

LadyMissA

jabanico wrote: »

I would send you a link to a story about it but this website won't let me as I am new.

what is your experience of the work programme then?

you don't even want to get me started there!! lol It will fail I am sure of it. I have has only ONE appointment since being transfered to in in July 2011 as they lost me in their system. I wrote a formal letter of complaint and they blames it on the staff I saw no longer working with them (they got the sack) and the system being re looked at etc.

They have told me they can't help me. I am due to go again at the end of Feb and they set me stupid homework like 'brush up on your excel skills' on http://alison.com/ which I did in 3 hours and an 11 year old could do it. It's not even V look ups or pivot tables etc just basic Excel which anyone could do and I know so a waste of time and then to write a list of all the companies I want to work for. I asked if that was a joke!!

exprog

saterkey wrote: »

the work programme will look good on a cv

LadyMissA wrote: »

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

Obviously he isn't on it and knows nothing about it or employers. Sounds more like he's on drugs.

SarEl

jasonwatkins wrote: »

Well the exact same thread is on Digital Spy so I don't know

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1625641

What - MSE is the only site that gets trolls?

Mara69

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.

Nothing? So you're not getting money every fortnight, plus all the other handy little extras like free prescriptions, rent & council tax paid...