Is it really compulsory to go on the Work Programme

red_devil

LadyMissA wrote: »

What news was this on?

not sure thats true everyone has an equal chance. The wp has the heads up on jobs that become available and sometimes are the first to hear about them but thats it.

red_devil

red_devil wrote: »

not sure thats true everyone has an equal chance. The wp has the heads up on jobs that become available and sometimes are the first to hear about them but thats it.

miss quote there i was meant to be quoting the one that said people on the wp have more of a chance of getting a job.:o

LadyMissA

red_devil wrote: »

miss quote there i was meant to be quoting the one that said people on the wp have more of a chance of getting a job.:o

people on the WP have no more chance at all , but in fact prob less

red_devil

I know and people on the scheme carry a stigma. My advisor tells me not to mention the scheme to employers.

LadyMissA

red_devil wrote: »

I know and people on the scheme carry a stigma. My advisor tells me not to mention the scheme to employers.

that's like saying 'don't mention you sign on' lol

GotToChange

I think mentioning signing on/being on the WP is very much something that only the individual can manage to do.... it may not be so easy - and everything that may imply (i.e. not much chance of the job...) - or it may take some creative thinking.
It is a terrible sign of the times that there are so many filters that can be used to "weed" people out at various stages of the application process.

LadyMissA

GotToChange wrote: »

I think mentioning signing on/being on the WP is very much something that only the individual can manage to do.... it may not be so easy - and everything that may imply (i.e. not much chance of the job...) - or it may take some creative thinking.
It is a terrible sign of the times that there are so many filters that can be used to "weed" people out at various stages of the application process.

You wouldn't put on your CV that you are on JCA or the WP though.

bigbill

http://www.workprogramme.org.uk/

Notmyrealname

SLAYFIELD1 wrote: »

.... Because that means that there is an 80% failure rate?

Better than a weekly 100% failure rate trying to find a job by sending off a CV.

GotToChange

LadyMissA wrote: »

You wouldn't put on your CV that you are on JCA or the WP though.

Of course - absolutely not.
BUT - what I am saying is that, for someone l-t unemployed (and define long-term in the case of a CV/employment ("career") history...), there may be something of a "gap" to fill - creatively.

Which brings me to another point; and one which may become more relevant in these difficult times; it is a pity that - and yes, before I get pounced on, I semi-undersatnd why - a CV is seen as a measure of our worth as people who may be good recruits - after all, largely speaking, no one person is simply made up of that one aspect of their life - their job... Why the dickens should an amount of time between jobs actually matter so much...?

(Just a devil's advocate type question - but I say this as a person who has taken voluntary and enforced time away from paid employment - and I don't think that it should be seen as a problem, but of course, it may well be regarded so an used as another of the so-called filters that I mentioned previously.)