There are plenty of jobs out there!

19lottie82

gettingready wrote: »

My daughter is still at Uni, her course is a full time course - the current job is not connected to what she wants to do (Police/Probation/etc) but temporary means to makes ends meet while studying. She took it as they are flexible with her hours, she can attend her lectures and still work full time.

Her friend can not find anything other than a call centre/sales jobs.

Uponahill - your comment is tottaly erm..... out of place (to put it nicely).

Not really......... I studied Psychology and Criminology and now work as a Document Controller for an Oil and Gas company!

The fact of the matter is, the majority of Social Science graduates do not enter careers based on their degrees.

But it is good that your daughter would like to enter the police, as this is one of the few professions where this type of degree is recognised and helps you enter the force at a higher level and progress at a faster rate.

gettingready

19lottie82 wrote: »

But it is good that your daughter would like to enter the police, as this is one of the few professions where this type of degree is recognised and helps you enter the force at a higher level and progress at a faster rate.

That is precisely why she has gone for that particular one. There was/is a reason behnd it, a plan really.

adindas

Yes I allso searchin Youube, I can not find the complete version. It also used to be in BBC iPllaer but it has gone now..

gettingready wrote: »

From the description:

Available on.... YouTube

Unfortunately can only find parts 3, 4 and 5 - anyone knows where can I see (again) part 1 and 6?

falko89

Something I've noticed in the whole finding a job process is there are several stages to it.

• Finding a job, some people have no problems doing several applications per day, while others stuggle to get 1 a week
• Applying - You've finally got of stage 1 in finding a job, now comes applying, you could easily be up against 200 applicants for even the crappiest of jobs

So when you look at it like this its pretty daunting especially if your on stage 1, if your having trouble on stage 1 chances are everyone else in your area is also having trouble which could lead to 800 applicants for a supermarket job when you hit stage 2 which as I mentioned happened to me.

Derivative

falko89 wrote: »

Something I've noticed in the whole finding a job process is there are several stages to it.

• Finding a job, some people have no problems doing several applications per day, while others stuggle to get 1 a week
• Applying - You've finally got of stage 1 in finding a job, now comes applying, you could easily be up against 200 applicants for even the crappiest of jobs

So when you look at it like this its pretty daunting especially if your on stage 1, if your having trouble on stage 1 chances are everyone else in your area is also having trouble which could lead to 800 applicants for a supermarket job when you hit stage 2 which as I mentioned happened to me.

Not saying that it is easy to find employment, it's quite obviously not at the moment, but why limit yourself to the local area?

Surely if there are no opportunities available locally it's time to start thinking about upping sticks?

I was born in Hull and none of the career paths I want to pursue have basically any chance of developing there. If I remain living in the area I was brought up in, and where my family live, I'll be lucky to even get a job, never mind one that pays >£15k pa.

falko89

Derivative wrote: »

Not saying that it is easy to find employment, it's quite obviously not at the moment, but why limit yourself to the local area?

Surely if there are no opportunities available locally it's time to start thinking about upping sticks?

I was born in Hull and none of the career paths I want to pursue have basically any chance of developing there. If I remain living in the area I was brought up in, and where my family live, I'll be lucky to even get a job, never mind one that pays >£15k pa.

You'd think it would be that easy, there is no support for relocating, its ok if your single living at home with no ties, when you've a wife and kids its not so easy.

Derivative

falko89 wrote: »

You'd think it would be that easy, there is no support for relocating, its ok if your single living at home with no ties, when you've a wife and kids its not so easy.

Support from whom? The government? Employers?

You have nothing to lose by applying for jobs in some random city miles away. Worst case is you gain nothing, best case is you land a job, then you're employed and should be able to loan some money for example to move home. If I am not wrong, I believe you can claim for travel expenses to interviews, though I am not sure if there is a distance cap.

Seems to me there is no issue unless your wife is employed back home.

It's certainly not easy, but worth a try, no? People have migrated for employment almost since employment began as a concept, the only reason it's less common nowadays is the welfare system we have in place.

falko89

Derivative wrote: »

Support from whom? The government? Employers?

You have nothing to lose by applying for jobs in some random city miles away. Worst case is you gain nothing, best case is you land a job, then you're employed and should be able to loan some money for example to move home. If I am not wrong, I believe you can claim for travel expenses to interviews, though I am not sure if there is a distance cap.

Seems to me there is no issue unless your wife is employed back home.

She is, then there's housing, deposits etc etc.

LadyMissA

Derivative wrote: »

Support from whom? The government? Employers?

You have nothing to lose by applying for jobs in some random city miles away. Worst case is you gain nothing, best case is you land a job, then you're employed and should be able to loan some money for example to move home. If I am not wrong, I believe you can claim for travel expenses to interviews, though I am not sure if there is a distance cap.

Seems to me there is no issue unless your wife is employed back home.

It's certainly not easy, but worth a try, no? People have migrated for employment almost since employment began as a concept, the only reason it's less common nowadays is the welfare system we have in place.

travel to interview scheme has stopped I think

Derivative

falko89 wrote: »

She is, then there's housing, deposits etc etc.

Housing and deposits are something you can sort out when you get there with a loan or savings - that's a seperate issue from finding a job itself. You should be able to get a small personal loan if you go down to the bank with a job offer in hand.

I understand that you are a bit knackered if the wife works back home though. In that case I suppose it comes down to whether or not her wage is enough.