There are plenty of jobs out there!

Derivative

LadyMissA wrote: »

travel to interview scheme has stopped I think

That reduces the distance you can travel quite a bit I suppose. Employers have this great habit of giving you a week's notice of an interview, making cross country travel £££.

LadyMissA

Derivative wrote: »

That reduces the distance you can travel quite a bit I suppose. Employers have this great habit of giving you a week's notice of an interview, making cross country travel £££.

there are a few people on here who wouldn't say that as they say the JSA is for travel to work and I say that it's to live on (if you can call it living)

falko89

The entire thing really is a shambles, there should be some type of relocation grant available, say for instance London has a load of vacancies for accountants but has a load of trained butchers and Edinburgh has the opposite there should be some type of grant to enable the butchers to move to Edinburgh, I know searching my own local area, you've jobs stuck on that just don't shift, they stay on for a couple of weeks, no takers then they are put back on again, at the moment its staff nurses and care assistants.

Derivative

falko89 wrote: »

The entire thing really is a shambles, there should be some type of relocation grant available, say for instance London has a load of vacancies for accountants but has a load of trained butchers and Edinburgh has the opposite there should be some type of grant to enable the butchers to move to Edinburgh, I know searching my own local area, you've jobs stuck on that just don't shift, they stay on for a couple of weeks, no takers then they are put back on again, at the moment its staff nurses and care assistants.

The largest problem in relocating as far as I can see is when you have couples working in different areas. It means that either one has to commute insane distances which is not always economically viable, or the other has to give up their job and try and find another.

Grants just seem besides the point. If we ignore the aforementioned issue which a grant wouldn't really help, it is not overly expensive or difficult to move unless you choose to make it. Yes, deposits cost money, but a few grand is nothing in the grand scheme of things if you're being offered a full-time job. As long as you know the job offer is secure before you move, all should be well.

LadyMissA wrote: »

there are a few people on here who wouldn't say that as they say the JSA is for travel to work and I say that it's to live on (if you can call it living)

It is for travel to work (and living), but obviously it's not going to go very far in paying for an anytime ticket at a week's notice 200 miles across the country.

I can travel to London return, about 60 miles each way, for about £15 by coach if I walk down the high street. So an interview there wouldn't be a problem at all. (obviously not everyone has this chance, my point is that local travel is cheap).

But it opens up issues if for example you're in the North East and have to travel to Birmingham. A train ticket on short notice might be £50, £100, £150, who knows. A rational person can see that it's well worth it even at 1 in 50 odds of securing a job, but that's easy for me to say when I don't have to worry about whether I'll have a positive balance if I buy that milk at the supermarket.

dickydonkin

Makes me laugh at some of the 'suggestions' on here.

I am convinced some people are on a different planet when they advise what others should do to obtain work when they know damned well they would not do it themselves!

ILW

falko89 wrote: »

The entire thing really is a shambles, there should be some type of relocation grant available, say for instance London has a load of vacancies for accountants but has a load of trained butchers and Edinburgh has the opposite there should be some type of grant to enable the butchers to move to Edinburgh, I know searching my own local area, you've jobs stuck on that just don't shift, they stay on for a couple of weeks, no takers then they are put back on again, at the moment its staff nurses and care assistants.

Why not go for the care assistant job then?

Derivative

dickydonkin wrote: »

Makes me laugh at some of the 'suggestions' on here.

I am convinced some people are on a different planet when they advise what others should do to obtain work when they know damned well they would not do it themselves!

I can only assume you're referring to my post.

If you think that relocating to find work is a novel concept, might I suggest that you are the one 'living on a different planet', so to speak?

falko89

ILW wrote: »

Why not go for the care assistant job then?

You need to be able to drive.

Derivative

Not intending to be inflammatory, but if the position has been there for a long period of time as you say, why not take on driving lessons? Is it budgetary concerns? Sorry if that's a bit nosey.

I took driving lessons last year though I don't intend to actually buy a car or drive for a few years yet. Seemed like a good skill to have, and lessons can be awkward to fit around a full-time job.

I consider it a grand well spent all things considered.

Supermarket jobs are going to be hard to get simply because so many people can do them. And as many have posted in this thread, unfortunately employers for these types of jobs jobs tend to go for those who will stay long term, i.e people who are happy working for NMW their entire lives. Not me and likely not you.

That's capitalism for you - you have to be 'better' than the others just to get to get by.

flexrider

Derivative wrote: »

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.

could be worse over the past few days you could work for free