Is there a lack of ordinary jobs in your area?

jfh7gwa

So...

No skills to speak of.
Wants to work within 15 miles of home (something I've never had in the last 20 years of working, personally).
Doesn't live in an area with a viable enough public transport system for "most" jobs.
Can't/won't move to an area with more employment options.
Can't/won't learn to drive.

It's not much of a wonder that you've just cut yourself off from 99% of vacancies out there, be it for reasons within your control or not.

I don't mean to be harsh, but, you're very very unlikely to ever find much in the way of opportunities if none of those variables change.

DCFC79

Dont know if its been covered but do you not have a friend who lives in big town/city you could stay with during the week so you can work.

re the original question, yes theres alot of care jobs, management jobs etc round here too.

Wellery82

Whilst it must be very frustrating and hard to keep motivation i think it will be more productive to think how it would be possible to identify more jobs

• Where are you looking - Different companies advertise in different places. Have you tried Monster/Reed/Jobsite/Total Jobs/CV Library/Job Centre/Newspapers for example?
• Have you registered with a few agencies, stayed in touch with them and made them see how keen you are?
• Have you been driven around the larger towns near you and wrote down all the companies you could work at, then looked on their website - some companies only advertise there as it is no cost to them
• Have you tried speculative applications, writing to all the local companies - again if your CV lands on their door when they need someone it saves them the cost and time of recruiting

Worth thinking about how you can generate more opportunities as well i reckon

falko89

jfh7gwa wrote: »

So...

No skills to speak of.
Wants to work within 15 miles of home (something I've never had in the last 20 years of working, personally).
Doesn't live in an area with a viable enough public transport system for "most" jobs.
Can't/won't move to an area with more employment options.
Can't/won't learn to drive.

It's not much of a wonder that you've just cut yourself off from 99% of vacancies out there, be it for reasons within your control or not.

I don't mean to be harsh, but, you're very very unlikely to ever find much in the way of opportunities if none of those variables change.

I am a time served workshop joiner and have various I.T certificates from the OU etc so I do have skills my friend. The construction industry's dead in the water hence why I would be happy enough with a basic job, I've always worked no more than 15 miles from home but there was once work here, Not any more unless your a graduate but the graduates don't want them as the pay around here is low no matter what you do. Yes I live in a horrible area, can't help where I was born, and as for moving and driving, I am on JSA, it doesn't get you very far. Yes I agree unless something changes it will be a long time before I ever work again.

falko89

Jimavfc82 wrote: »

Whilst it must be very frustrating and hard to keep motivation i think it will be more productive to think how it would be possible to identify more jobs

• Where are you looking - Different companies advertise in different places. Have you tried Monster/Reed/Jobsite/Total Jobs/CV Library/Job Centre/Newspapers for example?
• Have you registered with a few agencies, stayed in touch with them and made them see how keen you are?
• Have you been driven around the larger towns near you and wrote down all the companies you could work at, then looked on their website - some companies only advertise there as it is no cost to them
• Have you tried speculative applications, writing to all the local companies - again if your CV lands on their door when they need someone it saves them the cost and time of recruiting

Worth thinking about how you can generate more opportunities as well i reckon

I have tried the following sites and have CV's uploaded where I can.

Indeed
Jobcentreonline.com
Monster
Reed
Recruit NI
Gumtree
Total jobs
Fish 4 Jobs

We have 3 local newspapers and check them to, but to be fair 99% of these jobsites above end up on indeed.co.uk which I posted yesterdays results above.

I have registered with 2 local agencies, they have contacted me once, both about the same job which I didn't get, I suspect I am of no use to them as part time and adhoc is of no use to me.

I have drove around the industrial estates etc and left in my CV, I also send about 3 speculative emails per week to other local businesses I find in the yellow pages, you got about a 20% chance of getting a reply, still no interviews.

People seem to think I am actually doing nothing, No offence to you but folk in general on here, I am at my wits end as I have tried all I can think off.

jfh7gwa

falko89 wrote: »

Yes I live in a horrible area, can't help where I was born, and as for moving and driving, I am on JSA.

Well, perhaps we have more in common than you realise. I too come from an area with sod all employment opportunities (a hamlet pretty much in the back end of nowhere - nearest town a good 10 or 11 miles away). But I realised when I hit an employment wall in my early 20s - if I'd wanted to work and stay in the area, I'd either be looking at high chance of unemployement, or (even worse, sometimes) underemployment (because the only places to work within walking distance of my parents' home is the post office, the GP surgery or one of the food shops, later on there's a Sainsbury's now).

Them's your choices.

jfh7gwa

falko89 wrote: »

People seem to think I am actually doing nothing, No offence to you but folk in general on here, I am at my wits end as I have tried all I can think off.

I'm sure you are trying, but you're being handcuffed by the variables I summarised in my previous post. There's nothing else to think of, other than changing one or more of the elements identified (which are clearly limiting your employment opportunities significantly).

I don't want to derail the thread like this, but unless there is a fundamental shift in your circumstances (either through active change on your part, such as a willingness to re-locate to an area with more opportunities, or some good luck such as a new employer moving into your area) things aren't going to change for you.

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein.

falko89

jfh7gwa wrote: »

Well, perhaps we have more in common than you realise. I too come from an area with sod all employment opportunities (a hamlet pretty much in the back end of nowhere - nearest town a good 10 or 11 miles away). But I realised when I hit an employment wall in my early 20s - if I'd wanted to work and stay in the area, I'd either be looking at high chance of unemployement, or (even worse, sometimes) underemployment (because the only places to work within walking distance of my parents' home is the post office, the GP surgery or one of the food shops, later on there's a Sainsbury's now).

Them's your choices.

Where I live is pretty much the same, these jobs I am talking about are in the town 10 miles away, not where I live directly, Here we have a post office/shop and a pub, damn all about here. damn all in the town 10 miles away either, I need futher a field again or retrain, thats my options.

falko89

jfh7gwa wrote: »

I'm sure you are trying, but you're being handcuffed by the variables I summarised in my previous post. There's nothing else to think of, other than changing one or more of the elements identified (which are clearly limiting your employment opportunities significantly).

I don't want to derail the thread like this, but unless there is a fundamental shift in your circumstances (either through active change on your part, such as a willingness to re-locate to an area with more opportunities, or some good luck such as a new employer moving into your area) things aren't going to change for you.

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein.

Yes I know your right but I guess you hold on to the hope that things might change which is stupid I guess and is just torturing myself.

scooby088

Ideally I search local really as I can say I am lucky where I live there are about 6 towns and a city, but I apply for jobs I can do not the jobs I can't do. Even when you find something and apply there's the competition of other applicants, travelling costs. And then there isn't much chance of getting a reply I have rejigged my cv many times and still not getting many interviews let alone replies.

I cannot afford to relocate and wouldn't really want to, i am settled in this area and quite like it. But as i have said i am lucky where I live but also unlucky at having to compete with all the other unemployed, I cannot get by on the temporary and adhoc nature of some of the vacancies and then there are the jobs advertised as full time yet only give you 20 hours per week go figure that one out.