Are you allowed to enter a shop and ask if they have any positions?

heretolearn_2

She's pulling your mum's leg.

Not allowed? What, it's against the law now? Rubbish.

She may have been told by the job centre something about it, they used to tell people to do this as part of their job search and maybe now they've changed their advice and don't ask people to do it any more, but that's still completely different to it 'not being allowed'.

It's a great way to find a job, as long as you aren't in every week bothering the same places, so even if the job centre no longer require it and don't like it, there's nothing to stop her doing it and just not listing it down as part of her job search activities each week.

she totally sounds like a 19 year old all right :rotfl: Tell her to get off her butt and find a job!

MissSarah1972

MrsNorthman wrote: »

My sister and her partner arent working and theyve just got a house in a new area, my mum was telling her that they should get themselves in every shop in the area to see if there are any jobs going and leave the cv their for any future positions. My sister said that you are no longer allowed to as it is classed as pestering. She told my mum that she was told this when she has attended the job center.

yes it can be classed as pestering and you may be told 'look on our website' but security are not going to remove her from the shop and ban her for asking.

maninthestreet

however, going into a sex shop and asking they have any 'positions' could cause a misunderstanding.

mum26

I've given in my CV in a store recently and my teenage daughter has been into lots and lots as well as applying online, nothing bad said at all. Some will say that you can only apply online now but quite a few are happy to take a CV there and then, especially if you can figure out who is a more senior member of staff.

MrsNorthman

heretolearn wrote: »

She's pulling your mum's leg.

Not allowed? What, it's against the law now? Rubbish.

She may have been told by the job centre something about it, they used to tell people to do this as part of their job search and maybe now they've changed their advice and don't ask people to do it any more, but that's still completely different to it 'not being allowed'.

It's a great way to find a job, as long as you aren't in every week bothering the same places, so even if the job centre no longer require it and don't like it, there's nothing to stop her doing it and just not listing it down as part of her job search activities each week.

she totally sounds like a 19 year old all right :rotfl: Tell her to get off her butt and find a job!

This is what I thought, shes always been quite good at looking for work, shes volunteered with a charity shop, shes done the work scheme through the job centre too, but its since she got her own place there seems to be a lot of excuses.

I wont even start with her partner, he has no intentions of working, we can tell that much. Which leads me to another question, if you have your JSA stopped for a while due to not attending meetings can they also stop your Housing Benefit, they are currently changing to a joint claim and last week, the partner got a letter saying his benefit is stopping as he failed to attend a meeting (apparently 2 days notice of a meeting isnt long enough for him), if this happens during a joint claim how could it affect them both?

Notmyrealname

denla wrote: »

It's easier to send your CV to a large amount of companies via post. Do this near Christmas, send out 60 speculative letters and I guarantee at least one will offer you an interview. Don't bother emailing. It'll probably not get read if employer receives a lot of emails. And don't hand in your CV in person unless you know when employer is not so busy.

Its easier to send them but it is easier for the employer to bin them and you'll end up in a pile with dozens of others. Far harder for an employer to ignore an application with the person stood in front of them.

skivenov

There's nothing stopping you, take a stack of CV's with you. Best case they have and you have a chat to the boss while you're there and leave a good impression. More likely you can leave a CV or get told to go away and apply on line. Either way, do your best to leave an impression of being friendly, polite and willing.

rs65

maninthestreet wrote: »

however, going into a sex shop and asking they have any 'positions' could cause a misunderstanding.

She could try the bakery and ask if they have any roles available.

ILW

It is in fact covered by the same statute regarding the offence of walking on the cracks between paving stones.

theoretica

Unless what the job centre meant is that they will not count walking down the high street handing your CV in to every shop as that many job seeking activities in the personal log book. I can see from their point of view this could be hard to verify.