Easier to get a job if you're employed?

scooby088

I am employed after getting a job after 3 years unemployed, being in a job doesn't always guarantee you getting another job, I have found it to be the opposite in fact, potential employers asking why you want to leave your current employer. My current job offers me the flexibility to get some form of education or training to further my qualifications and experience.

falko89

scooby088 wrote: »

I am employed after getting a job after 3 years unemployed, being in a job doesn't always guarantee you getting another job, I have found it to be the opposite in fact, potential employers asking why you want to leave your current employer. My current job offers me the flexibility to get some form of education or training to further my qualifications and experience.

Same experience myself.

prowla

I don't think there is an across the board rule either way.
On the one hand, being in employment can mean that your skills may be up to date and and that your work ethic is established.
But on the other hand, some companies advertise jobs with immediate start, which evidently favours not being in work with a notice period.

AP007

prowla wrote: »

I don't think there is an across the board rule either way.
On the one hand, being in employment can mean that your skills may be up to date and and that your work ethic is established.
But on the other hand, some companies advertise jobs with immediate start, which evidently favours not being in work with a notice period.

I have applied for LOADS of jobs with immediate starts and they the agencies say they are looking for people on a weeks notice and in work (temping etc). No one looks beyond the fact you are not working and they can not see the experience you have. Even jobs advertised on the UJM can turn you down for being out of work!

If companies are telling agencies we wont interview unemployed people I do wonder what else they are telling them. No women of child baring age? No older people? No disabled? etc etc

stamina9008

AgainstPete wrote: »

Hi,

A lot of people say that it's easier to find work if you have a job already (which I think is pretty harsh on the unemployed!) but this leaves me with a different problem altogether:

I'm currently unemployed and trying really hard to find work. Basic work. A bar job or a retail job would suit me fine. But the only places that will take me on are callcentres. Basically, after my last callcentre job put me on antidepressants, it's obviously a road that I don't want to go down again. I promised myself NEVER AGAIN. But now once again it is the ONLY job available to me...

...So I'm thinking "maybe I could do it until I get another job" but if I start this awful job again and then start applying for new ones right away, isn't the new prospective employer going to think "but this guy has only been there for a month... that doesn't show ANY commitment. So I'm not going' to hire him."?!

Any thoughts?

Please dont do what made you ill in the first place.

Anyway, i have some experience of this, and i know one thing...

You WONT.

That im sure of.

tsimehC

I got more support and leads for work when I was unemployed than I am in currently. It depends on where you end up I guess. I have little time for job-searching except in the weekends but rather just recharge my batteries and get stuff done in the house than to be sat in front of a computer screen which is what most of my working hours consists of. Tried volunteering but it really can pressure you in terms of time and energy if you're working full-time but if you're unemployed, it's a no-brainer. Just make sure to do something that will actually help you get a job relevant to your skills and experience. Good luck.