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john539

bigboybrother wrote: »

Then what you have to do is find out if there are some jobs 'around the country or around the world'.

You sound a like that you expect a job to jump out at you.

How do you know that there aren't jobs further afield? You haven't looked!!

I'll bet you that all you have done is look at an area starting with your local vicinity. Then you may have moved outwards to areas that are maybe an hour's travel or so away.

Do you want me to see if I can find you a job somewhere?

You are a bit naive & clueless.

You're making a basic mistake, generalising your "opinions" & experience to everyone else.

Parva

See now this is Andy who lives in Utopia. Many, many people jobseeking are on the national minimum wage or little better, how are they expected to get jobs so far away, pay for 'digs' and also support paying for the house at home with kids and a wife? If the guy was an oil-rig worker or something yes, but a warehouse worker or whatever? Get real.

I note that you didn't mention what it is that you actually do Andy. From previous incarnations it would appear that you are heavily dependent on benefits yourself. You're obviously not working currently and given your tone (both here and the disability forum) have much experience, do enlighten us. I guess the new account is in the making already.

FBaby

Surely job searching is about a lot more than just applying for jobs by sending a copy of your CV. Beside looking through many websites for job offers (because you might find that there is the perfect job many miles away which WOULD make it worth moving), you can always spend time revising your CV, preparing cover letters, informing yourself about the local economy, doing on-line training, practicing your interviewing skills (even if only to your cats!), doing some math/english on-line practices, playing with word, excel, powerpoint to gain better skills and you could even be so creative to say that by coming here and posting 10 messages an hour, you are practicing your typing skills!!!

I personally think that at least for the first few weeks, it is very easy to spend 35 hours in activities that will enhance your chance of getting a job.

cbrown372

bigboybrother wrote: »

Then what you have to do is find out if there are some jobs 'around the country or around the world'.

You sound a like that you expect a job to jump out at you.

How do you know that there aren't jobs further afield? You haven't looked!!

I'll bet you that all you have done is look at an area starting with your local vicinity. Then you may have moved outwards to areas that are maybe an hour's travel or so away.

Do you want me to see if I can find you a job somewhere?

I'll bite Andy, how about finding me a job in your area, Royal Tunbridge Wells isn't it

I'm sure you have lots of contacts from your days as a pop star in 1968.

Viberduo

This "Andy" sounds like a generic troll, I remember my advisor in my hometown saying that a part time minimum wage job came up 25 miles from town(and I lived a further 8 miles out in country with 4 buses a day) at 6am and the advisor told me to not be lazy and walk the 33 miles for a 4am job start then back again in evening (as there was no buses in the evening)

Or them calling me lazy and saying there was plenty of jobs despite having not a single full time job and over 3 thousand unemployed in that town alone, and the nearest city had high unemployment too as did each town on the way to the city.

To stir things up a little though, crazily enough a local factory which even before the recession had no problems getting staff(only big employer in area) after the recession hit took on huge amounts of Polish staff and even gave them free work bus from the city 20 miles from them despite being swamped with local applications.

john539

cbrown372 wrote: »

I'll bite Andy, how about finding me a job in your area, Royal Tunbridge Wells isn't it

I'm sure you have lots of contacts from your days as a pop star in 1968.

I'm sure if you do a google search all your problems will be sorted.

bigboybrother

john539 wrote: »

You are a bit naive & clueless.

You're making a basic mistake, generalising your "opinions" & experience to everyone else.

I am not. I am suggesting that the poster opens his/her eyes to the bigger world out there. The days of a job 10 mins away have almost gone. You have to look elsewhere no matter the distance.

You go to the job nowadays, and not expect the job to come to you!

bigboybrother

Parva wrote: »

See now this is Andy who lives in Utopia. Many, many people jobseeking are on the national minimum wage or little better, how are they expected to get jobs so far away, pay for 'digs' and also support paying for the house at home with kids and a wife? If the guy was an oil-rig worker or something yes, but a warehouse worker or whatever? Get real.

I note that you didn't mention what it is that you actually do Andy. From previous incarnations it would appear that you are heavily dependent on benefits yourself. You're obviously not working currently and given your tone (both here and the disability forum) have much experience, do enlighten us. I guess the new account is in the making already.

What is all that about? I think that you miss posted somewhere along the line.

bigboybrother

Viberduo wrote: »

This "Andy" sounds like a generic troll, I remember my advisor in my hometown saying that a part time minimum wage job came up 25 miles from town(and I lived a further 8 miles out in country with 4 buses a day) at 6am and the advisor told me to not be lazy and walk the 33 miles for a 4am job start then back again in evening (as there was no buses in the evening)

Or them calling me lazy and saying there was plenty of jobs despite having not a single full time job and over 3 thousand unemployed in that town alone, and the nearest city had high unemployment too as did each town on the way to the city.

To stir things up a little though, crazily enough a local factory which even before the recession had no problems getting staff(only big employer in area) after the recession hit took on huge amounts of Polish staff and even gave them free work bus from the city 20 miles from them despite being swamped with local applications.

Maybe the Polish applicants had a better attitude to working? The ones that I have met certainly have.

teagan1966

lukieboy96 wrote: »

I do not agree one bit. Why move hundreds of miles away for a job. Hmm cost of moving etc etc. Get a bloody life. I am sick of people attacking the unemployed.

i agree with you lukie , theres to many people on their high horses saying do this do that , im sure most people are realy trying to get work , people seem to hate anyone that has some sort of benifet be it hb , job seekers etc , they seem to forget there for the grace of god go i ,i also work, to many haters around i think take in by the daily mails daily items on welfare that are far from the norm