Looking for work with agencies

AP007

Dazg wrote: »

ok i understand, i will speck to the jc or my work programme and get a list of agencies if available. So even though i need to support my family agency work is a good way forward? thank-you

You are on the Work Programme?????

Evilm

They will advertise in different places but it does depend on your area of work as to how many you will see. They should be in the normal job listings but be marked as Temporary etc.

They will have you come in and possibly do some tests (depending on what you are doing: Office work for example expect a typing and excel test) and take IDs etc. Whilst you are there they will generally interview you and ask questions about your CV etc.

Then they will put you forwards for a role with a company. These roles could be temporary (eg. a few days, a few weeks) or temp to perm (temp for so many weeks and then be taken on by the client company) or permanent.

You may also need to go to an interview with the company if its temp to perm or permanent.

If you get a role with them then they will ask you to fill in a timesheet and get the client to sign it. Either you or the client will submit this to them by a specified point in the week by fax/email.

They will pay you say £8 an hour and charge the client say £11 an hour. They generally pay Thurs/Fri of the following week. So any work done from 20th-24th May would be in your bank account on the 30th/31st.

(For a perm role they will charge a certain fee to the employer for their placing services instead and you will be employed and paid by the employer).

CCFC_80

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

Congratulations, you win today's 'pedantic !!!!!!' award.

Sorry SG but AP007 is quite right on this.

Agencies work for thieir clients and don't give a **** regarding their candidates. They couldn't give a **** who fills their vacancies. They treat candidates most of the time with contempt and I think most candidates realise that. If they get you an interview they will phone up about an hour before to wish you good luck. However they are only doing this to make sure that you attend the interview as they will not want to upset their little darling clients with a no show. Then if you are unsuccessful most of the time you will not hear anything. It's always funny how they contact you before an interview but they don't want to know afterwards:eek:

Oh, and another thing I keep reiterating on this forum. NEVER EVER tell recruitment agents of any outstanding applications and especially interviews that you have pending. They will want to put up their candidates against you for that position reducing your chances of getting that job that you probably sourced yourself. This has happened many times. It is a complete no-brainer to do this:eek:

scheming_gypsy

but they were still being pedantic. They put people into jobs, that was the point I was making regardless of the wording.

AP007

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

but they were still being pedantic. They put people into jobs, that was the point I was making regardless of the wording.

they still work for the client not the candidate and get paid by them and will do whatever they ask for or say.

museman1986

I understand what you're after here mate. There are various websites which have a host of job advertisements on them, these are known as job boards.
If you did a Google search for "jobs" you'd see several of these sites listed - places like indeed.co.uk monster.com etc.)

The way these sites work is two-fold

One: You upload your CV and take a passive approach to job searching (your CV sits in a database and has the potential to be found by employers who are looking for candidates based on skills and qualification matching)

Two: You search through the jobs listed on these sites and apply for any that you are interested in. (You will have the ability to look at jobs by sector, location, salary, perm, temp, full or part time contracts etc.)

The following websites are job boards:
myfuturerole.com
monster.com
indeed.co.uk
jobsearch.direct.gov.uk

Agencies like Reed, Adecco, Kelly Services generally have an online presence as well as physical offices on the high street.

Despite what has been said before (justified or not) you need to be pro-actively doing everything you possibly can to get a job. That includes:
Signing up to these job boards and uploading your CV to them (the more the better)
Getting yourself down to several agencies and physically walking in to sign up (phone ahead to make an appointment if and where necessary)
Send your CV direct to employers - check their websites for vacancies, go down and enquire in person about upcoming vacancies (this way you find out if they are looking to recruit people in the near future so you get the jump on the competition)
Check the local and national newspapers for jobs. Old school method but still worthwhile.

Job seeking is a full time job in itself. Set your working hours and be productive. I know of what I speak, and let me encourage you that nothing will motivate you more than knowing you have to provide for your family. Feel hungry for it mate, and let it drive you.
I bagged a job with a really decent company 18 months ago by putting on my best 3-piece suit, confidently walking through their front doors and asking to speak to their recruitment manager. I thought I'd be booted out in 2 minutes flat, but I was confident, told them I wanted to work for them and that I'd be an asset to their company, and they actually interviewed me for an hour and a half before offering me an internship. I'm still with the company and love every second of it.

Go get it mate, you CAN do it and I'm sure your family are proud of you no matter what happens.

All the best.