After the Work Programme

donnajunkie

AP007 wrote: »

So they counted them correctly?

no, like i said there is actually 41 actions and they wrote 37. i only noticed this when i got home and looked through it.

AP007

donnajunkie wrote: »

no, like i said there is actually 41 actions and they wrote 37. i only noticed this when i got home and looked through it.

so one of the numbers is made up as no fool could get that wrong surely.............:rotfl:

donnajunkie

AP007 wrote: »

so one of the numbers is made up as no fool could get that wrong surely.............:rotfl:

just had another look and they wrote each amount next to each thing but missed the part where they wrote contact 4 agencies per week. that is why it is actually 41.

AP007

Well my number is made up

Jerry_Mander

jayne30 wrote: »

For those of us being given a hard time for 6 months then transferred to the new name scheme in April could mean a lot of claimants will end up with 12 months of maybe daily or weekly JCP appointments and course referrals. Doesn't seem fair

The Help to Work scheme is ongoing indefinitely so you'll be on it until you get a job or sign off for other reasons.

John1993_2

Chester666666 wrote: »

You are trolling it seems
You don't acknowledge the amount of unemployed or how terrible the jobs situation is

It's not bad at all though. There are plenty of jobs out there; my bank finds it so hard to get good staff that we have to recruit from overseas, for example.

There are also myriad opportunities for self employment. Turn up at our front desk with a shoe shine kit, and you could probably start tomorrow cleaning shoes at £3 a pair. Stand out the front handing out cards and you could have people pay you to take in and return dry cleaning.

AP007

John1993 wrote: »

It's not bad at all though. There are plenty of jobs out there; my bank finds it so hard to get good staff that we have to recruit from overseas, for example.

There are also myriad opportunities for self employment. Turn up at our front desk with a shoe shine kit, and you could probably start tomorrow cleaning shoes at £3 a pair. Stand out the front handing out cards and you could have people pay you to take in and return dry cleaning.

'Your' bank would consider long term unemployed? Someone with no banking experience?

I am guessing you work at a large head office and wouldn't the jobs be more specialist compared to being a cashier in the high street?

John1993_2

AP007 wrote: »

'Your' bank would consider long term unemployed? Someone with no banking experience?

I am guessing you work at a large head office and wouldn't the jobs be more specialist compared to being a cashier in the high street?

Yes, for one of the more professional roles you probably need experience, but there's a work canteen, or door staff, and we've also lost our shoeshine guy. There's probably about five thousand staff in the building, many of whom would love someone to shine our shoes. The last guy did literally walk up to reception and ask for an opportunity to come in and do the job.

I'm not being glib when I say that there's work out there. It can take some lateral thinking, but there's still money to be made.

AP007

John1993 wrote: »

Yes, for one of the more professional roles you probably need experience, but there's a work canteen, or door staff, and we've also lost our shoeshine guy. There's probably about five thousand staff in the building, many of whom would love someone to shine our shoes. The last guy did literally walk up to reception and ask for an opportunity to come in and do the job.

I'm not being glib when I say that there's work out there. It can take some lateral thinking, but there's still money to be made.

I wasn't really talking about a canteen job I was talking about the banking roles you have to recruit abroad for?

Yes there are jobs out there, you just have to get the interview first and that part is not easy.

Affynity

I had to contact my Work Programme provider because my employer was telling me they keep calling asking for details of my contract.
I informed them of my intent to withdraw third party data sharing consent and they told me:
"We're not going to stop using your data."
They are the lowest of the low.
Fortunately, my employer seems to understand that the Work Programme only get paid for getting me a job and they don't seem to remember them from the recruitment process (of which my provider wasn't involved.)