After the Work Programme

AP007

donnajunkie wrote: »

was mandated to see a careers adviser recently and the stupid person is going to recommend to my adviser that i do a maths and literacy course just because when i was at school 24 years ago i didnt manage to get a C or above in maths or english.

I had to have a group session with Learn Direct last week where they spoke to us ALL like were morons saying we all had to have Level 1 and 2 Maths and English like we all had no qualifications. Well maybe the others don't but have O Level grade A in both.

Have a follow up tomorrow with the advisor so I can tell her how pointless this was!

Oh yes and the woman from the job centre in the meeting said and I quote 'these courses are available to all of you's'

I think she meant 'you' but not too sure as she used the word 'you's more than once!

Maybe she needs level 1 and 2 :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

donnajunkie

AP007 wrote: »

I had to have a group session with Learn Direct last week where they spoke to us ALL like were morons saying we all had to have Level 1 and 2 Maths and English like we all had no qualifications. Well maybe the others don't but have O Level grade A in both.

Have a follow up tomorrow with the advisor so I can tell her how pointless this was!

Oh yes and the woman from the job centre in the meeting said and I quote 'these courses are available to all of you's'

I think she meant 'you' but not too sure as she used the word 'you's more than once!

Maybe she needs level 1 and 2 :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

personally i am probably shaky on some of the maths equivalent to level 2 simply because i havent used it since school. also to suggest like she did that i cant get a job without it and that it was the answer to my problems is ridiculous. they basically just want to humiliate people thats the purpose of forcing people onto pointless courses. however i did enjoy maths at school and can probably tolerate doing a course if it means i get perks like seeing my adviser less often. i dont want it to clash with my voluntary work either.

KevInChester

If you don't have level 2 or equivalent in English/Maths then it's not the worst thing in the world to study. If you have the equivalents then it really is a waste of time.

AP007

KevInChester wrote: »

If you don't have level 2 or equivalent in English/Maths then it's not the worst thing in the world to study. If you have the equivalents then it really is a waste of time.

they said you wont get a job without them

AP007

donnajunkie wrote: »

personally i am probably shaky on some of the maths equivalent to level 2 simply because i havent used it since school. also to suggest like she did that i cant get a job without it and that it was the answer to my problems is ridiculous. they basically just want to humiliate people thats the purpose of forcing people onto pointless courses. however i did enjoy maths at school and can probably tolerate doing a course if it means i get perks like seeing my adviser less often. i dont want it to clash with my voluntary work either.

Depends what you want to do as a job still.

I am serious when I say that they said you wont get a job without. As is no one in the meeting had never had a job before oh yes and me with my O levels! LOL

Chester666666

these courses are just to make them money so I take it with a pinch of salt, I was offered english but I didn't do the courses as they seemed very pointless

donnajunkie

KevInChester wrote: »

If you don't have level 2 or equivalent in English/Maths then it's not the worst thing in the world to study. If you have the equivalents then it really is a waste of time.

i agree its not the worst thing to study but if it serves no real useful purpose it is a waste of time. dont want to be sat in a room full of headbangers either.

donnajunkie

AP007 wrote: »

Depends what you want to do as a job still.

I am serious when I say that they said you wont get a job without. As is no one in the meeting had never had a job before oh yes and me with my O levels! LOL

quote, ''you dont have level 2 and thats what employers are looking for''. i was dying to say that whenever i get cv advise i get told to leave off what i did at school altogether. infact as a result it hasnt been on my cv for many years. now i am being told i need a better qualification in something i dont even put on my cv.

donnajunkie

saw adviser today. it turns out a !!!! up was made yet again with my appointments which meant i saw someone i wasnt meant to see. on the plus side it has delayed the refering of me onto daft courses by a couple of weeks. plus the person i saw was actually human.

red_devil

I am soon to finish wp ive been told icould be expected to attend the jc three times a week. Has anyone been put on a placement. Is there anyway of finding out the success rate of the wp. Do most people end up back at the jobcentre.