Claiming JSA - apprenticeship refusal

Dunroamin

Will she have the opportunity to get a relevant qualification through this apprenticeship or does she already have one?

seven-day-weekend

However much experience she may have in this field, she does not have a job in it. Take the apprenticeship and don't think that it is beneath her.

Podge52

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

However much experience she may have in this field, she does not have a job in it. Take the apprenticeship and don't think that it is beneath her.

I'm sure she doesn't think the job is beneath her after all she has experience in it, It's the slave labor wages that are being objected to.

Dunroamin

Podge52 wrote: »

I'm sure she doesn't think the job is beneath her after all she has experience in it, It's the slave labor wages that are being objected to.

Without knowing the daughter's age, you cant't tell how much below NMW the apprentice rate actually is. Regardless of her age, it's going to bring in a good bit more than JSA.

sammyjammy

If this is the area she wants to work in and she is claiming JSA why would she turn it down? She can still continue looking for a job that pays more/offers her more of a challenge.

If she can already do this role with her eyes shut she has the opportunity to make herself indispensable to this employer to the extent after the Apprenticeship they will offer her a job paying a more acceptable wage.

It's a no brainer as far as I can see.

gettingready

Podge52 wrote: »

I'm sure she doesn't think the job is beneath her after all she has experience in it, It's the slave labor wages that are being objected to.

Exactly my point.

Lieja

She wouldn't be being offered an apprenticeship if she was already qualified above a particular level in that field. The apprenticeship will offer her experience plus a qualification that will benefit her in the future.

There's more to having a job than just money, so if she isn't going to be worse off then it'll always be better than signing on. If she actually will be worse off, then her advisor can go through the calculation with her and she won't have to take the job.

scooby088

One way to curtail the interview is to mention money a sure way of not being offered the apprenticeship. Why would she want to work for the apprentice rate when she has worked for more before.

[Deleted User]

Accept low wage now
ALWAYS will be on a low wage

After 15 years of misery for myself, tell your daughter to keep her expectations up and not accept less whilst she can - it is much harder to ask for a salary when you have been poorly paid and have accepted that for so long, no matter the intentions of "oh I'll just do this and one day I'll be paid the right salary" thats why society has all the problems it does

Dunroamin

gettingready wrote: »

Exactly my point.

As you're obviously still around on this thread, don't you think it might be worthwhile to tell people your daughter's age and relevant qualifications as to the field she wants to work in? Someone of 22, with a NVQ and many years' experience in this area, would be in quite a different situation from someone of 18 with no relevant qualification and 6 months' experience.