35 hours a week for Jobsearch, not possible?

AP007

stix62 wrote: »

I've trawled through yell.com looking for company's or other potential employers to send spec letters to and there are quite a few who don't have email addresses - - - actually

Then maybe look up their website and not use Yell.com Give me the name of one company you found on Yell that didn't have an email contact?

Why use Yell I don't know.

donnajunkie

AP007 wrote: »

More like less likely to read and just put in the bin.

60 letters sent when on the WP in the last few weeks and no replies at all, where as when I email specs I get at least 50% reply rate.

if they get an email are they really going to spend time and money printing your cv? i dont think so. if they have a printed version in their hands through the post they might keep it on file. in an email it could be a click of a mouse and its gone without them even opening the attachment containing your cv.

stix62

AP007 wrote: »

Then maybe look up their website and not use Yell.com Give me the name of one company you found on Yell that didn't have an email contact?

Why use Yell I don't know.

I stopped doing spec letters a long time ago AP, I'm not going looking on yell.com now.

Why use Yell?
A job centre advisor 'advised' me to

donnajunkie

goonarmy wrote: »

So speculative then. Ok, not sure why these would need to be sent as a hard copy.

if you dont have their email and they are too far away to walk to then the old fashioned post is the only option left.

AP007

donnajunkie wrote: »

if they get an email are they really going to spend time and money printing your cv? i dont think so. if they have a printed version in their hands through the post they might keep it on file. in an email it could be a click of a mouse and its gone without them even opening the attachment containing your cv.

They don't print it!
You think they actually have a file with CV's in it?

Most people will create a thing call folders in their email accounts and hold CV's/emails there.

How many hard copy CV's have you send and how many are you on file with from sending these out?

AP007

stix62 wrote: »

I stopped doing spec letters a long time ago AP, I'm not going looking on yell.com now.

Why use Yell?
A job centre advisor 'advised' me to

THE JC advised you to!?? PMSL - Yeah ok wow that's the best way to find companies :rotfl::rotfl:

You must have a company name at hand who you sent a spec to in the post?

donnajunkie

sensibleadvice wrote: »

Irrelevant an moot.

JSA is what it says on the tin. Open then tin and you'll find stuff inside you'd expect to find like:

• be able and available for work
• be actively seeking work
• go to a JSA interview
• JSA interview
• take steps to find work - eg improving your skills
• improve your chances of getting a job - eg get help on writing a CV, preparing for interviews, looking for work

....This is called a ‘Jobseeker’s Agreement’.

Your JSA may be stopped if you don’t follow your agreement and can’t give a good reason.

Do you disagree with any of these facts?

being required to look for work etc has always been the case. changing the name enables people to take a different attitude towards it and the people who recieve it if they choose to but it is still fundementally the same thing.

AP007

donnajunkie wrote: »

if you dont have their email and they are too far away to walk to then the old fashioned post is the only option left.

I will say it again its a lame answer - look the email up.

donnajunkie

sensibleadvice wrote: »

A quick look at your posts indicates you've been job seeking for several years yet still have broadband. It seems quite reasonable then, that if at some point you can't afford broadband that you will have had reasonable provision given for long enough and can't subsequently complain about your situation.

you can say you should have got a job by now if you wish but thats not what was being discussed. what was being discussed is being a jobseeker and having access to the degree that you need to be able to meet the jobcentres requirements.

stix62

donnajunkie wrote: »

if they get an email are they really going to spend time and money printing your cv? i dont think so. if they have a printed version in their hands through the post they might keep it on file. in an email it could be a click of a mouse and its gone without them even opening the attachment containing your cv.

I'm with Donna on this one, an email can easily be deleted without even having been looked at. At least a printed version through the post is going to be opened (99.9%) and someone is definitely going to give it a quick glance if nothing else.