Jobseeking Help !!!!

gay_guy

On 14.11.2013 I posted that I have a post Work Programme appointment on 26.11.2013 as I finish my 2 year next month.

However on my appointment on 26.11.2013 and if my personal advisor tells me I need to do 35 hours Jobsearch, what does this Include? does all these add up to 35 hours a week? as I am doing these already:

1) I look on Universal Jobmatch, Indeed, Monster, Fish4jobs and total Jobs and I apply for Jobs mostly everyday and I also look on these websites 5 days a week.

2) I keep in contact with Job agencies 3 days a week whom I am registered with.

3) Look in newspapers.

What else do you think I need to do if these don't add up to 35 hours? I am just asking this if my advisor ask me to do 35 hours

Any help would be great, cheers !

AP007

I get a feeling I have been here before.....................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

makeyourdaddyproud

How can you measure what 35hrs job searching is? I would guess you've done more than enough.

jacques_chirac

You need to be proactive, everything you are doing is reactive, expecting a job to find you.

AP007 gave you some excellent advice on your one of your other threads. Please go back and study what she had said.

scooby088

Print off some CV's and get walking to local business's, shops, bars, pubs, look on shop windows they may advertise on there. A local florist had an advert in their window for a delivery driver I applied for that didn't get it but these things can add up to 35 hours.

Galaxy1987

Maybe you should re-read all your previous posts and take in what was said.

THEN spend time actually doing job hunting, planning and assessing if the job is ok for you I.e. distance, salary etc.

You spend a lot of time on MSE asking same thing, getting same answers that are easy to find online.

theoretica

makeyourdaddyproud wrote: »

How can you measure what 35hrs job searching is?

I think a clock would be the right tool for this.

[Deleted User]

OP whilst I don't like to recommend it offer your services on a trial to employers you would like to work for (adhering to whatever rules there maybe)
Do you follow up on applications (that has worked for me in the past) even if it just comes to sending an email maybe 4/5 days after the application - most of the job sites offer contact details to do this
Only you know what adds up to the required time

You could also question your personal advisor I suppose, as to what they recommend - they should be able to tell you

gay_guy

scooby088 wrote: »

Print off some CV's and get walking to local business's, shops, bars, pubs, look on shop windows they may advertise on there. A local florist had an advert in their window for a delivery driver I applied for that didn't get it but these things can add up to 35 hours.

That's going to be hard printing cvs of since I haven't got a printer !!!

starrystarry

gay_guy wrote: »

That's going to be hard printing cvs of since I haven't got a printer !!!

Do you know someone who has a printer? Will your advisor at the job centre print some off for you?

You need to start thinking for yourself, coming up with your own solutions instead of being negative. Use your initiative.

scooby088

gay_guy wrote: »

That's going to be hard printing cvs of since I haven't got a printer !!!

Neither had I, but I had a copy and asked the JC to print some off for me which they did.