I feel like I'm never going to get a job...

jonathonloman91

Someone else has touched upon this but don't forget your caring experience. A very worthwhile profession and there will always be opportunities. Even if it is not something you would do forever it could be a way in. Surely there are some fairly entry level jobs in that area?

Once you start somewhere you could always work towards a hands off management position, or something related. One of my friends is training to be a nurse off the back of something like this and once qualifies her options will be greatly enhanced.

BillJones

melysion wrote: »

let's not kid ourselves it is easy out there are the moment. It isnt, regardless of how "employable" someone is.

My useless second cousin, who manages to lose most jobs in short order, has just got a job in electronics in the "deprived" North east, following his job in a warehouse over Christmas, and on a production line since.

He'll be earning a fair amount over the minimum wage, will be getting sent to do day-release qualifications, and the employer has made it clear that he hopes it will be a job for life, as he has staff getting close to retirement age, who need to be replaced.

So yes, it is actually very easy to find a job if you put in the effort. If this lad with no academic qualifications at all can keep walking into them a few days after losing the last, in Newcastle, then anyone can.

dandelionclock30

Apolonation wrote: »

I know someone that quit her job and got a job the next week it's about mindset, determination and employability. There are loads of jobs out there.

I know someone who went to the moon but it doesnt mean everyone can just go to the moon does it?

fufu_banterwaite

Apolonation wrote: »

I know someone that quit her job and got a job the next week it's about mindset, determination and employability. There are loads of jobs out there.

I can only speak from personal experience, but I agree 100% with the above statement.

BillJones

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

I know someone who went to the moon but it doesnt mean everyone can just go to the moon does it?

No, but likewise, just because there are a few people determinedly unemployable that doesn't mean that everyone, or even most people are.

fufu_banterwaite

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

I know someone who went to the moon but it doesnt mean everyone can just go to the moon does it?

Who do you 'know' who went to the moon?

dandelionclock30

A cousin of my Dads,Peter Conrad.

fufu_banterwaite

So if a man can walk on the moon, than any man should be able to get a job.

An interesting fact about Pete Conrad was that he was the first man to fall over on the moon.

Prothet_of_Doom

I think you need to RE-Write your CV, as if the 6 years as a Full time carer was a job.

Job Title

Unpaid Sole Carer For Relative with ..........Needs

Duties?
Transferable skills? Cooking, Assisting with Personal Care, Basic First Aid, Cleaning and Domestic Duties,
Hours of Work: 24/7 on call.

Then I think you should go and talk to local Connections adult advisor, about what courses (full or part time) might help you.

MrOrganic

Apolonation wrote: »

I know someone that quit her job and got a job the next week it's about mindset, determination and employability. There are loads of jobs out there.

In my experience of being unemployed, there are usually hundreds of people applying for the same job. One time I was told by the job centre that 1,000 people had applied for this one job. It's always easy for employed people to say there are lots of jobs, but very soon when the economy eventually collapses, they too will be in the gutter and they will have to endure being labelled a benefit scrounger. Luckily I now have a job, but it took years before an employer took me on. In no way will I ever say that it's easy to get a job. It isn't. Not with criminals running the country.