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

AP007

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.

Lots of other factors to be considered too.

marlot

I think that as you're under 25 without GCSEs you're entitled to get college courses for free. I'd go and see your local college and see what they can offer.

fufu_banterwaite

MrOrganic wrote: »

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.

I came back from travelling in 2011 and got a job two months later. I am handing in my notice later this month on my current job without a job to go to. I expect to be able to get another job easily. There are lots of jobs out there.

I can also genuinely say that of all my friends I have never known one of them to be without a job for a matter of months. Also I met plenty of people travelling who had packed their jobs in to travel, and of those that I kept in touch with all were back in working again very quickly within their return to the UK. This, as I said, was in 2009/10/11 when the economy was at its lowest ebb.

mattcanary

fufu_banterwaite wrote: »

I came back from travelling in 2011 and got a job two months later. I am handing in my notice later this month on my current job without a job to go to. I expect to be able to get another job easily. There are lots of jobs out there.

I can also genuinely say that of all my friends I have never known one of them to be without a job for a matter of months. Also I met plenty of people travelling who had packed their jobs in to travel, and of those that I kept in touch with all were back in working again very quickly within their return to the UK. This, as I said, was in 2009/10/11 when the economy was at its lowest ebb.

Well, bully for you.

There definitely are not plenty of jobs at the moment. Maybe you;ll find that out soon

darrensurrey

Being a carer for two people shows how hard working you are. Your ability to get !!!! done would be wasted in a job that you're qualified for eg waitress, shelf-stacker, telesales. I would strongly suggest you start your own business. Perhaps train as a personal trainer? Or get 5 GCSEs and then think about further study? In any case, everything will seem easy compared to what you've done. I'd rather do all my studies again than care for even one person.

Edit: have you thought of working in a care home? You'd only have to work 8 hours or so a day plus you do it in pairs especially with moving people. Care homes are always crying out for workers. Sure, you'll be starting at the bottom (no pun intended) and have to train (but they will pay for your NVQs). Who knows, in 10 years' time you could be a care home manager on £40k.

J_i_m

I think the OP definitely has the transferrable skill and experience to take to the care industry if they wish to do so. But even so, most employers will still require basic core level of qualification in English, numeracy and IT. So it would be a good idea to consider at least securing going back into education to secure these core basics.

To those dismissing other people's struggles to secure jobs. I think you speak from narrow perspectives. Whilst there is no doubt that there are some people with the knack of walking into jobs with minimal setbacks that certainly does not apply to everyone.

The job market is incredibly competitive, and there are far many more candidates than vacancies. For many candidates luck is playing as much as if not more of a factor in their success or lack of it.

I myself have been trying to get a new job for over a year, interviews are coming thick and fast, I've had two this week, and have four (yes four lined up for next week).

Infact I've lost count and track of how many interviews I've had, but as yet, despite being assured by most of them that I interviewed very well, I am yet to be successful and it's not down to a lack of effort on my part.

So from my perceptive it is not at all easy to get a job, and claiming that it's all about "mindset" is a narrow minded comment. I can assure you if it were simply about flicking a mindset button, I and every other unsuccessful candidate would have pressed it and got the same job

darrensurrey

fufu_banterwaite wrote: »

I came back from travelling in 2011 and got a job two months later. I am handing in my notice later this month on my current job without a job to go to. I expect to be able to get another job easily. There are lots of jobs out there.

I can also genuinely say that of all my friends I have never known one of them to be without a job for a matter of months. Also I met plenty of people travelling who had packed their jobs in to travel, and of those that I kept in touch with all were back in working again very quickly within their return to the UK. This, as I said, was in 2009/10/11 when the economy was at its lowest ebb.

Really depends on your qualifications. Presumably, you are not like the OPer and therefore competing with many others with similar educational achievements (ie none).

fufu_banterwaite

mattcanary wrote: »

Well, bully for you.

There definitely are not plenty of jobs at the moment. Maybe you;ll find that out soon

Well when I came back in 2011 the situation was even worse – it took me two months to get a job. The unemployment rate in the borough I live in is 0.9%. Now I have no doubt this is skewed by certain government schemes etc, but not many people are out of work.

fufu_banterwaite

darrensurrey wrote: »

Really depends on your qualifications. Presumably, you are not like the OPer and therefore competing with many others with similar educational achievements (ie none).

I am not, but as I said none of my friends have ever been out of work for more than a few months and some of them have very little in the way of qualifications.

mattcanary

Or maybe he can talk crap in job applications and interviews. Talk the talk and so on.

I prefer to try and be straightforward in interviews. I am useless at putting on an act anyway. Unfortunately this may mean I am less successful, as are many others.
As long as I come across as reasonably confident in interviews and feel I answered the questions well, then I am happy with myself. Of course, I am disappointed when I don;t get the job but at least I am being true to who I am.

I remember another thread he started a while back asking how he could start a career in a new career area.
It was in a very simpering tone. When he was asking for help from others. Unlike his posts in threads such as these....