best agency for easy/brain-dead work?

mattcanary

fufu_banterwaite wrote: »

What I am intrigued about is you say you have never earnt more than 16k, but you are not claiming benefits and living off of savings from your previous employment.

You seem to have been unemployed for a long time now - how have you managed to eek out the savings for so long? You can't have saved that much on these miniscule salaries you talk of?

Also be honest, how much do you proactively do to help yourself find this elusive course aside from continually posting on here the same kind of question and then poo poo-ing anyone who has a suggestion?

Perhaps he was living at home with his parents?
Or he was lucky and got some inheritance money? Or won the lottery?


Could be many reasons why he hasn't needed to claim.
And none of our business really

devilivus

fufu_banterwaite wrote: »

Matt - Morgan does have a patronising attitude

morganedge wrote: »

I have a patronising attitude??

fufu_banterwaite wrote: »

No, Matt does.

Fufu, have you been drinking or something?

kingslayer

morganedge wrote: »

I'm 29. I'm male.
I don't think education is a realistic option. I love the idea of doing some sort of short course that will give me a 'marketable skill' that will lead to a job, though/
Just don't know what.....

It might be possible to do a short course. Have you looked at local college websites?
What are your interests, pal?
Education is always a realistic option. I am just starting to realise that having a good level of education can be very important in securing a stable future and a good career. To be honest, I rarely take my own advice, but If I can help out somehow then that's great.

Another option is to learn poker and try win big online or in real tournaments lol.

fufu_banterwaite

mattcanary wrote: »

Perhaps he was living at home with his parents?
Or he was lucky and got some inheritance money? Or won the lottery?


Could be many reasons why he hasn't needed to claim.
And none of our business really

He said he was living off savings from a previous job.

Ronaldo_Mconaldo

There's always going to be work out there for the determined, hard working young man with hope in his heart and a twinkle in his eye. Come on, good buddy, you can do it. Toilets will always need cleaning, medical experiments will always need to be carried out on someone, police line ups will always require a few random people to stand next to the criminal. There's plenty of opportunity for the brain dead to obtain paid employment and rise to the top of their chosen career. You can do it!

Mr_Falling_Star

If you have a University college near you give them a ring and ask who does the accommodation cleaning while the students are away for the summer. Unite student services may be worth contacting as well as they are well known for having a lot of cleaning roles come summertime.

morganedge

kingslayer wrote: »

It might be possible to do a short course. Have you looked at local college websites?
What are your interests, pal?
Education is always a realistic option. I am just starting to realise that having a good level of education can be very important in securing a stable future and a good career. To be honest, I rarely take my own advice, but If I can help out somehow then that's great.

Initially, I feel as though getting 'a job' should be my initial concern. Then when i've got some spare money, I could take a course?

I've looked at my local college prospectus.
Nothing grabs me, and without any kind of direction or 'work related' interest, it seems a bit overwhelming.

Some people might love driving, and they might know they want to be a taxi driver.
Or some people might love numbers/maths, and then choose to be an accountant?
But if your hobbies and interests aren't things that have anything to do with work (playing football, listening to music, surfing the web, going to friends BBQ's, sunbathing!), then I guess you have to come at it from a different angle?!

All I have to go by is that maths was my best subject at school in terms of GCSE grade. I've been told that my writing/grammar etc is not awful.

I know that there's a job out there somewhere that'd suit me.
I don't know about a 'career', though.

kingslayer wrote: »

Another option is to learn poker and try win big online or in real tournaments lol.

hehe. Not poker, but I have made a few K in recent years with a different sort of 'gambling', but tempted to quit whilst i'm ahead!

annie123

morganedge wrote: »

Despite the apparently improving job market, i'm finding it harder than before to find a job.
Generally no replies, but worse than that is that every job just seems out of my depth when I read the job description.
(Other than the occasional cleaning job advertised who want experience which I don't have)

I guess I need to look for warehouse type jobs where the duties are lifting boxes, packing goods etc, but I never see these types of jobs advertised.

Is there a particular agency who tends to specialise in such posts?
(When I was a teenager, Adecco used to do lots of packing work etc)

Should I just contact (email?) the agency and ask if they have any such work going in my area?

thanks

Get yourself a CV geared towards manual work but don't assume you don't need to be good at maths, english and have an IQ because you do. Then walk/drive around industrial estates and hand deliver your CV.
You could get offered short term temp work, if you do take it.
My son took 8 weeks part time at NMW back in January. Big drop down for him after having been made redundant and not the sort of work he's used to. He was full time after 2 weeks because he was a quick worker and made supervisor last month. He is surprised that he likes working there.

If you like playing football find a college that does sports coaching or fitness instructor. You don't usually pay for the courses if you're signing on. So if you can't get a job but are eligible to sign on but don't want to yet want to do a course then it might be worth your while reconsidering signing on.

CCFC_80

morganedge wrote: »

Thanks,
I forgot about best connection.
They used to do lots of work like packing CD's etc when I used them a long time ago.

Best Connection, ahrrghh. One of the worst agencies I ever worked for. If I had to mark them out of 10, they would be lucky to get zero. Full of lying recruitment consultants who's heads were so far up their clients backsides that any further they would disappear.

fufu_banterwaite

Morgy I think a lot of people are like you, unsure of what they want to do in life. There are of course a lucky few who have a hobby they make a career out of, or whom are generally passionate about and love the job they do, but I think the majority drift along not sure of what they want to do.

I don’t know what I want to do. Got an interview next week for a job that would mean a big paycut initially, but would be something I enjoy much more I think. The opportunity for this came along out of nowhere, so just keep looking.

You say “I’ve been told that my writing/grammar etc is not awful”. I think this is another example of your negative self image. Your writing/grammar seems very good!

PS – well done on the threesomes.