Job seekers question

donnajunkie

BoJangles wrote: »

Well I don't particularly think it has to be everyday so long as you put in real effort and how you manage your time is up to you, so long as you do what you need to do to get that job.

I know if it were me I wouldn't need to put that amount of time in.

indeed, but as i have said its all about fulfilling their requirements. it is possible if you try to do 7 days worth in 3 or 4 days but if you did that you would be sanctioned even though you will have done exactly the same amount as someone who spread it over 7 days. jobcentres should be renamed the place that common sense forgot.

BoJangles_2

donnajunkie wrote: »

i promise you on the rare occasion i have something nice to say about them i do say it.
they judge you on volume not quality. it is not doing enough that people get sanctioned for.
the reason it appears that i am only interesting in doing what is asked is because it is very important to ensure you do appear to be doing as asked, failure to do that means a sanction, it is the rules that force people to think this way. i talk about this alot so i guess it can appear the way you say.

But maybe this is why you aren't having any success in finding a job? There's got to be a reason and maybe your applications aren't the best they could be because you are trying to apply for too many...I hazzard a guess!

BoJangles_2

donnajunkie wrote: »

indeed, but as i have said its all about fulfilling their requirements. it is possible if you try to do 7 days worth in 3 or 4 days but if you did that you would be sanctioned even though you will have done exactly the same amount as someone who spread it over 7 days. jobcentres should be renamed the place that common sense forgot.

Well use your imagination...come on now this is your speciality!!

donnajunkie

BoJangles wrote: »

Yeah but you do...so it doesn't apply!

yes i do coz i have the net but it was implied that people could still jobseek on a sunday without the net. even my jobcentre has the sense to not require 7 days of people who dont have the net.
there you go, just said something nice about them.

BoJangles_2

donnajunkie wrote: »

yes i do coz i have the net but it was implied that people could still jobseek on a sunday without the net. even my jobcentre has the sense to not require 7 days of people who dont have the net.
there you go, just said something nice about them.

Well then they'll have to do it by other means if they can't time manage themselves!

donnajunkie

BoJangles wrote: »

Time management is a wonderful thing...

it depends whether what you have planned takes up the whole day or not. when i went to london we left very early in the morning and i didnt get home until after midnight.

donnajunkie

tomtontom wrote: »

You raise a good point here BoJangles, when people have been unemployed as long as donnajunkie any time management skills they had will be out the window. This is where mandatory work placements can be used, give them something more useful than playing computer games all day

and take them away from jobseeking. i couldnt play games all day even if i wanted to. cant get on the damn thing for my dad playing on it.

donnajunkie

BoJangles wrote: »

But maybe this is why you aren't having any success in finding a job? There's got to be a reason and maybe your applications aren't the best they could be because you are trying to apply for too many...I hazzard a guess!

yes being distracted by worrying about whether i have fulfilled the jobcentres requirements this week cant help.

Charlotte17

donnajunkie wrote: »

yeah but things can go wrong that prevent you from jobseeking on a certain day like illness for example. i recently went to london for the day. there was no time to job seek that day. was it really that wrong of me to have a day away?

Went to London for the day so there was NO time to job search? Really? When you got back maybe?

donnajunkie

BoJangles wrote: »

Well then they'll have to do it by other means if they can't time manage themselves!

what has time management got to do with not being able to jobseek on a sunday due to no net, no computer, no local newspaper with job ads, few employers open, etc.
like i said even the jobcentre has the sense not to require it of these people.