How Many Job Applications for JSA?

pennypincher3562

Ok sorry, Tomtontom. This guy was different. There were 3 of us in a 'CV workshop.' The other 2 hadn't even bothered to bring a CV, and were quite clearly not interested. They couldn't even be bothered asking a single question. It was more like being at a funeral than a CV workshop.

However, I do get your point.

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PennyPincher3562

scootw1

I think you would be extremely lucky to find 20-30 jobs to apply for in the first place. If 5 jobs is all you can find then thats all you can go for. I would say the data of finding many jobs are long gone as well and I think IDS needs to start realising that as he clearly has not so far.

pennypincher3562

Hi ScootW1

You could be correct. If I can't find many jobs to apply for, then I will send my CV to all the employment agencies in town, and hopefully that will be viewed as an 'application of sort' in the eyes of the 'job coach.'

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PennyPincher3562

sammyjammy

pennypincher3562 wrote: »

Ok sorry, Tomtontom. This guy was different. There were 3 of us in a 'CV workshop.' The other 2 hadn't even bothered to bring a CV, and were quite clearly not interested. They couldn't even be bothered asking a single question. It was more like being at a funeral than a CV workshop.

However, I do get your point.

Cheers
PennyPincher3562

You seem a little obsessed about what other people are or are not doing.

Its not about applying for jobs you are interested in but about applying for jobs that you are capable of doing. As has been said forget the 30 hours, put effort into your applications, job search and applying for anything suitable even if it would be only a short term option until you find something more "interesting".

dodger1

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redvision95

Its not about "keeping the benefits people happy" its about finding work and getting a job.


What others have said is correct, Its more about what you are doing to find work than how many jobs you are applying for but the advisors obviously expect you to apply for a reasonable amount of jobs, I used to try to apply for 3 jobs each day, there would be days where I applied for 10 or as many as 15 but a average was 3 or 4 a day. But you are expected to apply to any and every job that you are mentally and physically capable of doing/that you meet the requirements for and should you be offered a job, regardless of what it is, you are expected to take it.



log into outlook and reply to any job related emails
log into all of the job sites such as reed, indeed, cv library, jobs4, fish4jobs, jobsite, universal jobmatch and search and apply for literally anything you meet the requirements of.
Go onto facebook, twitter and go onto jobs pages/pages of local agencies and put a few posts up seeing if any has work (make a professional account for this).


Go into town and pop into as many agencies as possible and register with them, ask if they have any new jobs, anything you could do. the agencies are the best way of getting work quick, there are good and bad ones but work is work. most agencies will aim to get you into work within 3 days, advisors from the job centre also expect you to register with as many agencies as possible.


Go around handing out CVs with speculative (if that's how its spelt) letters. Make sure the manager takes it not just any old Jo blogs that works there, I found that the staff would just put it in the bin.


If there is anything you could improve on such as maths + English try and get yourself on a training course if your able to.


Ask your advisor if there is any training they could put you on even if its forklift licence, SIA licence etc etc.... it doesn't matter what it is, Its a step towards work.


I wish you the best of luck in your job search and hope that you find work soon.

Batman_100

When I was last on JSA my advisor told me I had to apply for a minimum of 20 jobs a week using different job search website specified by them. This is what I used to call my 'Mandatory Job Search' and I would do this first thing in the morning to get it out the way. I'd then move on to my more serious job search which I recorded in a separate booklet provided by my work programme provider. In all I was probably doing about double the job searches they required of me each week, although not all of them were serious ones. In some cases it was literally just a case of pressing the apply button because some of the websites JCP told me to use were completely useless.


This arrangement worked well and was only ever questioned once by JCP when they wondered why I was recording some of my job searches on a separate piece of paper, but I didn't get in any trouble for that.


But I think they are flexible in setting the number of job searches you have to do. A friend of mine who signed of a few years ago only had to apply for 7 jobs a week because she had post-graduate qualifications and was applying for high flying jobs with some very long winded application forms.


But things are very different now from when my parents last had to sign on in the 1980's. Back then you could get away with applying for 3 jobs a week or something ridiculous like that. But back then all job applications were done through paper based forms and adverts on notice boards in job centres, so applying for jobs was a lot more time consuming than it is now with the help of the internet.

pennypincher3562

Hi Batman 100

Thanks for that. I applied for 15 jobs in 2 weeks, and made a 'business proposition' to a company - they were happy with that.

20 a week is a lot, and I reckon at that rate I'd be applying for a lot of jobs I'm not really suited to.

I've only started signing on, so maybe they are being easy on me. Anyway, I'll need to pick up the pace, as there no way I can pay all my bills on £73 a week.

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PennyPincher3562

mattcanary

pennypincher3562 wrote: »

Hi Woodbine

I can't dispute that. I'll soon get a clearer picture of what is expected from me, after my 2nd meeting with my 'job coach.' I was pretty disappointed with the first meeting, as he really didn't say very much (it was a bit odd.)

Off on a tangent, I struggle to believe that the guy sitting beside me in the benefits office who could not write, and another guy who could barely speak English were doing 30 hours a week of solid job seeking. Maybe I am wrong.

Cheers
PennyPincher3562

Well, it would take them longer to complete one job application than it would a literate jobseeker.


30 hours jobseeking is a load of old bull really; the Jobcentre cannot monitor it effectively so what is the point? It's designed to make Daily Mail readers and their ilk happy, rather than helping to solve the nation's problems.

mattcanary

redvision95 wrote: »

Its not about "keeping the benefits people happy" its about finding work and getting a job.


What others have said is correct, Its more about what you are doing to find work than how many jobs you are applying for but the advisors obviously expect you to apply for a reasonable amount of jobs, I used to try to apply for 3 jobs each day, there would be days where I applied for 10 or as many as 15 but a average was 3 or 4 a day. But you are expected to apply to any and every job that you are mentally and physically capable of doing/that you meet the requirements for and should you be offered a job, regardless of what it is, you are expected to take it.



log into outlook and reply to any job related emails
log into all of the job sites such as reed, indeed, cv library, jobs4, fish4jobs, jobsite, universal jobmatch and search and apply for literally anything you meet the requirements of.
Go onto facebook, twitter and go onto jobs pages/pages of local agencies and put a few posts up seeing if any has work (make a professional account for this).


Go into town and pop into as many agencies as possible and register with them, ask if they have any new jobs, anything you could do. the agencies are the best way of getting work quick, there are good and bad ones but work is work. most agencies will aim to get you into work within 3 days, advisors from the job centre also expect you to register with as many agencies as possible.


Go around handing out CVs with speculative (if that's how its spelt) letters. Make sure the manager takes it not just any old Jo blogs that works there, I found that the staff would just put it in the bin.


If there is anything you could improve on such as maths + English try and get yourself on a training course if your able to.


Ask your advisor if there is any training they could put you on even if its forklift licence, SIA licence etc etc.... it doesn't matter what it is, Its a step towards work.


I wish you the best of luck in your job search and hope that you find work soon.

You are having a laugh, aren't you?
You try going into recruitment agencies to "register" with them.. All they do is tell you to go away and send them a CV by email.