How to find a job ASAP, what other options are there to find work fast?!

Hedylogos

I cancelled my JSA yesterday because i am trying to push myself to find a job ASAP, i've been applying to supermarkets and restaurants (kitchen staff) and am yet to get a reply. Which other options are there, barring sending a ton of applications/CV's out in bulk to employers? Because i have cancelled JSA i want to find a job within the next two weeks preferably. I really don't care any more about the job being a lowly one, just that i can earn some money and not rely on job seekers. Yesterday was the last straw as the work coach (or whatever their name is) i was allocated with when i started JSA is useless and he doesn't help at all. I am done with Job centre because they are just frustrating.

comeandgo

Have you gone into the towns close to you and just walked about looking for adverts for staff? When I'm shopping I see many cafes, stores with notes in the window wanting staff.

DKLS

Catering agencies would be a good one at this time of year for bar work and waitering, plate/silver service.

RedfordML

Supermarkets.


All the Tesco stores within a 15 radius of my address are looking for staff - just check online!


I would also look at social media - often community pages will have job adverts. I would also echo above, pop around your local town.


Agencies will also advertise a lot of warehouse type work, immediate start. Really you need a Bernard Matthews near you, MUST be taking on turkey related jobs!


Good Luck.

ohreally

You do realise you can job seek while claiming JSA?

Flyonthewall

The Job Centre aren't there to help you. I get why you may hate going there, but it's up to you to be job searching and doing all you can, not them. At least while on JSA you can get some money.

As for finding a job, go around shops, check the websites of all the companies you can think of and see if they have jobs listed, ask friends and family, look out for adverts wherever you go, check all the job sites and check the newspapers. There's often various temp jobs at this time of year.

Make sure that you don't rush applications though. Tailor your CV and cover letter to the jobs you apply for. Make sure your CV and cover letter are well written.

tomtontom

I really don't care any more about the job being a lowly one, just that i can earn some money and not rely on job seekers.

Change this mindset, no job is lowly if it pays the bills and gives you the experience and confidence to progress. Good luck

HappyMJ

Hedylogos wrote: »

I cancelled my JSA yesterday because i am trying to push myself to find a job ASAP, i've been applying to supermarkets and restaurants (kitchen staff) and am yet to get a reply. Which other options are there, barring sending a ton of applications/CV's out in bulk to employers? Because i have cancelled JSA i want to find a job within the next two weeks preferably. I really don't care any more about the job being a lowly one, just that i can earn some money and not rely on job seekers. Yesterday was the last straw as the work coach (or whatever their name is) i was allocated with when i started JSA is useless and he doesn't help at all. I am done with Job centre because they are just frustrating.

Maybe it's you.

I've always found the staff at the jobcentre to be friendly. They don't do much to help you get a job that's not their job. Their job is to ensure you are doing as much as you can to find work by asking you what you are doing every time you sign on. If that is enough they tick a box and you get your fortnightly benefit payment. That is all they do. I've found the friendlier you are with them the less frustrating they are. If they feel you haven't done enough then they'll put you forward for inappropriate jobs. They can't read your mind and find the jobs you really want. They have jobs on the computer and will suggest anything even if it's something you can't get to or are not qualified to do. You just have to say "that's nice" and leave them to it.

DCFC79

There's a ton of agencies advertising for staff whether temp or perm roles. There's also alot of xmas temp roles from working nights or during the day over Xmas in the supermarkets to working for royal mail in the sorting office. Maybe there's some temporary shops opening in your local town centre.

You just need to look for them, think of the employers who would need extra staff this time of the year.

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Candyapple

I fear you may have shot yourself in the foot by cancelling your JSA claim OP. You have also put yourself in the unenviable position of sink or swim – albeit with no safety net as your back-up plan.

I know everyone always says about getting a job at supermarkets, bar staff etc. and I’m not trying to be negative but remember, that you’ve been out of work for a few years now, no qualifications and from your own words suffer from anxiety and being around people. You are at an all-time disadvantage in the job market compared to everyone else who would be competing for these type of jobs (e.g. students, school leavers) not to mention because of your age it is considerably cheaper for big companies such as supermarkets to hire younger people due to the difference in National Minimum Wage (£3.87 for under 18’s, £5.30 for 18-20 year olds vs £6.70 for 21 and over).

You have been given lots of good advice in your previous numerous threads about the same issue. Did you apply for any volunteering positions? Did you ask the Jobcentre for a referral to the Shaw Trust?

I think you have probably made things worse for yourself because what happens if in 2 weeks’ time you are still unemployed despite your best efforts? Your self-esteem will be even lower than it is now and on top of that you will have no money coming in, even if it was only JSA.

I’ll give you a real life example, my brother-in-law is aged 30. He went to uni for 1 year in his late 20s and found it wasn’t for him. He was out of work for a period of 3 years (27-30) thankfully he had savings from when he worked prior to this which tided him over. When he was looking for work he applied for everything, and I mean everything because he lived with me and my partner for a bit and jobseeking in itself became his daily job. He would send off his CV to 20+ jobs per day. No-one would give him a second glance. Agencies would call him back and query his long work absence and then he’d hear nothing further. He was jobseeking for 8 months whilst he lived with us and 4 months at his previous address. At this time we lived in London so again no shortage of jobs to apply for. In that time period he managed to get 2 interviews. One he got as far as being offered the job - unfortunately the salary offered was too low to cover his travel costs getting there/back again, rent, bills etc. Second one was at a well-known supermarket and he got to the final callback stage but they gave the job to the other (considerably younger) person. Eventually he moved back to his parents near Brighton and found a job locally in a call centre, however this was on the back of his dad having put in a good word and having worked at the company for over a decade. It’s hard out there being older and with next to no qualifications / long absence of work history.