How am I supposed to find a job when everyone asks for experience?

User_Name1

Every job asks for experience examples of entry level jobs that I am looking for atm are:

Warehouse jobs / they need experience a FLT licence and a driving license which I don't have. Plus I am not that strong and would struggle to lift heavy stuff

Call centres some need experience some don't but failed a couple of interviews because other people were too loud in the group assessments. I am a very reserved person and due to being on JSA I hardly have enough money to go out so my social skills are non existent.

Admin jobs - I tried several times, but never get called for an interview. I tried school admin jobs as they are recruiting a lot but they always require you to have SIMS experience which I don't seem to have.

Cleaning jobs - Applied to lots of cleaning jobs registered with cleaning agencies but they are so picky now that they want me to have 1 years worth of experience.

I need a job so badly.

I am from Rotherham in South Yorkshire if that helps

caronoel

Have you tried volunteering?

https://www.gov.uk/government/get-involved/take-part/volunteer

User_Name1

caronoel wrote: »

Have you tried volunteering?

https://www.gov.uk/government/get-involved/take-part/volunteer

I can't afford to volunteer atm, I need a full time job first

Flyonthewall

User_Name1 wrote: »

I can't afford to volunteer atm, I need a full time job first

Volunteering is the best way to get experience if you can't get paid work and doesn't have to cost you anything. Many charities will pay your travel or you could look at finding somewhere within walking or cycling distance.

It'll be a way to boost your social skills too.

Tiddlywinks

User_Name1 wrote: »

I can't afford to volunteer atm, I need a full time job first

But... you can't find that job anyway so in the meantime what have you got to lose?

Anyway, many people volunteer AND work full time - it's not an 'either / or' situation.

Opportunities won't come knocking - you need to get out there and find them.

PS - Remembering back to a previous thread - maybe if you hadn't left your work experience placement because you 'didn't enjoy it' then you'd have something to talk about now.

sangie595

I think that everyone has rehearsed all the advice you can get based on nothing more than "needing a job badly" on other threads. You have seven months total work experience in several years and several years of not working without any explanation - which makes it kind of hard to advise you when you have been so coy about why you haven't worked in years. I don't think you appreciate how hard it is to advise someone knowing nothing about them except what they can't or won't do.

Sncjw

NHS jobs as well. I didn't have experience in admin but I got an admin job.

I wrote in the additional info of my transferable skills that would work in that work place.

I also said although I don't have experience I am willing to undertake training. By training me you will have someone trained to your business needs and requirements

kingfisherblue

I agree that volunteering can help you to gain experience. You can go improve your social skills, gain confidence, and have an up-to-date referee. In addition, your work skills will develop, giving you the much needed experience. Depending on the organisation, there msay also be free training available.

Just an example - I am a Rainbow and Brownie leader. Although I am the guider in charge, I work as part of a team of five. I delegate tasks, have good planning and organisational skills, am competent at costing and planning events, manage basic accounts for two units, deal with parents (worries or concerns, occasional complaints), write funding bids - and all this on top of helping the girls in a variety of activities. I also have Safeguarding training, a recent First Aid certificate, ID verifier training (for DBS checks) and I am trained to use our secure database, which includes some data protection training.

I could easily use some of this in job applications. In fact, my guiding helped me to gain a university place ten years ago, without having to go on an Access course first.

There are plenty of opportunities to volunteer, and doing so can help you in many ways. Experience for future employment is just one of those ways.

HappyMJ

User_Name1 wrote: »

I need a job so badly.

No you don't.

Why do you say that? The rest of your post indicates you couldn't work for anyone so why even think that is even possible. Work for yourself doing exactly what you want to do and you'll get more out of it in the long run.

I did used to have a job. I went to an interview said everything I was supposed to say and got the "job" I had to be at my desk at 8.30am every morning and couldn't leave until 5.00pm every evening even if there was nothing to do I just had to sit there and do nothing. It was awful. All of my income was relying on this one employer. I eventually quit. That was almost 20 years ago and I've never had a "job" since. I now work for myself doing things I enjoy doing and if I don't like one of my clients I drop them. If one of my clients doesn't want me any more my income falls a little but it never falls to zero at the whim of an employer. I have about 10 clients right now. I also have several other streams of income which will continue whether I am working or not. As a self employed person you can get others to do your work for you whilst you manage the client relationship. If you're ever sick your workers will still do the work and you still get paid.

Me personally in your situation I'd get out there volunteering and networking to find people who are willing to pay you for something you can do for them. You don't need them to employ you 5 days a week. Just a little here and there and expand on that.

You said you can clean so why not clean other peoples houses. If you can show to your customers they would have a much better and healthier life coming home from a hard days work to a clean home every day and because it's clean they might cook actually healthy food instead of getting a take out each night as they're too tired to clean the kitchen so therefore it's worth paying you each day then you'll be on to a winner. If I was a highly paid professional I'd want to work more hours earning more money and outsource things like housework to someone earning less than myself so instead of spending time cleaning the house I can stay at work an extra hour and earn more. This is where you come in. It's not going to be keeping you busy all day keeping just one house clean but if you had a round of half a dozen houses then that's going to keep your day quite busy. You don't need an agency to find you work. You can do that yourself.

daytona0

How do you not get a rubbish call center job due to other people being "too loud"?!

That's not going to be the case; I just think that you probably aren't selling yourself enough. It is ok to be a very reserved person but if you can speak clearly, can follow the procedures and appear somewhat likeable (clean, well dressed, positive body language, responding to what people say to you, listening etc) then they'll probably take you! It is as simple as that, because many of them places just hire people in bulk full in the knowledge that the turnover is extremely high and a new batch will be coming in soon.

I've worked in a call center with some absolutely strange oddballs. It is a wonder how they got into the building in the first place! They usually last for about 1-3 months before being sacked (even though they can be sacked earlier), unless they do something heavy like swearing at a customer (like the last guy!).

In terms of the other jobs:

FLT licence? GO AND GET IT

Driving licence? TRY AND GET IT, or alternatively why not consider a CBT motorbike licence (~£100 for 2 years) along with a 75cc (£200-£500 used)/125cc (£400-£1000 used) moped and also a third party insurance policy (£100-£200 a year)? You won't get on the road for cheaper than that, unless you use a bicycle. It also makes you eligible for small time delivery driver jobs which may get you like £20-£30 a night + tips. A bit of a grind, but one night can cover your moped expenses (£5 for petrol a week. Repairs will cost £15 a week but will probably need to be saved up in the long term) leaving you with a means to get from A to B.

Admin jobs in schools? A bit cliquey so don't worry TOO much about not getting these.

SIMS training? GO AND TRAIN FOR IT. Youtube probably have videos, plus SIMS is pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it. Maybe also consider volunteering in a school, they may even pay for your DBS check (or whatever it is called).

Cleaning jobs? No experience of these, but I suspect that you may be able to find one or two jobs requiring no experience. Or you can volunteer? Or just look at other lines of work.

There are 1000s of jobs you can do at entry level, you just haven't looked hard enough/haven't committed yourself enough to the opportunities presented.


Finally, if you have no income whilst on the dole then what do you do in the time which you would otherwise fill with a full time job? I cannot fathom how you can justify a phrase such as "I can't afford to volunteer atm, I need a full time job first" when the alternative [to the full time job you crave] is to sit around and not earn a penny.

Sharon87

What about retail jobs? You haven't mentioned these? They don't need training and whilst experience would be preferable it's not necessary.