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How on earth does anyone find a job?

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  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,088 Forumite
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    DCFC79 wrote: »
    Any new offices being built near you, the firms going into them will need staff.

    Where I live not only do they not build new office blocks, but convert existing ones into apartments!
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  • Smodlet
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    OP, I really would listen to money (#10) were I you. How much longer do you really have to put up with it and who knows? This idiot manager may be gone next month. Grit your teeth, tell yourself you don't care and take the darned money. Screw "the man", huh? Concentrate on enjoying your free time and do I wish I had heard that advice back in the day.
  • theoretica
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    The easier a job is to find out about, especially online, the more applications it will get. Make sure you also find the jobs which are only advertised by the company employing - on their own website, or a card in their window.
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  • Fireflyaway
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    A year ago I felt exactly the same. I applied for dozens of jobs and just never heard back. It's very rude and does knock your confidence after a while. I'm certain that some employers do discriminate. Don't divulge your age. If the year you went to school is on your cv or you entire work history is there or you state you have grandchildren etc remove it. Some companies will wrongly assume a mature person lacks certain skills. I'd only put your current a 1 or 2 previous jobs on.
    Personally I've found generic job sites no help. Applying directly where you have the opportunity to sell yourself is better. Some job sites also advertise fake jobs just to harvest cv's.
    Have you been able to try and discuss your thoughts with your manager? Might be worth one last try.
    Good luck, it will happen at some point!
  • Silvertabby
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    “ Is it my age (60)?
    Originally posted by teribar
    Could be an advantage with smaller companies, who can't afford for their staff to disappear on paid maternity leave.
  • mark55man
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    good luck and I also agree with #10


    take up a new hobby and bore your boss with stories of how much more enjoyable it is now you aren't working so hard :-)
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  • maxie014
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    Id sit it out myself,same pay for less responsibility.
    Something similar happened where i work,2 or 3 of us ran the department ourselves,then we got someone in charge,just got to switch off and take your money for a few years,let them take all the hassle and problems,lot less stress.
  • Hi Teribar,
    I feel for you, I really do.
    Although I don't have any helpful advice to make, as I'm younger than you and struggleing, so obviously dont know what the heck I'm doing, I can only offer an opinion. That would be that I am sure your age is a deciding factor in the lack of luck with job applications. I myself sent about 300 out over the last few years, only got one interview, and the other phonecall returns I had were actually people who were asking if I was serious in my application as the job would be such a huge step downwards from my previous positions.
    And before you all say "ohhh, the scattergun approach is so wrong", I applied with tailored CV's for all the jobs relevant to my qualifications and experience within 100 mile radius, treated it as a 9-5 full time job to land a job, knocked on doors (and got turned away), hand delivered letters and CV's on spec too. Only after that was exhausted did I lower my sights and went for the 'bottom end jobs', which is where I started getting what felt like mocking queries to my seriousness about them.

    I felt for myself that middle age was a massive factor, and a relevant job just not being available at the time I needed it.
    I had a careers interview at the local job centre with a nice expert on the subject who said I'm doing all the right things and the CV's have been excellent, so all he could do was arrange guaranteed interviews for any type of job within a huge radius, well, I'll tell you now, a guaranteed interview for a shelf stacking job 20 miles away is just a waste of time!
    Anyway, sorry to get carried away, I'll get back to your post and think that giving up your job would be the worst thing you could do right now! You give it up then you'll loose any potential redundency (if they are really aiming to get rid of you in the end), it'll look even worse to a future prospective employer, the chances of landing a decent (or any) job at 60 is probably nill (sorry), and why not take the lower responsibilities and ride it out for all its worth till retirement anyway?
    As I said, I'm not an expert at careers, quite the opposite really, but learned by experience that what you have in hand could be all you have at hand!
    Cheers,
    Chipper
  • Murphybear
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    Much as I hate to say it your age may well be a factor. Due to change in circs I signed on briefly when I was 58, my retirement age then was 62.5.

    After going through the usual stuff at the Job Centre about further training or topping up my skills eg English (I did A level), Maths (did some as part of my degree), using a computer (I taught this at evening classes) they finally admitted there was nothing they could help me with and said they didnt expect me to get a job at my age :eek:

    This wasn't a major problem as a few weeks later I had major surgery and they kept me on ESA until I retired.

    I don't know what other people's experiences have been but I genuinely felt that older peoples needs were being totally ignored.
  • bugslet
    bugslet Posts: 6,874 Forumite
    . I'm certain that some employers do discriminate. Don't divulge your age.!

    I hold my hands up, I discriminate, generally I prefer employing older people. I do employ some young ones to balance it out.;)
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