Job issues - How can i move on?

[Deleted User]

As somebody who waited 6 years for an improved credit file in order to apply miss guided for a job they throught suitable, (because after the magical 6 years yes they could!) it was a shock to find not.

Sorry it's not much consolation OP. Hope you find a suitable alternative and chalk up the experience as a lucky escape. (I can't tell you this was how I should have looked at the first insurance job knock back in 2013 so soon after my credit file held a barrier) What we desire or where society thinks we should be doesn't always have to work out.

Look into the support services and have fun trying other jobs out.

LilElvis

Andy500 wrote: »

I mostly agree with the OP. He got caught, got his punishment and served his time and is back in the real world. If prison is meant to be about "rehabilitation" then surely 8 years ;later a job as a delivery driver shouldnt be impossible to get.

You've obviously missed the fact that for the last five years, since his release, he has hardly been a model citizen as he admits to working without declaring his earnings/ paying tax to HMRC. His moral compass appears to still be at least somewhat off.

[Deleted User]

OP do contact unlock and nacro though they will be of help.

There are jobs out there that won’t even ask about convictions and don’t require a DBS and I have friends that have jobs with convictions,

You just might be doing a job you don’t really want to do.

Andy500

OK. Read through it all again and see what you mean.

But getting any time of decent work after prison is harder than people think.

James1968

Op, why the opposition to claiming benefits?.

When you claim, it opens up a whole lot of possibilities. You can get a CSCS card and a fork lift operators certificate for free at the Tax payers expense. This then opens up work on building sites, warehouses and factories.

TBagpuss

OP, I think you will have to accept that you will struggle to find work of the kind you want,at least to start with.
You were convicted of a fairly serious crime of dishonesty, and you don't have any employment history.
It would be sensible for you to contact some of the suggested specialist organisations which have been suggested.

You are likely to find that most larger companies will ask about convictions, so you may find that applying for smaller, independent organisations, which may not have the same formal, standardised application processes and checks.

Similarly, delivery jobs where you would be going to people's home,s and handling goods, are the type of job where I would expect employers to be particularly careful about who they employ.

Warehouse work (including driving fork lifts etc ) might be more practical .

Equally, if you can find work, even if it is something you don't want, then in another year or two when you have a track record of work, you'll be in a stronger position.