People on the dole

Murphy_The_Cat

TurkishDelight wrote: »

"In 2005 there were 694 motorcycle casualties in Wales, and 539 in 2006, according to figures from Gwent Police."

that's just excuse making defeatist BS.

Wales is a huge country and has lots of bikers. & because just over 1 a day takes a tumble, you're dismissing it as a mode of transport to get to work.

Come on TD, you're making yourself unemployable with an attitude like that.
Do you think that Vlodik from Warsaw would say 'sorry boss, I can't take the job because I can't get here on time' or do you think he'd say 'is there somewhere secure that I can park my bike and can I start on Monday' ?

emmaroids

lesley1960 wrote: »

Do you honestly think that there is ? I'm sure the millions who are unemployed would be delighted

( ok i will agree there are probably a few who dont want to work , but no where near everyone )

yes i do.
im not saying anyones gonna walk into a cushy number, but theres part time work, places always need cleaners, whats wrong with knocking on peoples doors and asking if they need there grass cutting or garden tidying? any rubbish taking to the skip? anything to get a bit of pocket money, ok its not gonna pay the mortgage but it will give you a bit of confidence and self esteem.

as someone said, the huge amounts of eastern European workers didn't just come over here a get jobs by accident.

astonsmummy

TurkishDelight wrote: »

The thing is if I could get to college I could get to jobs :rotfl: (my nearest college is 2 buses away, my nearest uni 3) but I have just started with the OU (something I had to figure out for myself- I had been on the dole a year and no-one even mentioned it!)
It's not a bad idea, the motorbike thing but when you've lived around wales for most of your life and figures like:
"In 2005 there were 694 motorcycle casualties in Wales, and 539 in 2006, according to figures from Gwent Police."
only surprise because you thought they would be higher, I don't think it's a option that I will be taking up any time soon. It's not the jobs that are in difficult to get places btw, it's me that's in a difficult place

Come on crash statistics are no excuse.
My job involves driving short distances around my local town, which apparently makes me more likely to be in an accident than if i was driving long distances, and on motorways, (i dont know how true that is but i'm sure someone on on MSE said that) i even had a car crash whilst i was drivig to one of my clients, I'm still doing the job though, I need money, I want to work and this job is currently the most convenient for me, plus i love the job and get loads of free training, just about to complete my level 2 NVQ in care.
You need to weigh up the pro's and cons, and i'm sure the pro's weigh out the cons.

TurkishDelight

astonsmummy wrote: »

I dont have any qualifications, not even one GCSE. i have found many jobs, but unable to take many of them up because i have a child and have to sort out childcare.
I've just gone back to work as a homecare worker after 2 months off for back problems.

If you have been uneployed looking for 18 months, you could have gone to college or something in that time, Why are the jobcentre not helping you more to get a job?
Are there really NO jobs? or is it just no jobs that you want to do?

The jobs honestly aren't there, and the jobcentre will happily pay someone to look for jobs and set up interviews with employers that don't have vacancies but they wont pay for helpful stuff like driving lessons or even bus fares to and from the jobcentre and interviews or voluntary work. At one point, out of the blue they gave me £50 to buy interview clothes, and told me there's another 50 when I get a job for working clothes Basically they ask to see me every 6 months, I spend one and a half hours on a bus, they say- right you're still alive good, sign this- and then I check their little machines, and wander aimlessly around Llandudno before the one and a half hour bus ride home. It's a pointless ritual and everybody involved knows that the way things are done is ridiculous.

lewt

astonsmummy wrote: »

You need to weigh up the pro's and cons, and i'm sure the pro's weigh out the cons.

i think that depends if your lazy or not don't it.........

astonsmummy

TurkishDelight wrote: »

The jobs honestly aren't there, and the jobcentre will happily pay someone to look for jobs and set up interviews with employers that don't have vacancies but they wont pay for helpful stuff like driving lessons or even bus fares to and from the jobcentre and interviews or voluntary work. At one point, out of the blue they gave me £50 to buy interview clothes, and told me there's another 50 when I get a job for working clothes Basically they ask to see me every 6 months, I spend one and a half hours on a bus, they say- right you're still alive good, sign this- and then I check their little machines, and wander aimlessly around Llandudno before the one and a half hour bus ride home. It's a pointless ritual and everybody involved knows that the way things are done is ridiculous.

I'm sorry but why the hell should DWP pay for driving lessons?
p.s my grandad is from Llandudno :beer:

emmaroids

TurkishDelight wrote: »

The jobs honestly aren't there, and the jobcentre will happily pay someone to look for jobs and set up interviews with employers that don't have vacancies but they wont pay for helpful stuff like driving lessons or even bus fares to and from the jobcentre and interviews or voluntary work. At one point, out of the blue they gave me £50 to buy interview clothes, and told me there's another 50 when I get a job for working clothes Basically they ask to see me every 6 months, I spend one and a half hours on a bus, they say- right you're still alive good, sign this- and then I check their little machines, and wander aimlessly around Llandudno before the one and a half hour bus ride home. It's a pointless ritual and everybody involved knows that the way things are done is ridiculous.

a lad i know is getting his HGV course all payed for by the job center and that is not a cheap course.

im not buying the claim that there are no jobs.

astonsmummy

Blimey, the DWP DO pay for deiving lessons!
I should of waited till i had my son to learn to drive, would of saed me a fourtune!

Murphy_The_Cat

TurkishDelight wrote: »

The jobs honestly aren't there,

cough, ahem, cough

the link does go over 6 pages.

lewt

i know someone who got his driving license paid for too. so they do do it. he lived in a village too.

why don't you chop fire wood if your out in the sticks ?