People on the dole

anewman

katiekittykat wrote: »

I am sure there would be plenty of part time jobs, which would mean he/she could use the bus service and use the money to go towards driving lessons?

Miss the last bus and she's pretty much stuck.

dazza32

im on the dole m8 too :beer: i find when youve been on there for a while its very hard to pull yourself together like as ive become lazy as sorry to say .....i suppose i,ll find a job in the better weather i,ll just chill till then lol

TurkishDelight wrote: »

Okay, I am gonna come clean. This came up on a different thread, but instead of hijacking (again :eek:) I thought i'd start a new one- I'm scared, but here goes.
I'm on the dole.
I'm sorry, really, really sorry.
There are no jobs.
I have no qualifications.
I do everything I can- honestly I do. (well, lets put it this way, I have never lied to the jobcentre, I am in fact doing more than they ask)
Someone on the other thread said about people hanging around pubs all day, but this is not me. Seriously, the only pub that I can afford to visit is this one! Those people are almost definitely scamming, because no-one will even give me a credit card, so it's not on credit!
It's not a nice life if it helps- hardly any money and a whole lot of prejudice. I have actually have people who I really liked and seemed to be getting on well with stop talking to me after the question "so, what is it that you do?" Trainee sports psychologist is such a tempting answer specially as it isn't entirely untrue but honesty is my downfall.
I just wanted to see what people thought of the genuines.

anewman

misscomickat wrote: »

If she is on Jobseekers allowance, that is about £55 a week, less if aged under 25.

Learning to drive is pretty pricey, not to mention actually getting a car, insurance, etc etc.

This is what I was thinking about the Job Centre paying for driving lessons. Surely there's no point the job centre paying for lessons if you are unable to fund the insurance and buy a car. And if you are able to afford insurance and a car, why do you need money from the job centre?!

katiekittykat

anewman wrote: »

Miss the last bus and she's pretty much stuck.

Not an excuse not to try though is it?

Fran

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red_devil

thats what i said earlier give the poster a break and poster you dont need to post and apologise to anyone. Some people will never ever understand what you say anyway will always come back with something. No need to post apologies.

London_Exile

Well I haven't read EVERY post in this thread, but since it's about being on the Rock 'n' Roll (dole), I thought I would add my experiences...............

Up until May this year I had been in full time employment since leaving school in 1990. Most of the jobs up to 1999 were dead end jobs also did some time in HM Forces. Anyway,s for the past few years I was a Civil Servant and then (outsourced) worked for a well known US IT company.

Since May have been out of work. Forget all the BS how easy it is to get back into the workplace - it ain't. I've applied for over 400 jobs and had an interview for every 50 applications as a rough percentage. I'm looking to go back into the Civil Service as I have no desire to work in IT anymore.

Well, take about a culture shock! Never having been to a JobCentre. Ever. It just is the most horrible place imaginable. And what makes it worse is that the bulk of the folk (at least in my local JobCentre) fall into two main categories;

1) Local work shy layabouts, who see their giro as a salary!! And I actually heard a conversation where the chap actually referred to his giro as such.

2) people who can't read and write, yet refuse any offer of help to do so. Sorry, but you're hardly likely to get any job in the 21st century if you don't have basic IT skills, let alone lacking the ability to read and write.

3) And this might sound controversial (which ISN'T my intention or agenda), but there is an increasing number of Eastern European 's who call at the jobcentre and ask for pretty much money on tap from the off.

Now, what I haven't seen is anyone like me - I'm ******* desperate to get back to work, I can't begin to tell you how much I hate being out of work. Yet, it seems people like me are not entitled to any kind of state help save the JSA. I just don't think the DWP is geared to help or advise people liek me (with industry experience, skills and certifications and degree's) as they keep offering me jobs which, frankly are not worth taking. For example; I have been asked if I would be interested in "sticking labels onto ready meals for the minimum wage, working nights". Yeah, because that's what I put myself through college and uni for 4 years for!

Frankly, I'll be grateful when I get another decent job and don't have to deal with those cretins who work in the Jobcentre with their obvious attitude problems, political agenda's and total lack of customer focus.

Fran

London_Exile wrote: »

..... don't have to deal with those cretins who work in the Jobcentre with their obvious attitude problems, political agenda's and total lack of customer focus.

When I used the Jobcentre I found all the staff except one notable exception to be very friendly and helpful. They can only do what they are told to do. I agree about the focus of Jobcentres though, they want to fill their jobs first and that seems to be their priority. They don't exist for any decent careers advice which I think they should to help people take new directions and they ought to be more in touch with other jobs than theirs.

black-saturn

pipkin71 wrote: »

Where we are, it's not the DSS who pay for the driving lessons, but places that are used by the DSS to help people back into work - places like work directions. They will pay for driving lessons, new clothes, child care etcetera, with the aim of getting people into work.

A friend of mine is on a government scheme to get lone parents back into work. She has had a crash course of driving lessons and her test paid for by that. She also get free childcare, free transport to the scheme and £15 a week extra on top of her money for going.

anewman

black-saturn wrote: »

A friend of mine is on a government scheme to get lone parents back into work. She has had a crash course of driving lessons and her test paid for by that.

Did she get her car and insurance paid for though? If not what use was it? Did it help her get a job, and does it help people get a job? If not it's tax payers money not being used wisely.

Not saying that it's bad your friend got them paid for though, good on her. Just questioning the value of it really, as it seems to suggest noone can get a job without a driving license, which surely isn't correct?!