People on the dole

LizD_2

AQA or Texperts may be worth a try for a bit of money - you don't need a degree like they say, just an interest in research and an open mind (and be over 18).

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=516895&highlight=AQA

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=775837&highlight=AQA

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=598446&highlight=AQA

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=576168&highlight=AQA

dmsr

red_devil wrote: »

perhaps she dosent want to talk dirty its not everyones cup of tea.

But then again a Job is a Job or at least untill she can find something, i mean this would at the least assist her in saving up for driving lessons

dad-of-4

not sure if this has been sugested but i would presume if you live in a one horse town, most people will be traveling out of the area for work, find out wich towns they work in and see if you can get a car share on the go, get a few cards in shop windows. some one should be able to hook you up with a lift, put one in the shops tommorow see if you get a response, then you know if its a realistic prospect.

what about hitching a ride? i hitch hiked from oxford to preston after quiting a job at 7pm, walked into the police station and was told to hitch, i was only 17, proper eye opener, i was shocked at how many people who were willing to stop, young women, couples, lorrie drivers etc. people were even going out of there way to drop me off at descent spots to get the next lift.

as such im quite prone to offering a lift to people with their thumb out.

Firefly

I would never ever recommend that anyone, certainly not a young lady, hitch a lift with a stranger.


Safety is paramount. I know someone who was stabbed by a hitchhiker he gave a lift to. He was a graphic designer and severed the tendons in his hand in the attack making work very very hard.

adouglasmhor

red_devil wrote: »

perhaps she dosent want to talk dirty its not everyones cup of tea.

Yeah well I don't want to work in an office every day, I never wanted to be on guard duty in Northern Ireland 20 years ago and I would love to spend more time in bed. Tough it's a job, you get paid for doing something you don't want to do.

dad-of-4

Firefly wrote: »

I would never ever recommend that anyone, certainly not a young lady, hitch a lift with a stranger.


Safety is paramount. I know someone who was stabbed by a hitchhiker he gave a lift to. He was a graphic designer and severed the tendons in his hand in the attack making work very very hard.

im not particularly recomending hitching, more a case of you can get around if you realy want to,

the car share is defo a goer tho, tons of people do this kind of thing, theres usualy ads in papers.

MrsE_2

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

My DH works full time (self employed) & is doing the London Black Cab Knowledge on a bike in central London.

If you wanted a job, you would get a bike.

MrsE_2

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 spend about 5 hours EVERY week commuting.

My DH spends at least 10.

mrcow

lol this thread was from back in December last year

I would have thought that TD has a job by now!

(Or at least I'd sincerely hope so :eek:)

astonsmummy

Yes she has lol