Frustrated job seeker.
- 8 March 2012 13:29158119i seem to remember our alex having the same problem as this young man.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2012/march/8/jobseeker.aspx - 8 March 2012 13:40158120-How dare these, these, these 'creatures' idling about in a country where there are jobs aplenty, fall prey to the basest of animal instincts...
-How might the powers-that-be ensure that anybody working part or full time from home was better off so doing?
[taking the posted comments under the article in reverse order]Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 8 March 2012 14:01158126i didn't read the comments originally tom but the second one was very sensible, where the young man lives there always volunteering tasks with the white cliffs countryside partnership.
would get him out of the house and give him something to put on his c.v. - 8 March 2012 14:17158129Seems a good lad who might be highly employable. I wonder if he has tried using agencies as these are far better than Jobcentres.
- 8 March 2012 14:27158132not for the sort of work he is looking for, cleaning companies, food packers and the like hire through job centres as their are no fees to pay.
new supermarkets normally hire a building and invite people to go along see what jobs are on offer then fill in an application form. - 8 March 2012 14:37158135Howard - private agencies offer a wide range of career prospects, including what you describe. I have one agency boss as a client and my own sons originally went through such agencies and it has turned out great.
- 8 March 2012 15:12158143Does he drive...
http://www.jobs24.co.uk/SearchResults/vending-operative-lja-4857446.aspx?list=SearchResultsJobsIds&index=26&querydesc=SearchQuery&jobId=LJA-4857446&viewedfrom=1
Is he ready to make his GCSEs work for him...
http://www.jobs24.co.uk/SearchResults/post-room-administrator-lja-4807931.aspx?jobId=LJA-4807931&list=SearchResultsJobsIds&index=27&querydesc=SearchJobQueryDescription&viewedfrom=1
There were short-hours and temp cleaning jobs too, but with a family to support his sights should be set a little higher.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 8 March 2012 16:52158176Well, yes, the day has come: I went to the Jobcentre today!
However, because my sister managed to get back into employment after a brief spell following redundancy. T'was only to hand in on her behalf the signing off sheet!
I read this in the link: "I went for one job in Canterbury to do fruit picking and didn't get it because they told me I needed to speak Polish."
In my time (signing on), I only ever once found a job offer for fruit picking (harvesting). I applied for it eagerly, and a reply never came through. These jobs are simply not given to local people out of principle.
My personal sadness is, I really would love to have some land to plant orchards and a garden full of vegetables, and possibly supply a shop or two. Or at least work for a farm that would allow me to dig and plant, even just seasonally.
It's the work I like doing most, always have loved it.
Not so much gardening in the sense of trimming bushes, but agricultural work.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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