Jobcentres are a waste of space

[spicy]

My son has been seeking work around his College for sometime now. He has uploaded his CV to many Jobsites, walked up and down the high streets handing his CV over and has only had 3 interviews. All unsuccessful. Whilst at school he did a free paper round for around two years and did work experience whilst at school he has five GCSE's, all this must account for something??? Of all his friends for which there are many only two of the girls his age have part-time work.

I accompanied him to the local Jobcentre and they are a complete and utter waste of space all they could do was tell him stuff he's already done ffs. I then took him to the Youth Advisory they were useless too just handing him paper with more websites.

All the help goes to single parents, ex-offenders, ethnic minorities and people on very low incomes. It seems to me there is a great swathe of the general public being ignored.

Is is any wonder that more and more people are becoming depressed when there appears to be no hope?

If this keeps up I'll have to go on welfare for depression myself soon it's just not funny anymore.

[Guest]

My son has been seeking work around his College for sometime now. He has uploaded his CV to many Jobsites, walked up and down the high streets handing his CV over and has only had 3 interviews. All unsuccessful. Whilst at school he did a free paper round for around two years and did work experience whilst at school he has five GCSE's, all this must account for something??? Of all his friends for which there are many only two of the girls his age have part-time work.

I accompanied him to the local Jobcentre and they are a complete and utter waste of space all they could do was tell him stuff he's already done ffs. I then took him to the Youth Advisory they were useless too just handing him paper with more websites.

All the help goes to single parents, ex-offenders, ethnic minorities and people on very low incomes. It seems to me there is a great swathe of the general public being ignored.

Is is any wonder that more and more people are becoming depressed when there appears to be no hope?

If this keeps up I'll have to go on welfare for depression myself soon it's just not funny anymore.

Sadly the Right have destroyed the economy

[Stooo]

My son has been seeking work around his College for sometime now. He has uploaded his CV to many Jobsites, walked up and down the high streets handing his CV over and has only had 3 interviews. All unsuccessful. Whilst at school he did a free paper round for around two years and did work experience whilst at school he has five GCSE's, all this must account for something??? Of all his friends for which there are many only two of the girls his age have part-time work.

I accompanied him to the local Jobcentre and they are a complete and utter waste of space all they could do was tell him stuff he's already done ffs. I then took him to the Youth Advisory they were useless too just handing him paper with more websites.

All the help goes to single parents, ex-offenders, ethnic minorities and people on very low incomes. It seems to me there is a great swathe of the general public being ignored.

Is is any wonder that more and more people are becoming depressed when there appears to be no hope?

If this keeps up I'll have to go on welfare for depression myself soon it's just not funny anymore.

Make some friends and ask around. The Job Centre is shit and always has been.

Contacts and a bit of networking works wonders.

Good luck to your lad.

[Cannydc]

I got the job I have been in for the last 6 years from a Jobcenter.

No quibbles with them.

Decent money, very decent pension too.

What exactly do you expect them to do for him - conjure up jobs that Dave has cut ?

[Stooo]

I got the job I have been in for the last 6 years from a Jobcenter.

No quibbles with them.

Decent money, very decent pension too.

What exactly do you expect them to do for him - conjure up jobs that Dave has cut ?

I've got a couple of jobs from the Jobcentre but usually it's been word of mouth. People skills help far more than qualifications although they are important as well.

[Cannydc]

It is generally a family thing, Stooo

Brother works in the factory, knows someone is leaving and sugests sibling as a replacement...

Trouble is, people aren't retiring, and there are precious few vacancies for anyone. Competition is fierce, and 5 GCSEs won't do it. You need that many A stars, with another 5 As to get a sniff of a job. Or work experience and a pretty hot CV.

[Stooo]

It is generally a family thing, Stooo

Brother works in the factory, knows someone is leaving and sugests sibling as a replacement...

Trouble is, people aren't retiring, and there are precious few vacancies for anyone. Competition is fierce, and 5 GCSEs won't do it. You need that many A stars, with another 5 As to get a sniff of a job. Or work experience and a pretty hot CV.

I see what you mean Canny but I approach it from a different angle. I'm really good with people and I don't have any side.

I have very few qualifications apart from some NVQs in management and shit like that, I can talk to people and I'm happy to try anything whatever the wage.

I've always been a grafter and it would kill me to sit at home doing nothing.

My present job is not a thing that would have occurred to me before, that said, I love it to bits and wish I had looked at it ten years ago.

[TeamRighty]

My son has been seeking work around his College for sometime now. He has uploaded his CV to many Jobsites, walked up and down the high streets handing his CV over and has only had 3 interviews. All unsuccessful. Whilst at school he did a free paper round for around two years and did work experience whilst at school he has five GCSE's, all this must account for something??? Of all his friends for which there are many only two of the girls his age have part-time work.

I accompanied him to the local Jobcentre and they are a complete and utter waste of space all they could do was tell him stuff he's already done ffs. I then took him to the Youth Advisory they were useless too just handing him paper with more websites.

All the help goes to single parents, ex-offenders, ethnic minorities and people on very low incomes. It seems to me there is a great swathe of the general public being ignored.

Is is any wonder that more and more people are becoming depressed when there appears to be no hope?

If this keeps up I'll have to go on welfare for depression myself soon it's just not funny anymore.

i dont want to divert this thread and start blaming the visitors but when i applied for new job last year the 5 page application went very well until i got to........

"ethnicity"

knew i wasnt gonna get that job, ive seen companies diversity policies, to promote employing people from more ethnic backgrounds really means employing less of the natives.

as for job centres, they have the benefits office in there now too, so that when the media take a picture of the front of it it shows the visitors going in giving the impression they are looking for work, quite the opposite, the 60 plate 4x4 with disabled badge in the window parked on double yellows gives it away, perfectly ok getting out of the car, fetch walking stick from boot, limp in to the job centre

[TeamRighty]

dont forget the fat blond mum with a mix of kids smoking, half pissed on her blackberry who "needs more money to feed the kids"

[Cannydc]

They offered me £12 a week when I went to sign on in 2005

Seemed sensible to get a job, £12 a week wouldn't pay the paper bill...

[TeamRighty]

They offered me £12 a week when I went to sign on in 2005

Seemed sensible to get a job, £12 a week wouldn't pay the paper bill...

it would keep you in guardians for the week

[Ali]

My son has been seeking work around his College for sometime now. He has uploaded his CV to many Jobsites, walked up and down the high streets handing his CV over and has only had 3 interviews. All unsuccessful. Whilst at school he did a free paper round for around two years and did work experience whilst at school he has five GCSE's, all this must account for something??? Of all his friends for which there are many only two of the girls his age have part-time work.

I accompanied him to the local Jobcentre and they are a complete and utter waste of space all they could do was tell him stuff he's already done ffs. I then took him to the Youth Advisory they were useless too just handing him paper with more websites.

All the help goes to single parents, ex-offenders, ethnic minorities and people on very low incomes. It seems to me there is a great swathe of the general public being ignored.

Is is any wonder that more and more people are becoming depressed when there appears to be no hope?

If this keeps up I'll have to go on welfare for depression myself soon it's just not funny anymore.

i dont want to divert this thread and start blaming the visitors but when i applied for new job last year the 5 page application went very well until i got to........

"ethnicity"

knew i wasnt gonna get that job, ive seen companies diversity policies, to promote employing people from more ethnic backgrounds really means employing less of the natives.

as for job centres, they have the benefits office in there now too, so that when the media take a picture of the front of it it shows the visitors going in giving the impression they are looking for work, quite the opposite, the 60 plate 4x4 with disabled badge in the window parked on double yellows gives it away, perfectly ok getting out of the car, fetch walking stick from boot, limp in to the job centre

Is it a new thing to have the benefits office in the job centre or something?

[TeamRighty]

My son has been seeking work around his College for sometime now. He has uploaded his CV to many Jobsites, walked up and down the high streets handing his CV over and has only had 3 interviews. All unsuccessful. Whilst at school he did a free paper round for around two years and did work experience whilst at school he has five GCSE's, all this must account for something??? Of all his friends for which there are many only two of the girls his age have part-time work.

I accompanied him to the local Jobcentre and they are a complete and utter waste of space all they could do was tell him stuff he's already done ffs. I then took him to the Youth Advisory they were useless too just handing him paper with more websites.

All the help goes to single parents, ex-offenders, ethnic minorities and people on very low incomes. It seems to me there is a great swathe of the general public being ignored.

Is is any wonder that more and more people are becoming depressed when there appears to be no hope?

If this keeps up I'll have to go on welfare for depression myself soon it's just not funny anymore.

i dont want to divert this thread and start blaming the visitors but when i applied for new job last year the 5 page application went very well until i got to........

"ethnicity"

knew i wasnt gonna get that job, ive seen companies diversity policies, to promote employing people from more ethnic backgrounds really means employing less of the natives.

as for job centres, they have the benefits office in there now too, so that when the media take a picture of the front of it it shows the visitors going in giving the impression they are looking for work, quite the opposite, the 60 plate 4x4 with disabled badge in the window parked on double yellows gives it away, perfectly ok getting out of the car, fetch walking stick from boot, limp in to the job centre

Is it a new thing to have the benefits office in the job centre or something?

yes, in birmingham they used to be on different streets, now they are one,

[Ali]

My son has been seeking work around his College for sometime now. He has uploaded his CV to many Jobsites, walked up and down the high streets handing his CV over and has only had 3 interviews. All unsuccessful. Whilst at school he did a free paper round for around two years and did work experience whilst at school he has five GCSE's, all this must account for something??? Of all his friends for which there are many only two of the girls his age have part-time work.

I accompanied him to the local Jobcentre and they are a complete and utter waste of space all they could do was tell him stuff he's already done ffs. I then took him to the Youth Advisory they were useless too just handing him paper with more websites.

All the help goes to single parents, ex-offenders, ethnic minorities and people on very low incomes. It seems to me there is a great swathe of the general public being ignored.

Is is any wonder that more and more people are becoming depressed when there appears to be no hope?

If this keeps up I'll have to go on welfare for depression myself soon it's just not funny anymore.

i dont want to divert this thread and start blaming the visitors but when i applied for new job last year the 5 page application went very well until i got to........

"ethnicity"

knew i wasnt gonna get that job, ive seen companies diversity policies, to promote employing people from more ethnic backgrounds really means employing less of the natives.

as for job centres, they have the benefits office in there now too, so that when the media take a picture of the front of it it shows the visitors going in giving the impression they are looking for work, quite the opposite, the 60 plate 4x4 with disabled badge in the window parked on double yellows gives it away, perfectly ok getting out of the car, fetch walking stick from boot, limp in to the job centre

Is it a new thing to have the benefits office in the job centre or something?

yes, in birmingham they used to be on different streets, now they are one,

We don't have a job centre anymore, it was closed down about 5 years ago but the benefits office was in the same building for the whole time it was there.

[Cannydc]

Snap, Ali.

You signed on in the same place as the Jobs Info.

Now it is shut.