Your typical unemployed day

Thiassi said:
The amount of times I hear people say similar things but when they've been out of work they flat out refuse to do a job "below" what they did previously.

Most people who say this type of thing are full of it.

If you would personally work at McD's when out of work - fair play - but most people just use it as another reason to talk down to others.
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I guess it depends if you need money or not - personally if I lost my job, I would work anywhere practically to make sure I had money coming in whilst looking for other work - it might also cure some of the boredom people in this thread mention!
 
the problem i encountered that 100 other people are going for the same job, so unless your a really good candidate and meet there expectations you have no chance.

the amount of times i saw jobs being advertised, but the company specifically request that you don't apply unless you have the qualifications, agencies are now overwhelmed with candidates and met there threshold. You have to keep chasing the agency in the morning between 8.30 - 9.00 otherwise it's first come first serve. your best option is to get your CV up to scratch and covering letter, most companies dont look at all the cv's cause so many people apply.
 
Wake up at about 12,
Eat some beans on toast or somthing like that,
Have a Cig,
Browse OCUK for about 2 hours. (By this time its about 2.30)
Probs go to a firends for a bit, If not MW2..
Eat Dinner,
After, Ether Doss or, go out on the boooze.
Come back about 1 or 2.
Browse OCUk till about 3,
Get into bed, Listen to music for a hour or so...
Fap.
Then sleep.
 
I dont see how looking for a job can take 8 hours a day, fair enough if there were 20 new jobs everyday in my secotor, but there isnt. No, I am not willing to work in mcdonalds or clean bogs for peanuts because thats not what I do and even jobseekers told me this. I have a degree and experience and want to use it.

I get a call from an agency about every 2 days and today have filled in three applications and registered to another site. Sure, if I wanted retail work I could work around town and hand my cv in but my cv is tailored towards what I want to do. I think it would be pretty pointless to go around random large companies handing my CV in because I would probably not get let through the doors anyway. As far as agencies in town go, I have already had calls off all the big ones that use sites like monster that i have already registered too.

Hardly dole scrounging, that would be going in to sign on and saying - "I have searched paper, internet and job centre computers"

Edit - In my past I have worked in warehouses picking/packing, deliveries at sports world and other general retail work. I wish to never go back to those terrible jobs
 
Job > No job

fact.

Job snobbery is not acceptable.

Also, why don't you unemployed people do some voluntary work?
 
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Surely working in McDonalds or Sainsburys or something looks better on your C.V than doing...

Camoe said:
Wake up at about 12,
Eat some beans on toast or somthing like that,
Have a Cig,
Browse OCUK for about 2 hours. (By this time its about 2.30)
Probs go to a firends for a bit, If not MW2..
Eat Dinner,
After, Ether Doss or, go out on the boooze.
Come back about 1 or 2.
Browse OCUk till about 3,
Get into bed, Listen to music for a hour or so...
Fap.
Then sleep.
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...for months on end?
 
Guest2 said:
Hardly dole scrounging, that would be going in to sign on and saying - "I have searched paper, internet and job centre computers"
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Think many of us would disagree, hopefully con/lib will sort it. A job is a job and you should have to do what you can get, not what you want.
 
Guest2 said:
I dont see how looking for a job can take 8 hours a day, fair enough if there were 20 new jobs everyday in my secotor, but there isnt. No, I am not willing to work in mcdonalds or clean bogs for peanuts because thats not what I do and even jobseekers told me this. I have a degree and experience and want to use it.

I get a call from an agency about every 2 days and today have filled in three applications and registered to another site. Sure, if I wanted retail work I could work around town and hand my cv in but my cv is tailored towards what I want to do. I think it would be pretty pointless to go around random large companies handing my CV in because I would probably not get let through the doors anyway. As far as agencies in town go, I have already had calls off all the big ones that use sites like monster that i have already registered too.

Hardly dole scrounging, that would be going in to sign on and saying - "I have searched paper, internet and job centre computers"
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beggers can't be choosers, and hate people who say they cannot do a cleaning job, when it's only for 2-3 hrs. it least it's a bit more cash in your wallet
 
Any of the unemployed peeps ever thought about starting their own business? (online or otherwise) :)
 
dave1983 said:
the problem i encountered that 100 other people are going for the same job, so unless your a really good candidate and meet there expectations you have no chance.

the amount of times i saw jobs being advertised, but the company specifically request that you don't apply unless you have the qualifications, agencies are now overwhelmed with candidates and met there threshold. You have to keep chasing the agency in the morning between 8.30 - 9.00 otherwise it's first come first serve. your best option is to get your CV up to scratch and covering letter, most companies dont look at all the cv's cause so many people apply.
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Completely agree.

I've hit this problem with IT contracting.

I applied for jobs that my knowledge and experience fit but there are 100-200 applications per job right now and agencies DO NOT look at every application. They pick 3 to send to the client.

I was told by one agency that some started picking up the most recent 10-15 applications and just deleted the rest because of the "effort" involved.

You ring to chase and you always get fobbed off.

*Edit - I'm not actually unemployed atm. This is previous from experience.
 
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I only work 25hrs a week.

But I find the gym a bit time consumer, It's only really Thursday that I really struggle with boredom.

I wish I could be doing something everyday, something different. I like being motivated.
 
When I had no work for 2 months I furiously sent out CVs both online and visiting employers who advertised in the local papers and when I was all pooped out of doing that I was gaming or downloading every TV show I had not seen yet and as a result I now have too much stuff to watch and not enough time to watch them due to being at work!

Most of my day involved Eating, Gaming, wondering what working would be like at the time, more eating, some random driving to and from CV submissions and later that day more gaming and TV watching.
 
AcidHell2 said:
A job is a job and you should have to do what you can get, not what you want.
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So we end up with lots of university qualified toilet cleaners? That'd be great for the economy.

If you do mean it to be as black and white as it was worded then sounds more like Pol Pot ideology.
 
Thiassi said:
So we end up with lots of university qualified toilet cleaners? That'd be great for the economy.
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University qualification are not all up to scratch (mine included) and there are only so many jobs at the high end. Fewer people should be going to university in the first place.

of course it's that black and white, you take what you can get, doesn't mean you have to stay there. Why should the state fund you because you want to do X, what happens if you never ever get X job.

You should have say 3-6months to get the job you want, after that you accept anything.

Only the most needy should get benefits and not wanting to do a certain job should not apply.

And how is it poll pot ideology,
 
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Tbh i think your very sad if you would turn down Maccy's while unemployed.

If i lost my job now, id take any job i could. Even if it meant sweeping a floor for 5-6hours a day.
 
12 - Get Up
1 - Head into town
4 - Home, TV, Food
5 - T'interwebz
6 - Footie
8 - Food
9 - PS3
12 - Few random things. Film, browsing, facebook
2/3 - Bed
 
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