Is that you Annie?
Anyway, over a year yet on the license...
Been to agencies and they all said the same thing, because I don't have 6 months warehouse experience there is nothing they will do.
Job Centre threatening to stop my benefits.
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Is that you Annie?
Anyway, over a year yet on the license...
Been to agencies and they all said the same thing, because I don't have 6 months warehouse experience there is nothing they will do.
I'm not going to give you a hard time as you seem to be getting plenty in this thread.
The reality is everytime you walk into a job interview with a piercing you are putting yourself to the bottom of the pile.
It's not the way it should be, but it's reality.
You can accept that and tidy yourself up for interviews and get a job, or you can moan and complain about why you should be able to get a job looking like you do.
I like the idea of enlisting for a few years, anyone i have worked with that has come from that background has been outstanding to work with.
The reality is everytime you walk into a job interview with a piercing you are putting yourself to the bottom of the pile.
It's not the way it should be, but it's reality.
You can accept that and tidy yourself up for interviews and get a job, or you can moan and complain about why you should be able to get a job looking like you do.
I like the idea of enlisting for a few years, anyone i have worked with that has come from that background has been outstanding to work with.
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It's not a threat it's a promise.
Yeah. Haven't been on EVE in a good 6 months.
Tried going door to door at some local places or asking friends / relatives?
Amazed you need 6 months for warehousing.
Pick this up, carry that over there, stack those... not complimicated.
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That's funny, i've worked in a warehouse through an agency. I had no experience, all that was required was that I could count five, be able to read and walk.
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Indeed you shouldnt need experience to work in a warehouse, I've been working in 1 now for 2 years nearly. Previous to that I was an IT Technician. So zero experience. The warehouse I work for is extremely high profile too, so you would expect experience being necessary there if anywhere. But nope.
I hate the job to be fair, but it's money and thats what its all about.
I hate the job to be fair, but it's money and thats what its all about.
Back in the days when I had just left uni and was struggling to find a job, I decided to claim JSA after about 6 months+ unemployed. Was claiming for a few months when I went to America on holiday (paid for me, I only took spending money which my mam gave me too). I had to stop claiming because I was going out of the country and then sign on again when I came back. I did so and never even thought to check my bank, just assumed they had been paying me as I had been going to the office when I had to, meeting all my appointments etc. After being home about 6 weeks I got a letter saying they had been trying to contact me about something I had apparently missed off the form so they hadn't given me any money and I got charged off my bank for going into my overdraft.
So basically I went into the office about 3 times, and not one person mentioned it nor did I receive any letters from them.
TL;DR? They're useless.
So basically I went into the office about 3 times, and not one person mentioned it nor did I receive any letters from them.
TL;DR? They're useless.
Yeah you don't need experience to work in a warehouse and agencies don't usually say that... however it could be that its just not worth their time trying to find warehouse work for someone who doesn't have previous warehouse experince if its anything like around here:
We don't require warehouse experience to hire someone for that position however we get dozens, even 100s of applications at the moment for every single position when they come up - its highly likely we would be hiring someone with previous warehouse experience every single time and those without previous experience don't have a much of a chance at all of being hired.
Qualifications don't really mean anything nowadays. I've got a HND and a BTEC in Public Services, and 14 GCSE's and I've been turned away from all sorts of crappy jobs. I can't get a job in Public Services due to the funding cuts/government budgets etc. I work in a shop, and I hate the job but I've stuck it out for a year and recently got offered a new job which I have applied for 3 times because I wanted to do it so much.
Things always look up eventually
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Things always look up eventually
!On a happy bought a new piano today 
Love how realistic people are on these forums, life at the end of the day is what you make of it.
Most of my friends have good qualifications and are sat doing rubbish jobs with no determination to change anything. I have been in the same position with less to show. Worked hard to find something different and got lucky with a pretty decent job. But it's not what I want or will just sit with, I am going to learn more and keep getting better at what I do. Then one day I will have people working for myself.
I wish well for you OP hope you manage to get yourself a decent job, mine took 10 hours a day in Starbucks jobs hunting for 6 months on top of working every extra hour I had.
Love how realistic people are on these forums, life at the end of the day is what you make of it.
Most of my friends have good qualifications and are sat doing rubbish jobs with no determination to change anything. I have been in the same position with less to show. Worked hard to find something different and got lucky with a pretty decent job. But it's not what I want or will just sit with, I am going to learn more and keep getting better at what I do. Then one day I will have people working for myself.
I wish well for you OP hope you manage to get yourself a decent job, mine took 10 hours a day in Starbucks jobs hunting for 6 months on top of working every extra hour I had.
I remember being on JSA. It was awesome.
80 quid a fortnight, 60 of which went towards rent. I was proper skint. So I treated myself to... ISDN. 50 ping playing Quake2 whilst everyone else was 200.
I think there's something about being rock bottom where you have to get some clawback for your sanity so whilst everyone in this thread bar the OP realises it is the height of foolishness to splash 50 quid on a handset AND a 50 quid a month commitment, maybe we've all done something similar in the past?
As an aside, I think JSA 'works' for some people. Live with parents. Get up at midday. No commitments. It's basically pocket money, right?
You might want to think long and hard about this ^
Best of luck finding work.
80 quid a fortnight, 60 of which went towards rent. I was proper skint. So I treated myself to... ISDN. 50 ping playing Quake2 whilst everyone else was 200.
I think there's something about being rock bottom where you have to get some clawback for your sanity so whilst everyone in this thread bar the OP realises it is the height of foolishness to splash 50 quid on a handset AND a 50 quid a month commitment, maybe we've all done something similar in the past?
As an aside, I think JSA 'works' for some people. Live with parents. Get up at midday. No commitments. It's basically pocket money, right?
You might want to think long and hard about this ^
Best of luck finding work.
^ that.
When I was just starting my new job, I had signed off but then didn't get paid for weeks because it was close to christmas and so I didn't get any wages for 7 weeks, I had £85 left in my overdraft available to spend and £20 in my purse, so what did I buy?
Some Kurt Geiger shoes. Because they were £125 reduced to £45, it would have been a sin not to.
I wouldn't even spend that on shoes now, even though I haven't touched my overdraft for over a year. I feel too guilty
When I was just starting my new job, I had signed off but then didn't get paid for weeks because it was close to christmas and so I didn't get any wages for 7 weeks, I had £85 left in my overdraft available to spend and £20 in my purse, so what did I buy?
Some Kurt Geiger shoes. Because they were £125 reduced to £45, it would have been a sin not to.
I wouldn't even spend that on shoes now, even though I haven't touched my overdraft for over a year. I feel too guilty
But why wouldnt you put the money away you earned over christmas knowing you would be out of a job soon?