I'm wondering how much compensation I can get for snags not being done.

BallistixOnZ490 said:
'Thank you for attending your interview with the College for the role of Receptionist.

____ and myself had a very difficult decision to make after the completion of the interviews on Monday.

Unfortunately you were unsuccessful this time and this was due to the sheer strength on the competition. You came across as very approachable and well presented at your interview. We also felt that you had some good customer service experience which showed in your answers, however lacked reception experience which unfortunately the successful candidate had.

I would like to thank you once again for the time and wish you luck in securing suitable employment in the future'

College receptionist job that only required 2 A levels, my Uni degree and 6+ years of customer service including front of house greeting / customer service desk at the time were not enough experience.
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You sound over qualified for a receptionist role. You'll likely get bored and disengage.

What is your degree in? What area of IT do you have an interest in?
 
dLockers said:
You sound over qualified for a receptionist role. You'll likely get bored and disengage.

What is your degree in? What area of IT do you have an interest in?
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I've worked in retail and cafe for some 10+ years in total, I don't think I qualify for much more with a third pass in some life sciences degree.

I would gladly clean toilets for pay.

I don't have an interest in any specific area of 'I.T.' all I was told is that 'Reception, Admin, and Data Entry' are what I need to be looking at for non physical I.T based work and any would be fine.

But any such job you find now usually requires you to have 2 years of I.T experience and / or 2x2 years of references.
 
BallistixOnZ490 said:
I've worked in retail and cafe for some 10+ years in total, I don't think I qualify for much more with a third pass in some life sciences degree.

I would gladly clean toilets for pay.

I don't have an interest in any specific area of 'I.T.' all I was told is that 'Reception, Admin, and Data Entry' are what I need to be looking at for non physical I.T based work and any would be fine.

But any such job you find now usually requires you to have 2 years of I.T experience and / or 2x2 years of references.
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I've hired people who have done complete career changes, giving them an opportunity in entry level IT helpdesk. They had shown a keen interest and had evidence they had pursued that interest. Not sure why your physical ability would come into the vast majority of IT jobs. You seem to come across articulate on here, and your previous skills should certainly be transferable. Most IT jobs are remote at the moment as well.
 
Could always play to your strengths and stick to customer service. I know a few people that are now home-based for call handling for big retailers. Make reasonable money though nothing to shout about.
 
dLockers said:
I've hired people who have done complete career changes, giving them an opportunity in entry level IT helpdesk. They had shown a keen interest and had evidence they had pursued that interest. Not sure why your physical ability would come into the vast majority of IT jobs. You seem to come across articulate on here, and your previous skills should certainly be transferable. Most IT jobs are remote at the moment as well.
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Marks and Spencer said 'The minute you walked in the door, every manager liked you right away, you were polite, well spoken, and made a great first impression. Also we appreciate that every time you helped a customer, not only did you always go with them to what they needed help with, but you were always smiling and you could tell that every customer was happy to be helped by you .... However you were too slow and this work is too physically unsuitable to you'. When I tried applying again and chasing it up 'The manager looked at your feedback and it says this work is too fast paced for you so we can't take you back'.

When I finish serving people in their cafe ... 'Wow, at least someone here has a clue'.

When I last tried all the jobcentre crap 'You are already at the top of our most employable list, you have the most experience, education, are the most well spoken and well presented person here'.

So then I apply for 500 jobs with a C.V thats been looked over and perfected by 10+ work coaches, get one interview and refused for not enough experience.

Excuse me for being salty at the world and now suing everyone for discrimination. And not to add all the hate I constantly get for being a BAME on benefits.
 
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BallistixOnZ490 said:
Marks and Spencer said 'The minute you walked in the door, every manager liked you right away, you were polite, well spoken, and made a great first impression. Also we appreciate that every time you helped a customer, not only did you always go with them to what they needed help with, but you were always smiling and you could tell that every customer was happy to be helped by you .... However you were too slow and this work is too physically unsuitable to you'. When I tried applying again and chasing it up 'The manager looked at your feedback and it says this work is too fast paced for you so we can't take you back'.

When I finish serving people in their cafe ... 'Wow, at least someone here has a clue'.

When I last tried all the jobcentre crap 'You are already at the top of our most employable list, you have the most experience, education, are the most well spoken and well presented person here'.

So then I apply for 500 jobs with a C.V thats been looked over and perfected by 10+ work coaches, get one interview and refused for not enough experience.

Excuse me for being salty at the world and now suing everyone for discrimination. And not to add all the hate I constantly get for being a BAME on benefits.
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Unfortunately it does sound like you'd benefit from a job where being physically mobile isn't a fundamental requirement. With CS skills and an interest in IT, you could certainly look to go for a role in first line support - potentially for a specific provider of a packaged application where broader knowledge/interest is less critical. E.g. SAGE accounting support, where you'd essentially coach book keepers through specific problems or use screen share to resolve their issues. No prior knowledge would be required, it isn't physical, and you could negotiate the right level of hours to ensure you aren't better off on benefits.

Unless you have a specific reason to be out of the house, this sounds like a much more sensible role.

I can see why you do the latter, it can't be easy being disabled - devils advocate would ask why you have your heart set on roles that are at your self proclaimed physical limit though. I mean, I wouldn't apply to be a labourer because I'm a big pencil pushing pansy compared to the lads I drink with.

Edit: The fact you're physically disabled shouldn't be a reason why you can't earn mega bucks if you so decided. I can imagine the lure of "doing nothing" is much more tempting though, and a hard cycle to break.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
Not according to ocuk. Painting a single room is at least £800 and 5 days work to do properly.
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Are nvidia doing the paint job?

:P


I love the fact the OP is after 10K or a free house, when he is in co-ownership and not even paying for his rent, that is absolutely spectacular, and totally reinforces my view on worth of certain benefits and indeed people.
 
Destination said:
Are nvidia doing the paint job?

:p


I love the fact the OP is after 10K or a free house, when he is in co-ownership and not even paying for his rent, that is absolutely spectacular, and totally reinforces my view on worth of certain benefits and indeed people.
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No apparently painting a room requires everything stripped bare including doors and skirting, only sanding by hand will do and then subsequently painting using only the finest brushes made from badger hair and farrow and ball paint. If your quote isn't £50 per square metre of wall space then short cuts are obviously being taken.

I've always just painted straight over doors and skirting with new white paint saving myself thousands in the process but apparently that's not the correct way to do it.
 
Thread is a dumpster fire.

OP, Microsoft do free Azure training and have given x4 opportunities for free exams in the past12months, I'm sure they will be going around for free again soon.

Keep an eye open for them, might be a route into a 1st Line Support IT role, it will be competitive but a route to okay money without a need for a degree.
 
Delvis said:
Not entirely relevant but stuff like this is a foot in the door: https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/kicksta...#/jobs/remote-entry-level-jobs?salaryto=18000

Hell, I started building PCs to get into IT on 7k a year.
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'I built my first PC when I was 14 and helped my parents with setting up their internet and sky T.V since then as well. I used to read PC magazines since I was a teenager, and read everything on hardware websites as a hobby. I used word / excel / powerpoint extensively during my degree, and make simple gaming videos on youtube for fun using programs like MSI afterburner, fraps, and Movie Maker. Currenly I have configured my own streaming setup to use my PC connected to any screen elsewhere in my house'

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'You don't have enough I.T experience' - For a min wage Reception or Admin job.

Maybe I should mention being the first person to pass 4000 Mhz on 2x16 Gb Micron E die ram sticks or some such too.
 
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The problem is your attitude. You are the archetype of what people hate about the benefits system.
 
dLockers said:
The problem is your attitude. You are the archetype of what people hate about the benefits system.
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Because I'm on benefits because my last employer wouldn't keep me because I fell over too much, and now no one else will hire me because I'm too disabled or don't have enough experience for a desk job?

I have never used my health as an excuse not to work - every employer does. And from here on, any time they do, I'll sue for more free money.
 
BallistixOnZ490 said:
Because I'm on benefits because my last employer wouldn't keep me because I fell over too much, and now no one else will hire me because I'm too disabled?

I have never used my health as an excuse not to work - every employer does. And from here on, any time they do, I'll sue for more free money.
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No, you're the archetype because you don't want to do anything different to better yourself. You are quite happy to do the latter no matter what.
 
BallistixOnZ490 said:
How? I did all of the DWP's return to work stuff voluntarily. I still don't have a job.
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Plenty advice in this thread you have dismissed. I made a constructive post you totally ignored to argue with another poster. I haven't left my house since March so not sure what physically being disabled has to do with getting a job tbh.
 
dLockers said:
Plenty advice in this thread you have dismissed. I made a constructive post you totally ignored to argue with another poster. I haven't left my house since March so not sure what physically being disabled has to do with getting a job tbh.
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I agree with that, I asked the jobcentre many times for helping me find work I could do from home. They told me they couldn't help with that.

I asked them for help with getting I.T experience, they won't do that either.

Only thing they ever help with is stuff like 'full time warehouse work' which I can't do.

As soon as I can, I will try applying for voluntary cafe or janitor work with the NHS. You get he voluntary first then apply for / enquire about paid. One of my previous work coaches told me that.
 
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BallistixOnZ490 said:
'I built my first PC when I was 14 and helped my parents with setting up their internet and sky T.V since then as well. I used to read PC magazines since I was a teenager, and read everything on hardware websites as a hobby. I used word / excel / powerpoint extensively during my degree, and make simple gaming videos on youtube for fun using programs like MSI afterburner, fraps, and Movie Maker. Currenly I have configured my own streaming setup to use my PC connected to any screen elsewhere in my house'

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'You don't have enough I.T experience' - For a min wage Reception or Admin job.

Maybe I should mention being the first person to pass 4000 Mhz on 2x16 Gb Micron E die ram sticks or some such too.
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That's something I'd have put on my CV when I was in my teens, you're in your late 30s I believe?

Obviously hard to write experience of you don't have it. BUT, you need to write down your job experience and cater each application for that role you're applying for, "I feel I would be good at 'x' because of my time at 'y' taught me how to cope in stressful situations" and so on.

I hate applying for jobs, but sadly you need to cater each application in a lot of cases unless you're after ANYTHING and they don't care what you write.

BallistixOnZ490 said:
I agree with that, I asked the jobcentre many times for helping me find work I could do from home. They told me they couldn't help with that.

I asked them for help with getting I.T experience, they won't do that either.

Only thing they ever help with is stuff like 'full time warehouse work' which I can't do.
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The job center are terrible, I was on benefits for 4 weeks, that was enough to realise how crap it was for me, just a major tick box exercise. Having said that I'm sure others have done well with it.

Edit: Jesus, Im 35, working since I was 14 pretty much in some capacity, and it's only in the last two years I've got a job that actually pays half decently.

I'm not an academic, I have zero qualifications (unless you count a C in art one) and I hate doing in-house training.
 
'Currently we are not recruiting volunteers due to the COVID-19 situation, please keep an eye on the Trust website for any updates regarding the opening of the application process' ...

https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/volunteering

'
Please note that the volunteer recruitment window is temporarily suspended from today until further notice due to the COVID19 impact on the Trust. We will be reviewing the situation over the coming weeks.'

Still waiting.
 
Delvis said:
The job center are terrible, I was on benefits for 4 weeks, that was enough to realise how crap it was for me, just a major tick box exercise. Having said that I'm sure others have done well with it.
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'My last employer told me they couldn't keep me on because I was too physically disabled for both shop floor and cafe work'...

HERES A 40 HOUR A WEEK WAREHOUSE JOB AT ARGOS, APPLY FOR IT NOW OR LOSE ALL YOUR BENEFITS.

'Plz gib I.T training?'

NO.

My support worker is busy helping me with my garden and lounge, but has promised to help me with work stuff after that.
 
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