Are you 18-24 and unemployed?
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Controversial.
I only left the age group in July
when did you get your current job though? Its the time taken from then until now that will probably be bigger than when you left the age group...
... but people are getting jobs now, just few and far between it would seem.
I'm in this age group and went athrough 9 months unemployed last year, it was hell. Managed to get something in March around 20 hours a week, which has now just recently been slashed down to 11.5 hours a week, which is ********. You can probably put me down as unemployed as I should be signing back on JSA now that I'm under 16 hours a week.
And yes, I am looking for xmas temp jobs to up my hours, but they all want me to work weekends, which is what I do at my job now, so what do I do? Whore myself out to a shop for xmas and get discarded again and be left on JSA for an enternity again next year or stick with my paltry 11.5 hours.
I shoul dhave been at uni this year aswell, but have to restart my access course in October thanks to some knob breaking my cheek in an assualt during the spring causing me to miss about 4 weeks of the course. Grrrrrrrrrrr. /rant.
And yes, I am looking for xmas temp jobs to up my hours, but they all want me to work weekends, which is what I do at my job now, so what do I do? Whore myself out to a shop for xmas and get discarded again and be left on JSA for an enternity again next year or stick with my paltry 11.5 hours.
I shoul dhave been at uni this year aswell, but have to restart my access course in October thanks to some knob breaking my cheek in an assualt during the spring causing me to miss about 4 weeks of the course. Grrrrrrrrrrr. /rant.
I dropped out of college and had a full time job in a nice office within 6 months thanks to recruitment agencies, I'm still there, only 16K a year but it's paying me enough to do what I want to do and prepare for what I "need" to do.
I think a lot of young people really look over the idea of working in an office if they need a full tiem job for whatever reason, it's easy work and there is nearly always need for more people.
I think a lot of young people really look over the idea of working in an office if they need a full tiem job for whatever reason, it's easy work and there is nearly always need for more people.
That's true. I've been here 3 years in December. Previous to this job i was a Chef, and got through a job per year, with 3 jobs in one year towards the end.
I can't say i'd want to lose this job right now, I know it's hard out there.
Um.
/closes firefox
I'm working as a graduate for less than £16k a year... its not what i want to be on salary wise but i cant complain as its keeping me afloat.
I'm supposed to be saving for a wedding now that my girlfriend (graduated July and currently unemployed) and I are engaged... also for a honeymoon and a house. At the same time i don't want to have to stop living and merely start existing... so we're continuing to actually do things socially at weekends rather than sit about feeling sorry for our collective situation.
I'm supposed to be saving for a wedding now that my girlfriend (graduated July and currently unemployed) and I are engaged... also for a honeymoon and a house. At the same time i don't want to have to stop living and merely start existing... so we're continuing to actually do things socially at weekends rather than sit about feeling sorry for our collective situation.
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I'm what I call underemployed.
24, left Uni Summer 2008 and still working in my part time job at a cinema
24, left Uni Summer 2008 and still working in my part time job at a cinema
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lol
Was made redundant in feb and took about 5months to find something which was really really tough. Applied for over 100 jobs and you get seen by a handful if you hear anything at all. Had to take a 11k paycut but I have a job which is the main thing at the moment... meh
graduated summer 07, temped for a bit while looking for a proper job, was unemployed for a few months with a little bit of casual/temp work, got a job Feb 08, did that for 5 months and then took a month off having got onto a grad scheme starting august 08...a year later and I've just started my 3rd rotation.
Most of mates who are grads spent longer in unemployment/temp/casual but most of them have finally got some reasonable positions
Feel very lucky tbh
Most of mates who are grads spent longer in unemployment/temp/casual but most of them have finally got some reasonable positions
Feel very lucky tbh
I finished work on Friday (well Wednesday, had 2 days holiday to take.) I'm starting uni later this month and I'll be coaching tennis part-time (I used to coach years ago and got my PTR qualifications.)
So for a few weeks I get to be a lazy *******
So for a few weeks I get to be a lazy *******
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You need to stop thinking of retail work, there is plenty of jobs around.
Through college i worked in a pasta factory, i got paid way more than i would have if i worked in retail.
Get yourself an agency, no excuse.
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Totally agree.
There is more than enough work out there if you look.
The problem is most graduates that I have met seem to think that they deserve a high paying job in whatever field they did their degree in.
Either that or they were just lazy and think that warehouse work, fast food, shop floor etc etc is beneath them.
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Both I think.
I know a lot of guys I went to uni with have refused job's I've offered them where I work because 'they have a degree and should be on more than NMW'.
NMW is better than nothing.
My girlfriend's friend has graduated this year at the same time as her and my girlfriend managed to pull some strings to get her a job at her work. Usually the applicants would have to go through interviews etc but her friend got to stroll right in.
Her friend stayed 3 days and said she would get more money from benefits so quit. I was not amused and ranted for a good week about it everytime she was mentioned.
