What they seem to forget is the vast majority have been or will work at some point, even those who have yet to work and are on dole are only getting part of their future tax money in the present, its really all relative when you think about it, though i can understand why most feel annoyed or even angry at genuine scroungers but they should get a grip when it comes to people trying to get by as the alternative is worse in the long run, i also think there's a selfish kind of element where they simply don't like the idea of anyone not working while they are and having more free time to relax and do other stuff.
Are you 18-24 and unemployed?
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What they seem to forget is the vast majority have been or will work at some point, even those who have yet to work and are on dole are only getting part of their future tax money in the present, its really all relative when you think about it, though i can understand why most feel annoyed or even angry at genuine scroungers but they should get a grip when it comes to people trying to get by as the alternative is worse in the long run, i also think there's a selfish kind of element where they simply don't like the idea of anyone not working while they are and having more free time to relax and do other stuff.
I do childminding on a voluntary basis when I get the opportunity to fill time, but that isn't often as there's a childcare grant to pay a registered\certified\CRB'd one. Don't tell me to waste my non-existent money doing all that for informal volunteering, it is pointless unless I can make a career out of it. Which is difficult as a male...
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22 and actively avoiding work while living for as long as possible off the savings from my last job.
I am in the same situation, how long have you been out of work? Have you decided what you will tell interviewers when they ask what you've been doing since your last job ended?
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22, been employed part time since I was 16. In the process of joining the royal engineers
Graduates looking for work is hard, I know a few who are having to sign on or their dream of graduating and somehow landing a class job has hit reality.
Graduates looking for work is hard, I know a few who are having to sign on or their dream of graduating and somehow landing a class job has hit reality.
At the very least you'll want to give the impression you've been improving yourself in some way. Even if it was just attending a mandatory Jobcentre Plus "Gateway to Work" programme (obviously re-phrase that).
Why? Would simply saying it was time off to do your own thing not be good enough in their eyes?
Considering he's doing it off his own savings is there any difference between him and a lottery winner quitting their job for a year or more and spending their free time how they wish? i have a feeling it probably would be looked down upon short of a lotto win as a reason because of the same kind of mentality as i was on about before, not working is seen as bad whether you're on benefits or your own savings by some people.
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Currently employed part time and going into my final year of University. I can never imagine not working. I'm 21 and i've always had a job since i was 17. When i haven't been working, it has been due to University and moving away etc.
Life is short and the earlier you start working, the better it'll be later on in life.
Life is short and the earlier you start working, the better it'll be later on in life.
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Been out of work since the start of April.
And I don't intend to tell them anything, I'm not looking to get another 'career' job, I want something with the least possible responsibility. My last job was high stress, long hours, good pay, but nearly killed me, I don't want to get anywhere near another job like that for at least a couple of years.
full time education here I opted for a sandwich degree, so i got a years experience and I already had 3 months experience working for a company in the summer onto my final year now....while working for my placement year company part time
I do question what sort of jobs people are going for sometimes though, I could easily go get a job at a Supermarket/McDonalds/Call Centre if I was unemployed tomorrow... of course that's not what I want to be doing, but it's money until I found something else!
No, because you are obviously lazy and don't care about work... You have to live and breathe work, and even contemplating not working for a while is bad. Work has to come before all, live to work and all that jazz. Or at least that's what it seems to be with a large proportion of employers...
Well, with the current recession the businesses may consider you if you can show you did something worthwhile with your time...unfortunately the buzzword 'career' is still used, even though a good portion of us are just trying to make ends meet.
Currently employed part time and going into my final year of University. I can never imagine not working. I'm 21 and i've always had a job since i was 17. When i haven't been working, it has been due to University and moving away etc.
Life is short and the earlier you start working, the better it'll be later on in life.
I was the same, started at 14 picking fruit in the summer, at 16 I got a job at a fitness centre (although only about 6-10 hours a week) and only quit when I went to uni. I also did (and have done since graduating) a few random bits of work with my dad (building, painting etc.) and last summer I had 3 weeks at home between the end of exams and the start of my 3rd year between my dissertation work and an internship. Hasn't done me any good it seems...
However I disagree with life is too short. You should work to live, not the other way round. However hopefully you'll find a job that means you can enjoy your time at work, which apparently most people never do...
I'm not looking forward to being asked "So, what have you done for the past 6 months?", because I really don't know what to say. I can't imagine saying "I was getting myself together after spending 5 years in a job I hated with people who depressed the hell out of me" would go down very well with a potential employer, even if it is the truth.
The problem, knowing how harsh the job market is right now, I'm finding it very hard to get motivated to start the search for work.
I am not arguing that it is easy to get a job in your chosen 'career', especially not for a graduate right now however I think as people have pointed out there are jobs if your willing to do them, ofc this comes down to personal circumstance.. However, again I would look more favourably on someone that had gone out an been proactive in the job market than someone who had done nothing.. this is unfair people have personal circumstance but as an employer you see a C.V. not personal circumstance.. if it's down to person a and person b as to who I am going to interview and person a has been proactive in getting employement i.e. worked at Maccy D's or call centre or what have you.. then I go for person a... maybe not fair.. but nor's life..