Forgot how bad job searching was :(

Not started yet, just trying to get an action plan together, been talking to a friend who basically freelances and is more than willing to help information wise which is handy :)

Just need to get off my butt and start drawing again
 
Thanks. Really hope I've made the right decision lol.

All I need to do now is let the current people know :D
 
Just makes me fall asleep job hunting, finding nothing out there, any job in IT Support / Web Dev / SEO there is always something that gets in the way to prevent me to apply for the job.
 
willhub said:
Just makes me fall asleep job hunting, finding nothing out there, any job in IT Support / Web Dev / SEO there is always something that gets in the way to prevent me to apply for the job.
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Whats that? The right mouse button? :p

In all seriousness though, whats stopping you?
 
Just applied for a dream job - entry level stuff, but it'll attract a lot of applicants.

Its been two years for me in basic laboratory work - this next step would take me on a path to a good career though.

Will post up more details if I hear about an interview. There's likely to be a fair bit of security involved!
 
I'm not having much luck either. Had a agency/'resourcing' call me up earlier this week saying they had seen my CV on jobsite and interested in putting me forward for yet another contract role. Got the info through email as I was out at the time and surprised to see its at Rolls-Royce power/energy. Of course I can hardly not ask them to put me forward, so I went for it but now they say the line/project manager has gone on sick leave for a while so everything is stuck on hold. :(

It is a good hourly rate, mon-friday normal working hours, and I should be able to do all the work bar a few things I've not had experience in using. Only issue is that it is a 50 mile motorway journey to get there or a 35 mile mix of motorway/dual carriage ways and plenty of roundabouts. Time wise both routes are about an hour, so if I get offered the job I am leaning towards the 50 mile route just to keep me sane. :o

Delvis, I haven't been following the thread recently, have you left your job at the school? :)

EDIT: could use some CV help as I think mine has a bit to much waffling. :D
 
Getting thoroughly depressed looking for a job. I've been looking now since July. It's not so much the searching that's getting to me, more the jobcentre and the way they come across.

I know they just want to get you into 'A' job, and they don't particularly care what type of job that is.

I'm an office worker; that's what I do, that's what I'm qualified to do, and that's apparently now a problem since they've decided to move the goalposts again. I'm now supposed to apply for 'ANY' job, whether it's even remotely within my skillset or not.

Every time I leave the jobcentre now after signing on, I spend the next 24 hours in a bad mood. I have heart palpitations, and my blood pressure skyrockets. I'm already on medication for high blood pressure, and they're just not helping.

I know they're only doing their jobs, but it's not doing me any favours. It's not like I'm not applying for work. I can see me just signing off very soon and trying to survive on the last tiny bit of money I had saved just so I don't feel like this all the time.
 
Infidelus, I know exactly what you mean. Just two days ago I went to the local job centre to sign on. To be fair they are a bit more organised then when I last used them over a year ago.

However what ideally I'd like to specialise in and make a career, they simply don't really care and they make me feel kind of like a statistic. I will sign off if they expect me to go for any old job. :(
 
Infidelus said:
Getting thoroughly depressed looking for a job. I've been looking now since July. It's not so much the searching that's getting to me, more the jobcentre and the way they come across.

I know they just want to get you into 'A' job, and they don't particularly care what type of job that is.

I'm an office worker; that's what I do, that's what I'm qualified to do, and that's apparently now a problem since they've decided to move the goalposts again. I'm now supposed to apply for 'ANY' job, whether it's even remotely within my skillset or not.

Every time I leave the jobcentre now after signing on, I spend the next 24 hours in a bad mood. I have heart palpitations, and my blood pressure skyrockets. I'm already on medication for high blood pressure, and they're just not helping.

I know they're only doing their jobs, but it's not doing me any favours. It's not like I'm not applying for work. I can see me just signing off very soon and trying to survive on the last tiny bit of money I had saved just so I don't feel like this all the time.
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Infidelus, this is my life EXACTLY at the min. I'm so depressed already and today is only my third week without a job and I know I can't moan as it's only been three weeks but it's hard. I really feel for you.

I was in the worst form today, just snapped at everyone and I know it's the stress of having no job, no money and lots of time. I'm so bored, I tidy the house when everyone's at work, I take the dog for a few walks and I try to find other things to do but boredom is driving me insane... honestly.

I've got the experience to be a travel agent and the qualifications to do admin but there is nothing decent out there. I've applied for 12 jobs this week and nothing! No word from anyone. I signed on Monday past (first time signing on) and I know that they expect me just to take any job which I'm not going to do (stubborn maybe but it's my life and sanity at stake). I want a job that I can spend years in and grow, I don't want a filler (been there before) as I'd get stuck/trapped and not apply for anything better.

I know this sounds like I feel sorry for myself and I'm going to be honest, I do but only I can change the situation I'm in but I believe it depends on the job market and luck. 2012 has dealt me so many bad hands.
 
Sadly buckeejit you have to take on a random job for a while just to get some money...I had to work in a factory for two weeks aggravating my tinnitus creating plaster bead coving just to get some money in :p
 
I think the government will breach our human rights soon an impliment the following.

ONCE YOU SIGN ON, YOU CANNOT SIGN OFF ,amuahahah :|

....till you're in work.

Imagine how bad that would be!
 
name89 said:
I think the government will breach our human rights soon an impliment the following.

ONCE YOU SIGN ON, YOU CANNOT SIGN OFF ,amuahahah :|

....till you're in work.

Imagine how bad that would be!
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I think you'll probably find they already are ;)

Slave labour - you can now be forced to work up to 30 hours a week for a month for no more than your jobseeker's allowance, because the government have exempted themselves from paying minimum wage.

If you DO refuse to participate in the above and choose to sign off, if and when you try and sign on again, you'll immediately be forced onto the same thing (need to confirm that, but there's definitely new policies regarding it). This is obviously designed to stop those that have no intention of working, which is a good thing, but the whole slave labour part just shows that the government will do what they want, whether they've made legislation to 'protect workers' or not.

I've no issue with them finding me *suitable* work, but not when they're just using the unemployed to work for free. Working for 30 hours a week on JSA works out at around £2.37 an hour - somewhat below minimum wage.
 
Right, a bit of a question here.

I want to get into web development and SEO.

I'm by far not a guru at PHP or anything, but I've built a website that is running on Wordpress, I have used a custom template and am almost exclusively using pages.

My intention was to use the website to show employers my "skills", although I quite realised that employers would not really look or have the time to look.

I've finished uni, with a 2:1 in Business IT, and done 4 weeks work experience in London doing PHP, Wordpress, HTML / CSS, Databases, Windows desktop troubleshooting and refreshing, Adobe Photoshop, SEO.

Have I got enough skill to be able to get a trainee job in SEO or Web Development? I still find PHP quite difficult beyond the basics, but I want to learn more and be able to build websites in PHP and HTML / CSS, the graphics side also appeal.

I can't find many jobs in this area, and the ones that are there want lots of in depth experience, or they want like a years’ experience, so I'm not sure what to do.

I sort of wish I could go back to uni and specialise in web development degree or something, but it's not possible. And I want to be doing this sort of work in Manchester.

Is my only option to just get a bog standard job and learn by myself in my spare time then try and apply for jobs and blag my way through any experience related questions?

Pretty depressed doing job hunting and finding nothing, maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.
 
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