Forgot how bad job searching was :(

Kurisu Makise · 12 Jan 2010 at 23:57

aproctor said:
Looking at your profile you have just turned 18, unemployed for a year.

So qualification wise i'm guessing GCSE at best, no offence meant by this but you need to get some skills behind you, whether it's a trade or Uni etc.

I imagine it's all you hear (if it's not, it should be) but it's for the best.

i have a gnvq lvl 1 in welding and a city n guilds Registered digital installer certificate i dont know if they help me in any way tbh

Parky · 13 Jan 2010 at 00:09

Im still at college, and i still live with my dad so i still get looked after a little bit. however ive been searching for a part time job for a long while now, the last job i had was temporary work at tesco over christmas last year. Theres nothing going at the moment and even if there is i often cant do the job because of my college hours. It annoys me because im at the stage in my life where i need to start fending for myself but i cant, i want to work, i nedd the extra experience and the money, but i also feel bad on my dad as well, he puts up with me too much

Kurisu Makise · 13 Jan 2010 at 00:21

Parky said:
Im still at college, and i still live with my dad so i still get looked after a little bit. however ive been searching for a part time job for a long while now, the last job i had was temporary work at tesco over christmas last year. Theres nothing going at the moment and even if there is i often cant do the job because of my college hours. It annoys me because im at the stage in my life where i need to start fending for myself but i cant, i want to work, i nedd the extra experience and the money, but i also feel bad on my dad as well, he puts up with me too much

i know what you mean i really feel like i need to get my myself together, its not my fault but it feels like it. id like to move out about winter time next year cant see that happening though i cant even afford a can of coke

Carl · 13 Jan 2010 at 01:43

I haven't had a full time job since July and since then ive been doing part time bar work and agency work but it's no good, even with my determination im struggling to make enough money.

What does bug me is that I worked in a factory for a couple of weeks, with one of the agency jobs and there was 50+ full time polish workers per shift! Even the supervisers and production managers were polish, there all okay..

Kurisu Makise · 13 Jan 2010 at 19:16

im thinking about joining the army

Guest2 · 13 Jan 2010 at 19:20

Housemate lost his job today. Passed his probation working for Sky at a call centre and was supposed to be getting his contract extended but a lot of the workers are not being taken on because there isnt enough work now after xmas. Got told at 4pm today, apparently even the supervisors didnt know about it

qqg3 · 17 Jan 2010 at 00:29

So where abouts do you people go looking for jobs? Newspapers, online etc

Just looking for some suggestions because I am considering a change sometime in the near future.

doodah · 17 Jan 2010 at 01:05

Reed is ok for a start

Guardian Jobs I quite like

Milkround is quite good for Graduate Schemes

Direct approach is a must by visiting company websites

A mix of paper, local ads, websites and direct approach works well.

Indy500 · 17 Jan 2010 at 10:40

qqg3 said:
So where abouts do you people go looking for jobs? Newspapers, online etc

Just looking for some suggestions because I am considering a change sometime in the near future.

Asking at the business, newspapers, websites (both the Reed type and company ones), asking existing employees, sending speculative applications.

VeNT · 17 Jan 2010 at 13:13

http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/

Biggest employer in the UK. START HERE.

Indy500 · 17 Jan 2010 at 13:45

VeNT said:
http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/

Biggest employer in the UK. START HERE.

The best reply I got from them was "Dear Sir, Thank you for your application for XYZ job. We regret to inform you that you were not successful on this occasion" and so on. Not much point wasting time on the long application form when I could be applying to an organisation that actually values real talent.

Dreadi · 17 Jan 2010 at 14:02

sr4470 said:
The best reply I got from them was "Dear Sir, Thank you for your application for XYZ job. We regret to inform you that you were not successful on this occasion" and so on. Not much point wasting time on the long application form when I could be applying to an organisation that actually values real talent.

Haha, i got the same from them and it takes ages to fill out their flipping application.

Best one was when i applied for a job in abbey nation (santander), i got an automated reply within 5 mins of applying telling me they already people better suited but i still may have a chance.

Indy500 · 17 Jan 2010 at 14:07

Dreadi said:
Haha, i got the same from them and it takes ages to fill out their flipping application.

I guess you need some magic ninja skill to be an administrator these days. It's not like it happened once, every time I apply for a similar vacancy it never goes past first stage. May as well focus my searching.

Dreadi said:
Best one was when i applied for a job in abbey nation (santander), i got an automated reply within 5 mins of applying telling me they already people better suited but i still may have a chance.

An experience filter? There's probably a checkbox for "6 months relevant experience" somewhere on the form.

The Funktopus · 17 Jan 2010 at 18:08

I've given up applying for NHS jobs. I've applied for about 10 or so over the past 2 years, spending 3-4 hours at a time on a ridiculously long-winded application form, only for them to not even have the common courtesy of sending you a generic autoform "Sorry, you've been unsuccessful" email.

Amp34 · 17 Jan 2010 at 19:40

Very few companies send the "sorry you were unsuccessful" email I've found. Either for actual job applications or speculative emails so it's not just the NHS.

Indy500 · 17 Jan 2010 at 20:05

Amp34 said:
Very few companies send the "sorry you were unsuccessful" email I've found. Either for actual job applications or speculative emails so it's not just the NHS.

It's an online form though, hardly difficult to have an automated response. It wouldn't be so annoying if it was a more simple application. If the local mobile phone store manager bothers to write to me then I'm sure the NHS can change the settings on their auto-responder...

Ocean Breeze · 17 Jan 2010 at 20:22

If I'm going to fill out an application form I damn well want a response and an honest reason for not being selected.

[TW]Fox · 17 Jan 2010 at 20:28

sr4470 said:
The best reply I got from them was "Dear Sir, Thank you for your application for XYZ job. We regret to inform you that you were not successful on this occasion" and so on. Not much point wasting time on the long application form when I could be applying to an organisation that actually values real talent.

That just sounds pretty bitter to me. I've certainly not had that problem - any application I've made (Well not that I've made many, but certainly enough!) has been met with 'We'd like to invite you to an interview' or 'You have not been shortlisted on this occasion'.

Indy500 · 17 Jan 2010 at 20:39

[TW]Fox;15759455 said:
That just sounds pretty bitter to me. I've certainly not had that problem - any application I've made (Well not that I've made many, but certainly enough!) has been met with 'We'd like to invite you to an interview' or 'You have not been shortlisted on this occasion'.

If you've got a suggestion for improving the success rate I'm all ears (or should that be eyes)

tang0 · 17 Jan 2010 at 20:47