Forgot how bad job searching was :(

This may be of help to you if you have not seen this before:

http://www.easa.europa.eu/ws_prod/c/doc/Org_Appro/easa_doa.pdf

Its a list of companies (big and small) that have been approved by the EASA for design and maintenance of aircraft. If you scroll down to the UK section its worth looking up the websites of the companies and sending an email. I have managed to get a few interviews this way.

This also maybe of interest to you, its a graduate aero job in Derby. Seems quite basic but could be the way to get onto the ladder and it looks like you are looking around the midlands area.

http://www.jobsite.co.uk/job/aerospace-graduate-935959293?src=search
 
Walked into Brook Street a week ago on the search for a job and because i had used them before (3 day temping at Selfridges), i was offered a data entry job for RBS on the spot. 3 days later and i was at the interview, passed that with flying colours and now waiting for a start date. :)

£7.50 an hour and the standard 9-5. It's a start!

...much to the annoyance of my girlfriend who has been searching for a job for weeks... :o
 
Me and the girlfriend both on temporary jobs at the mo, slightly annoyed she's getting £8.50 an hour though!

I graduated about 3 weeks ago, and just secured a 3-month paid graduate internship starting on Monday on my 8th job application. Have to say I was quite lucky, but I know come September I'll be back searching for jobs.

Nicely done SideWinder.
 
Mr^B said:
What sort of jobs and is your CV tailored for them?
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Well I have 4+ years of experience within retail. I'm about to graduate from uni with a degree in journalism. I also have done an internship writing news articles for a small news publication.

I've applied to both jobs in the retail sector as well as the media industry. The only thing to do is keep applying I suppose. Someone has to hire me eventually.
 
Skillmister said:
The thing is, all the places ive seen with vacancies want people with experience, but how is someone supposed to get experience if they cant get a job to start with :confused:
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Set the bar lower in that case. If you are looking at jobs that are of that level, then perhaps you need to set your sights a little lower on the ladder - entry level etc for example. I'm talking in generalities by the way, unless your in IT i dont honestly have much applied knowledge when it comes to jobs :)

I got my experience through an internship which has pretty much set me up for life. Spending a year on 12K roughing it in Swindon, but it was well worth it in the end.
 
SMN said:
Set the bar lower in that case. If you are looking at jobs that are of that level, then perhaps you need to set your sights a little lower on the ladder - entry level etc for example.
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In majority of cases the minimim I have seen is mainly 2+ years experience as mentioned in my previous post. If you go down the ladder to the lowest level you come to entry level positions which from experience aren't any available or well may be very very few.
 
Mine said that. In fact, my part-time role during my final year at university wanted a full driving license and 3 years experience. I had neither.

I applied, showed the other skills I have, value add etc and got the job. Its always worth a shot as i'm sure you know :)
 
Skillmister said:
The thing is, all the places ive seen with vacancies want people with experience, but how is someone supposed to get experience if they cant get a job to start with :confused:
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After I graduated (computer science) I struggled to get interviews, let alone a job, so I approached BAE systems in Bristol and asked if I could do some unpaid work experience. They happily took me on for a couple of weeks. I then stuck this on my CV and I got far more hits on jobs I applied for.
 
I'm going in for a chat tommorrow for a months unpaid internship, I have 5 years work experience as well :(

Is there even likely to be a job at the end of it?
 
Theres no harm in trying. Plus even if you have *no interest* whatsoever in doing unpaid, if they think you are keen enough on the job and the role to work for nothing they make take a shine to you and offer you a modest wage anyway :)

As John Monie once said "All It Takes, Is All You Have".
 
Try and find a specialist agency for your particular field.
Reed etc tend to be kinda crap, unless you perfectly fill a list of fairly arbitrary "needs" you won't hear from them or they come up with complete crap for you.
Expect a couple of poor jobs to start with, I left uni and went into something pitiful like 14k a year, got up to 18 a year later then up to around 32 now. Still some way to go before I top out.

Keep in touch with your uni mates, the amount of times I been able to get a mate in a job or visa-versa is scarey :D
 
Oxy said:
I'm going in for a chat tommorrow for a months unpaid internship, I have 5 years work experience as well :(

Is there even likely to be a job at the end of it?
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I think the experience would help you on your CV :) Take the chance now while you still can afford to!
 
Lol. I just received another rejection email after 4-5 weeks for a cad position which I wasn't even expecting as companies don't usually reply back after you have sent your CV.
 
WingZero30 said:
Lol. I just received another rejection email after 4-5 weeks for a cad position which I wasn't even expecting as companies don't usually reply back after you have sent your CV.
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Yea. It's so annoying when they do that. Also those who give feedback so late that you pretty much forgot that you applied to them in the first place.

I went to this interview some 2 months ago, they promised me they would give word of what's happening within the "next week". 2 months go by and I still hadn't heard anything and they just kept fobbing me off when I tried contacting them. Then last week I got a call asking if I could come for another interview and sorry "we forgot about you". Yea right, more like the preferred person rejected the job :rolleyes: was 3 people they interview for the position, haha. You would think they actually had the decency to ring and tell before when I had actually spent time and money to go to their interview. Huge "respectable" company as well.

And all these recruitment sites keep spamming me with mail about tips to improve CV and how to do a proper interview. Tips you have to pay for :p
 
Infam0us said:
I think the experience would help you on your CV :) Take the chance now while you still can afford to!
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oh yeh I will, even if it's only for a month. Will look better on the CV, I can then contact other similar companies for work trials and pray one of them gives me a job in the end.
 
twentyone said:
I went to this interview some 2 months ago, they promised me they would give word of what's happening within the "next week". 2 months go by and I still hadn't heard anything and they just kept fobbing me off when I tried contacting them. Then last week I got a call asking if I could come for another interview and sorry "we forgot about you". Yea right, more like the preferred person rejected the job :rolleyes: was 3 people they interview for the position, haha. You would think they actually had the decency to ring and tell before when I had actually spent time and money to go to their interview. Huge "respectable" company as well.
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Was it Sony by any chance?

I had a phone interview with them and the initial feedback was good and they wanted to get me in for a face-to-face. Months past. Nothing. Then literally 6 months later I get a call asking if I could go to London for an interview. Ridiculous and totally unprofessional
 
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