Never Give Up!

MikeB

MikeB

MikeB

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Sorry to bore you all but this is my self therapy!

2 years ago I was made redundant, at the time I thought great, pay off and chance to relocate fmaily to a nicer part of the country...

How wrong was I, after over a year of trying, approx 400 applications, the indignity of the job centre...and even worse the back to work compulsory schemes.

All savings gone, living on the edge, faced with losing house, partner and to be honest a future.

When I was working it was sooo easy to judge the unemployed, lazy gits etc, scroungers, well now I have seen the other side of it, and yes there are loads of scroungers...but not all!

Took me ages to work out that sitting on a PC playing games, trying to read the entire internet etc was such a waste, eventually I volunteered for charity work and that turned my life around, being in an environment where your valued, getting out of the house and feeling you make a difference mean so much.

Anyways the happy ending is I finally have a job, a good one as well, my message to anyone else in the same situation is 'Never give up hope!' , get out there, work for a charity, discover yourself, don't sit festering your life away in front of a screen.

That's it, therapy done.

Happy Christmas and a Great New Year to all on here and their loved ones!


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Just to be clear....had f'all in benefits until very recently, got contribution job seekers for 6 months which works out about £1,500 , and very recently some JSA, the rest of the time my savings were too high, so we had to wait until we hit the breadline before we got any help, nice warm rosey feeling knowing my hundreds of thousands in tax was so worth it! )
 
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Good advice. If you are unemployed that doesn't mean there isn't work for you to do, it just means you don't get paid. Volunteering is great thing to do before finding paid work again.
 
Yikes, sounds like it took you a while but glad your back on your feet.

It took me about 6 months of this year to find another job after redundancy, it was hard at times.
 
Two years!

Happy for you finally getting sorted, but really you couldn't get anything for that long? I find it hard to believe that someone with a family can't get any job at all for two years.

Your poor wife must have been at her wits end with worry.
 
I am being made redundant this week, 2 interviews already and no luck and I hope I can get a job pretty quickly (after xmas) I hate not having a job.
 
silvercut said:
I am being made redundant this week, 2 interviews already and no luck and I hope I can get a job pretty quickly (after xmas) I hate not having a job.
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Good luck! I was out of work for six weeks last time I left my old job. The work is there if you make the effort. Just stay motivated and you'll get yourself sorted in no time. :cool:
 
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Two years!

Happy for you finally getting sorted, but really you couldn't get anything for that long? I find it hard to believe that someone with a family can't get any job at all for two years.

Your poor wife must have been at her wits end with worry.
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I worked in an investment bank, had no qualifications and worked my way up to a senior role in I.T.

Was in a position where I couldn't get interviews for 'normal' jobs as all the feedback was we wouldn't take you on as you'd leave straight away, and the senior roles I couldn't get interviews for a my educational background is bad (Left at 16), total catch 22.

Also moved to Norfolk for quality of life, unfortunately it's the region that's been hit the hardest.

The first 6 months were tied up in relocating and enjoying life, after that came the sheer hell.
 
Please star that one out fully. VS. You could have rolled up your sleves and done some cleaning or something. Nobody would care if you were planning to dissapear after a few weeks or whatever. Our hotel hires randoms frequently, if they just make the effort to pop in a CV.

Which is pretty much how I got my own job actually - I just walked in and asked to speak with the manager. :D

No excuses. If needs be then get down and dirty with the rest of us. :p
 
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After uni I was unemployed for 3 months, so I got myself a work experience in an law practice doing anything and everything. From filing, filing in tax forms, land searches etc. So I was at least learning, rather than wasting time sitting at home doing nothing.

Sitting at home festering does nobody any good.
 
Lol guess I could have, I applied for any role in the entire region paying £15K or over, had agents ringing up and laughing asking if I applied for wrong thing.

Just to be clear....had f'all in benefits until very recently, got contribution job seekers for 6 months which works out about £1,500 , and very recently some JSA, the rest of the time my savings were too high, so we had to wait until we hit the breadline before we got any help, nice warm rosey feeling knowing my hundreds of thousands in tax was so worth it!
 
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I was expecting a Rick Rolling when entering this thread, I was pleasantly surprised. :)

I find getting a job to be really odd, I've spent the past 3 weeks applying to jobs and heard nothing back. On Monday I heard back from one recruiter saying they have two jobs suitable for me, on Tuesday I heard back from another wanting to sort stuff for another job I can do. I have an interview today for one of the ones from the first recruiter, phone interview for the other job from them on Friday. Need to call up the other recruiter and discuss my CV etc. with them...mind you I really want the one I have an interview for today. Would fit better into the phone interview one, but this one seems right. :)

Never really been too bad without jobs, but then I've been a student for the past 4.5 years, so don't have to worry too much in terms of money etc. due to grants and things...now I'm headed to the big wide world. :eek:
 
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I like the cut of your jib sir, I hope it didn't take you that long to realise spending all day in front of the PC playing games got you nowhere!
 
way too long actually.

I worked from 16 to 42 with no breaks in high pressure, very longs hours and commute jobs, I kicked back way too much
 
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Lol guess I could have, I applied for any role in the entire region paying £15K or over, had agents ringing up and laughing asking if I applied for wrong thing.

Just to be clear....had f'all in benefits until very recently, got contribution job seekers for 6 months which works out about £1,500 , and very recently some JSA, the rest of the time my savings were too high, so we had to wait until we hit the breadline before we got any help, nice warm rosey feeling knowing my hundreds of thousands in tax was so worth it!
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I feel some of this information should probably have been included in the first post.
 
I was unemployed for a period of 7 months when I was 18 nearly ten years ago.

I'd kill to prevent getting into that depressive hungry stage again tbh.

I got myself out. I now have two jobs one for over 8 years, and money.

But, I'll never forget what it was like to be in that situation.

It still feels like the longest period in my life when I think back, unemployment has a horrid effect on people.
 
It really is horrible, but...glad I experienced it, I'll have way more empathy for others in the future, and will definately do more for charities whenever I can now I have seen first hand how hard they work.
 
Merry Christmas to you to! :)

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********. You could have rolled up your sleves and done some cleaning or something. Nobody would care if you were planning to dissapear after a few weeks or whatever. Our hotel hires randoms frequently, if they just make the effort to pop in a CV.

Which is pretty much how I got my own job actually - I just walked in and asked to speak with the manager. :D

No excuses. If needs be then get down and dirty with the rest of us. :p
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Mmmmmm a bit rather unnecesary to be critical of the man once he has got back on his feet considering the nature of his OP.

Personally, I cannot see myself working in full time retail or fast food again unless it was a case of life and death (or be made redundant for an exceptionally long period) because I would believe I could get something better *shrug*
 
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Merry Christmas to you to! :)



Mmmmmm a bit rather unnecesary to be critical of the man once he has got back on his feet considering the nature of his OP.

Personally, I cannot see myself working in full time retail or fast food again unless it was a case of life and death (or be made redundant for an exceptionally long period) because I would believe I could get something better *shrug*
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Fair play to him, that's how I felt to until I experienced it.

I did hold out for the 'right' job initially, but after a while any office job would have done..although I did draw the line at burger flipping!
 
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