Its not easy.... - Being out of work
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:07 am
When I first came out of work I thought ok, no probs, couple of weeks break, then get another job. How wrong I was. Ive been out of work 2 years now, and getting a job is near impossible. Ive been turned down for jobs because I need a haircut, and I wasnt clean shaven ( I had some stubble growing from my shave that I had the night before)
Since being out of work I have applied for every job going in my field and I am now the proud owner of a stack of "Thanks but no thanks" letters.
The jobcentre decided to send me to carter and carter, they would help me with my cover letters, cvs, whatevers needed to find work. They read my cover letter for one job I was going for and checked out my cv, "brilliant" was the reply I got, so no help needed there. Once a week I had to turn up for a jobsearch session for an hour and half, no probs, I get free internet, free phones, newspapers everything. Still no joy, "thanks but no thanks" them kind of letters. After 9 weeks of constant rejection they decide that I am due to go on placement, placement being me working for a company for an extra £15 a week and this company decide what im going to do for the next 3 months. I mentioned work trials instead to them, worktrials being where I work for a few weeks for nothing then the company decide whether they want to employ me, rejected instantly. Nope, they wanted me to go on placement, I thought they wanted me to find work but there main aim was to get me on placement and ive found out why. While on placement, carter and carter get a set amount of cash for me while im on placement, if I went on a work trial they would have to pay my travel and my meals and would get no cash out of sending me on this option. Another reason was that as long as im on placement, im am now classed as employed, and therefore not only do the figures look good for the government, but carter and carter get money for me being on placement, my advantage? I get an extra £15 a week in which I have to pay for travel as well as my own lunches or whatever while im there.
Im 30 now and have been working since I was 16 the way things are run when you come out of work are ridiculous, they are not trying to help people like me who are looking for work, they are looking to make as much money out of us to keep companys like carter and carter in business and to make government figures look good.
Since being out of work I have applied for every job going in my field and I am now the proud owner of a stack of "Thanks but no thanks" letters.
The jobcentre decided to send me to carter and carter, they would help me with my cover letters, cvs, whatevers needed to find work. They read my cover letter for one job I was going for and checked out my cv, "brilliant" was the reply I got, so no help needed there. Once a week I had to turn up for a jobsearch session for an hour and half, no probs, I get free internet, free phones, newspapers everything. Still no joy, "thanks but no thanks" them kind of letters. After 9 weeks of constant rejection they decide that I am due to go on placement, placement being me working for a company for an extra £15 a week and this company decide what im going to do for the next 3 months. I mentioned work trials instead to them, worktrials being where I work for a few weeks for nothing then the company decide whether they want to employ me, rejected instantly. Nope, they wanted me to go on placement, I thought they wanted me to find work but there main aim was to get me on placement and ive found out why. While on placement, carter and carter get a set amount of cash for me while im on placement, if I went on a work trial they would have to pay my travel and my meals and would get no cash out of sending me on this option. Another reason was that as long as im on placement, im am now classed as employed, and therefore not only do the figures look good for the government, but carter and carter get money for me being on placement, my advantage? I get an extra £15 a week in which I have to pay for travel as well as my own lunches or whatever while im there.
Im 30 now and have been working since I was 16 the way things are run when you come out of work are ridiculous, they are not trying to help people like me who are looking for work, they are looking to make as much money out of us to keep companys like carter and carter in business and to make government figures look good.