This morning I woke up in a pool of ejaculation and despair, I've decided I finally need to man up and go and find and job and get on with my life. I'm 18 right now, I left school at 16 with only a couple of GCSEs and since I've done absolutely nothing.
There's a problem though, I have absolutely no idea how. I'm considering going to the job centre, but I have no idea if that's the place I should be going or if I should be going to individual places and applying. I'm not particularly thrilled about the idea of working in retail (I'd like to avoid it at all costs) I'd much prefer to either work in some sort of warehouse stacking boxes, moving stuff, whatever or work with data entry but I don't know where to "find" these jobs.
I need advice and fast! I need to start finding a job tomorrow. I don't really care about money, I'll be fine earning the minimum wage and hopefully my lack of qualifications will help me in finding such a job because the chances of me leaving for something better are minimal. I have a B in Science, a C in Additional Science, a C in Maths and a D in English. I have a few other GCSEs to, but nothing worth mentioning. I also had an excellent attendance record, which will hopefully help in this adventure. I had around 2 days off school per year at most (99.7% attendance or similar).
So how do I find a job? Do I just go to the job centre and say "Hello, I need a job" and look at what they offer me, or does it not work like that? I don't have a clue about any of this.
find what hobbies you have; what did you enjoy when you were younger?
Nothing that I can do as a job. I'm not after a job for fun, I really don't care, I don't expect to enjoy it I just need something to do and that will give me money (however small that amount is).
Originally Posted by Inersha
How about going down the self-employed route? 10x better.
All these students jumping at the opportunity to be employed by someone else and striving for mediocrity all their life makes me lol.
Maybe in the future but right now I'm not in a position to do this and I don't really want to. I just want a minimum wage job that I can do for a few years until I decide where to go in life!
Go to the job centre. They can help you, just in terms of things like writing your CV and how to do application forms - plus, they have a huge register of local jobs in the area. Even if you don't necessarily look for a job through them, they're still very good for practical advice for looking for jobs. Just go in and say that you are looking for a job and want some help - they'll be used to that sort of thing.
But, still start looking around. Ask in places, be brave and enquire rather than just waiting for a sign to be in the window, research some local companies who may need the sort of employment you're looking for - and give them a ring. Local newspapers also tend to have a list of local jobs available, too.
Supermarkets and the like will be looking for warehouse assistants in the runup to Christmas, although it will nearly always just be a temp job - but it's something, anyway.
Also, investigate local employment agencies - go in and speak to the staff, find out what they're like and what sort of jobs they're offering.
Jobcentre staff aren't helpful, all they advise you to do is claim Jobseekers. At least that's what they told me to do
This is one thing I'm apprehensive about, I don't want or need benefits and I don't want to be sitting there being told to have them, I'm financially sound (well, my parents are )
Originally Posted by Jennie1987
Yes you should go to the Job Centre (Plus) as they can help you with what youre qualified for/available jobs and other stuff like interview advice.
Have you any experience? I'm unsure about what exactly I do, do I just walk in and ask to speak to someone and they'll say do x or do they have jobs and they'll say "we have xx jobs, I think xx and xx will be good for you, here's some information on how to effectively apply for a job..."?
This is one thing I'm apprehensive about, I don't want or need benefits and I don't want to be sitting there being told to have them, I'm financially sound (well, my parents are )
Have you any experience? I'm unsure about what exactly I do, do I just walk in and ask to speak to someone and they'll say do x or do they have jobs and they'll say "we have xx jobs, I think xx and xx will be good for you, here's some information on how to effectively apply for a job..."?
You should call to make an appointment, first theyll take all your details and tbh without experience/qualifications there are only basic jobs you can go for let alone get so they need to help with cv/answer your questions about all the different processes.
This is one thing I'm apprehensive about, I don't want or need benefits and I don't want to be sitting there being told to have them, I'm financially sound (well, my parents are )
You sound pretty adamant regarding not wanting benefits, but when you are receiving them, you get NI credits for state pension etc, so claiming isn't all that bad.
I also had an excellent attendance record, which will hopefully help in this adventure. I had around 2 days off school per year at most (99.7% attendance or similar).
Oh god, don't mention that when applying for a job.
Go to the job centre and see what you can find there. Also go round everywhere and try to apply. Dont be too fussy though- with jobs as they are at the minute, get any job you can.
Quite a few temporary jobs are up for grabs at the minute with christmas coming so try that.
I don't mean to be rude but you hardly had any days off school but didn't exactly get great gcses so probably best not to mention having an almost perfect attendance...
Write some CVs out, look on the internet for help, search google for job vacancies in your area, there's bound to be something...it's not that hard.
I don't mean to be rude but you hardly had any days off school but didn't exactly get great gcses so probably best not to mention having an almost perfect attendance...
I don't get this argument?
Yeah, this guy didn't get great GCSEs - but in a job where you don't need great GCSEs (no offence intended), surely your attendance is more important than your academic ability? Not everybody is smart, but it reflects better on you if you at least turned up and tried.
I'd say it reflects well that you do have good attendance - but it may be worth speaking to the job centre about things like that, they'll know what people look for better than we do.
Depending on where you live, it's not easy to get a job at the moment. It's been bad for months with the economic climate, and for the last month or so it's gotten even worse. In my town - which isn't that small, 40,000 people - the jobcentre plus website this week had a grand total of... 6 jobs. That's in total - 3 or 4 of those were fairly specific skilled jobs (upholstery, forklift truck driver, etc.) that most people aren't even eligible to apply for. I've been unable to get any bar / kitchen work despite having experience and applying absolutely everywhere.
You also have absolutely no chance of getting any administrative / data entry job without plenty of experience. Often they don't require experience but, these days, there are going to be 10+ others applying for the job who have experience anyway.
Not trying to put you off completely, I'm just saying... don't have too high hopes of getting a job quickly... it'll take a lot of applying, a lot of rejection, and take some time. To be honest, you might be best to try to get off the ground with some sort of Christmas temp work. But... that means... retail.
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