I'm sick and tired of looking for ****ing jobs

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Reply 440

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Original post by Soph.Jade

Ooh congratulations :biggrin:

hopefully things are looking up for the people on this thread haha

I told them I may be going uni in september so that's just cocked up my chances. :confused:

It felt wrong just lying to their face like that.

Reply 441

Soph.Jade

Original post by . .

I told them I may be going uni in september so that's just cocked up my chances. :confused:

It felt wrong just lying to their face like that.

Aw no :/ would they not consider you as a seasonal worker?
I'm leaving the whole uni part out of it and if I get the job I'll use clearing as an excuse haha. Maybe you'd be better off applying for jobs where you study now as realistically no one is going to train you when you're leaving in a month.

Reply 442

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Original post by Soph.Jade

They did say if I don't get the job they will keep me on record so if they need me they will just contact me. True.

Reply 443

MrHappy_J

Original post by . .

I told them I may be going uni in september so that's just cocked up my chances. :confused:

It felt wrong just lying to their face like that.

could you not say perhaps that you were hoping they might transfer you to a shop nearer your uni?

Reply 444

Iron Lady

@ original_username

Are you going to answer me?

What's wrong with getting a job?

Captialism has its flaws, but it's a million times better than socialism.

Reply 445

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Original post by MrHappy_J

could you not say perhaps that you were hoping they might transfer you to a shop nearer your uni?

They said that depends on if there are any vacant jobs for the position I applied for.

Reply 446

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Original post by Iron Lady

@ original_username

Are you going to answer me?

What's wrong with getting a job?

Captialism has its flaws, but it's a million times better than socialism.

Nothing is wrong about getting a job but getting a job that you don't necessarily enjoy doing just to buy useless crap you don't need is a pretty **** way of life and way of thinking (Read fight club). If you have a job which you enjoy doing then it's a different matter.

That's arguable and this thread isn't about capitalism Vs Socialism so nobody is going to argue with you.

Reply 447

Iron Lady

Original post by . .

OK, but the job may be short term and it can get you onto the career ladder by gaining experience.

Reply 448

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Original post by Iron Lady

OK, but the job may be short term and it can get you onto the career ladder by gaining experience.

It may get you onto the career ladder. For most jobs retail experience means **** all.

Reply 449

Copycats&Acrobats

RIght. I'm in need of some advise. I currently have a full time job working in a nail varnish factory, however we only get piece rate for labeling which is what I do. By law however if we don't make minimum wage a week our employer has to top it up. But some time we get ****ty labels Ect and it is literally impossible to make minimum wage and we get shouted at a lot. And two days ago we had to recap a load of nail varnishes, however the ventilation that we have for the filling part of the factory (which is a single room) just moves the fumes from one end of the room to my end, and despite the fire door being open that combined with the fumes from all the recapped nail varnishes we had to do has made me really ill and I've been noticing signs tha you get from inhaling fumes, such as really bad sore lips, feeling sick/faint and bad hradaches. I've been calling in sick for the past two days because I feel really unwell but I don't get sick pay and feel bad for letting people down and I do kinda need the money :,(
I really don't know what to do because my bosses don't care about the fumes and make you feel guilty for complaining... And I'm dreading quitting... Any advice?

Reply 450

Copycats&Acrobats

Original post by Llamageddon

Maybe so but it really is a million miles away from something actual employers care about. Tbh I've come to the conclusion that it's luck anyway. After 7 months of applying to lots of really **** jobs I got the most competitive and hard to get into thing I applied to that year. HR don't look at CVs, they just flip coins.

Trust me. No matter what they say it defiantly is more who you know not what you know that will land you a job. I know this from both intensive observation and personal experience.

Reply 451

Llamageddon

Original post by Copycats&Acrobats

Trust me. No matter what they say it defiantly is more who you know not what you know that will land you a job. I know this from both intensive observation and personal experience.

I think everybody knows that. I got my first job after university because a family friend happened to manage that group.

I got my second job because my old dissertation supervisor sang my praises to somebody in the dept next door.

Reply 452

stayce88

Did an undergrad, couldnt get a job, did a postgrad, couldnt get a job, came to Afghanistan... Probably not going to be able to find a job again so going to set up on my own

Reply 453

Formerly Helpful_C

I struggled to find a job during my gap year, but I earn £10 an hour now. Don't give up hope.

Reply 454

original_username

Original post by Iron Lady

@ original_username

Are you going to answer me?

What's wrong with getting a job?

Captialism has its flaws, but it's a million times better than socialism.

I did reply to you, didn't answer the question mind. I would like to see a more co-operative system/economy when it comes to businesses (John Lewis, Co-op etc), even that is too much to hope for though.

Oh and nothings wrong with getting a job, I would just like for employees to be valued a bit more by their owners when they spend ~90% of a year slaving away for the ****ers. The modern idea of 'life' just leaves a lot to be desired.

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 455

sassy123

Been reading this thread it I thought it was just me that was sick of it.I have been looking at Apprenticeships and no luck no matter how good my application is.I keep hearing people getting jobs i suppose i will just have to keep trying.

Reply 456

original_username

I know how you feel, I was on the dole for about 6 months collectively from june-2011 to March 2012. Just keep plugging away.

Try to find something else to fill your time other than job searching, you dont have to spend every waking hour obsessing over finding that elusive job.

Reply 457

united2000

I have just had an interview for a medium sized IT support company for a helpdesk role.
They said i did well in the interview but said i wasnt sure on the job role.

Its 100% office based 1st line support, whereas in my previous three years IT experience i have done part helpdesk and part on site. Im just not sure if i can do the 100% office work. The recruitment agency said you have to be sure, it would be bad joining and then leaving after a few weeks cause i was bored. Just a risk, what if i dont get another job offer for ages.

Reply 458

CurlyBen

I haven't read the whole thread, but I've read a reasonable amount and the thing that strikes me most is that almost everyone saying they can't get a job is applying for retail/bar/restaurant work. Think outside the box a little and about what jobs you might have a bit of a head start for. I'm a really keen sailor, so I did my instructor's quals when I was 17 and then got a job teaching sailing. When I was at uni I didn't really want to go back to instructing (the pay's normally crap, though the lifestyle's pretty good) so applied to chandlers (shops that specialise in boat equipment) and as I already knew a lot about the stuff they were selling I got the job. I'm also quite interested in machinery and live in a semi-rural area so looked for work on a farm - no experience but I've managed to get a couple of jobs doing that, and the hours are long at this time of year so plenty of potential to earn well. I've also had a couple of jobs in factories through employment agencies because I hassled them - one managed to lose my CV 3 times but I kept on at them and they eventually got themselves together. There are jobs out there, but retail and catering are two of the industries particularly hit by a poor economy so they're not the best place to look right now.

Original post by united2000

The recruitment agency said you have to be sure, it would be bad joining and then leaving after a few weeks cause i was bored. Just a risk, what if i dont get another job offer for ages.

The recruitment agency would say that - they will normally only get their full fee if you stay for a certain length of time. Personally, if you think you might like the job, I'd say go for it and if it's no good you can keep looking and change as and when you get a better offer. It would be bad for the agency, I don't see that it makes much difference to you, and even then it's not too bad for them. I got a call from an agency recently and I had a look at their website, which has their rate on it - something like 18% of the salary of the position they fill. In this case, if I get the job, they'll take over £4000 for making a couple of phone calls and arranging an interview!

Reply 459

Iron Lady

Original post by original_username

If I had to, I wouldn't mind working a minimum wage job as long as it kept food on the table and bills paid. I would certainly want this to be short term as I am more ambitious but at the same time I wouldn't expect taxpayers to fund my lifestyle. The only time I change my perspective is if the family/individual in question contributed to tax and a min. wage job wouldn't be enough.

Employees' lives don't surround around their job. They just have to go in, do the work, come home and do what they like to do in their free time. I find it silly when people are rude about cleaners/shop assistants/ etc. because they perform worthwhile jobs and the recession has proved it can happen to anyone. Hence why I think the attitude 'a job's a job' has been more evident in the last four years.

I see your point, but you're being a bit too cynical towards owners when they're not really that bad!