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anybody else looking for work? (a proper career job, not cleaning or glass collecting etc)
everywhere I look cant seem to find any devent jobs to apply for. getting right on my tits
everywhere I look cant seem to find any devent jobs to apply for. getting right on my tits
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get out and start something up yourself!.....you dont want to be working for someone else!
That's your problem, to fussy. A jobs a job yet you discriminate against certain professions in your post.
JSA for the next 12 months imo!
JSA for the next 12 months imo!
ffs ridsdale, am nt on the dole, just wanna find a decent job!
what CAN you do?....can you drive?....do you have skills in anything specific?....where are the gaps in your local market?....what COULD you offer people that isnt already there?...or is there something already there that you could do better?......its a big old world out there and it will only be what you make it!......have a go!....get stuck in and make something for yourself!
i travel round uk servicing medical equipment in doctors surgeries
the term "servicing" could mean all manner of things!.....i mean..prostitutes describe their activities as "servicing" clients!....i take it that you are not doing that with medical equipment?
there you go......instead of servicing the equipment...start servicing the doctors!......simples!....there is always a way!
obviously u can use a computer
if u can do call centre work i know of a company
in skipton north yorks that are always deseperate for staff
worked there for a couple of years aftertaking redundancy
pay is lowish though and it too far from notts
but its a good company and they are very flexible
if u can do call centre work i know of a company
in skipton north yorks that are always deseperate for staff
worked there for a couple of years aftertaking redundancy
pay is lowish though and it too far from notts
but its a good company and they are very flexible
is pretty straightforward stuff testing readings on various things putting stickers on them writing out certificates... boring. got a degree in 'applied biology' as well.
I get the impression this guy wants everything handed to him on a plate and paid a fortune for it.
Politics could be your best bet :^0
Politics could be your best bet :^0
I've made my own living for thirty years doing various things but I dont think its easy or just a matter of"getting out there"You need luck,judgement,balls,luck and luck. My sympathies are with the original poster.Its a hard world
sound advice dobbo. aplogies if i'm coming across as a bit of a whinging**. just spend about 6 hrs trying to look for jobs online to apply for and cant find any!
think I will be in the same boat come tuesday :( are you getting to interview stage? hows your cv ripper get someone to help you revamp it maybe?
why not go to an agency.after i left employment
i got many jobs some of them reasonably good
not necessarily well paid but if ur desperate..
i got many jobs some of them reasonably good
not necessarily well paid but if ur desperate..
ah, peter ridsdale. one of my favourite anagrams ever. :|
it was kind of topical once upon a time...
dire leeds prat
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please do continue with the thread as you were....
it was kind of topical once upon a time...
dire leeds prat
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please do continue with the thread as you were....
you need education/certification and experience to be fussy I have found... never had a formal interveiw in my life.
i aint desperate mallard-just spent the last 4 yrs bouncing from dead end job to dead end job- and am after something with some prospects-wt do you do for a living mate?
ripper, it isn't easy mate.
There are crap jobs, badly paid jobs, jobs no-one else would do, despite the pious **rs on here telling you it's a land of opportunity, and you shouldn't "scrounge" etc etc, (they can't see things from anyone else's perspective).
Too many big companies, and hardly any manufacturing base, no-one with any money to spend, all conspire to make work in any field a success just now. Add to this, the lack of vacancies, because no-one wants to leave a 1/2 decent job for fear of no future.
All that seems to be left are call-centre, awful agency rip-off jobs, and working for B&Q or Tesco.
Good luck in your quest.
There are crap jobs, badly paid jobs, jobs no-one else would do, despite the pious **rs on here telling you it's a land of opportunity, and you shouldn't "scrounge" etc etc, (they can't see things from anyone else's perspective).
Too many big companies, and hardly any manufacturing base, no-one with any money to spend, all conspire to make work in any field a success just now. Add to this, the lack of vacancies, because no-one wants to leave a 1/2 decent job for fear of no future.
All that seems to be left are call-centre, awful agency rip-off jobs, and working for B&Q or Tesco.
Good luck in your quest.
Better get the decent jobs fast as the current immigrants climb up the decent jobs ladder and new immigrants start at the ladder bottom.
hi Galloping-Carrot,
whats your story mate?
have been to one or two interviews-not had any luck sofar tho.
whats your story mate?
have been to one or two interviews-not had any luck sofar tho.
ripper....im currently working 60+ hours a week for £150......i love every minute of it....and wouldnt s** places with anyone!.....i have walked out on jobs paying me £2500 a month because i couldnt drag myself there every day for the next 30 years!.....i love what i do now, and hope to soon become a partner in the company im working for......but my point is....that if you are doing something that you hate...get out and find something that you dont hate.....lifes too short mate!.....its not a trial run!.....go find yourself something that you enjoy!
as for advice......when you get an interview.....wear a turban and add the word "bin" or "ali abu" to your c.v......makes you a shoo-in for a lot of jobs!
hi ripper...im actually self employed, but this job is regular for me (admin job) and its only part time but a good hourly rate..jockey is right..go for something you enjoy and are good at...but in my case (artist) it dont pay the bills! so I will be happy to mop floors... :(
well people who know me would say** artist :p ...but I am a painter www.gallopingcarrot.co.uk tiz my dream I suppose :)
Not sure I can.
Proffessions are hard to enter without a specific education background.
Quality employers for higher grade jobs require a pure education background.
Then if you don't have experience you can only start at the bottom.
For trades you need certification regardless of how skilled you actually are.
I don't any of the above on paper so i'll not get selected for interview.
The one job that you can get into is sales, requires nothing but the personal skills to communicate with customers and give them enough infomation(in the loosest sence) to sell. Commision only is what sorts the those that can and those that cannot between.
Proffessions are hard to enter without a specific education background.
Quality employers for higher grade jobs require a pure education background.
Then if you don't have experience you can only start at the bottom.
For trades you need certification regardless of how skilled you actually are.
I don't any of the above on paper so i'll not get selected for interview.
The one job that you can get into is sales, requires nothing but the personal skills to communicate with customers and give them enough infomation(in the loosest sence) to sell. Commision only is what sorts the those that can and those that cannot between.
ripper.....im currently driving!......i deliver dogs around the country...and im loving it!
armchair jockey wilson!!
you like the driving mate? i do about 2000 miles per week. drives me crazy sometimes!
you like the driving mate? i do about 2000 miles per week. drives me crazy sometimes!
ive done 13000 miles in the last 4 weeks!.....its a way of life....i absolutely love it!.........cannot think of anything id rather do!.....i initially responded to an advert looking for a part time driver...3/4 hours per week....and am currently doing 60+ hours...and am on the verge of becoming a partner in the company!.......finding something that you enjoy is priceless!
Btw all jobs I had had in the past have never come from interveiw in the formal sense, who you know, what I can demostrate and talking my way into it is the way I have kept alive.
saying that I have hardly worked this last year, previous only about 2 in the last 5 years.
Currently I work a few hours for 3 days a week, if I worked any harder I would not benifit.
I would love to have a "normal" job and the I could not have to worry about income. Reality is I can't get it... not dues to me being usless, just the "system" is not interested.
Will be pushing hard though over the next month or so while the winter is here and i'm stuck in the uk
saying that I have hardly worked this last year, previous only about 2 in the last 5 years.
Currently I work a few hours for 3 days a week, if I worked any harder I would not benifit.
I would love to have a "normal" job and the I could not have to worry about income. Reality is I can't get it... not dues to me being usless, just the "system" is not interested.
Will be pushing hard though over the next month or so while the winter is here and i'm stuck in the uk
I've never been able to work out if I have been lucky, a good judge, smart....whatever.But I earn a good living now doing not a lot What I do know is that from day1 I was allergic to the "work/job" ethic. I just could not handle it and did all sorts of things from cleaning windows to delivering leaflets ..to whatever would make a bob or two.What I'm saying is that after a certain stage I never,ever considered employment and after years of skintdom It came right for me. It may have been inevitable that I would have found a niche or maybe good fortune.I just dont know but I have always advised my own kids to do something on their own rather than worry about a salary.
excellent advice dobbo.....working for other people is a sure way to never ever have anything!....if you are going to graft...then graft for yourself!
wise words dobbo...Ive done the 9-5 and been knackered! as one wise jewish chap once said...find something you enjoy doing and then convince people to pay you to do it :)
I organise car boot sales to subsidise the antique shop I have just opened in Brugge.Hopefully the balance will change
armchair jockey wilson!! 04 Jan 01:18
as for advice......when you get an interview.....wear a turban and add the word "bin" or "ali abu" to your c.v......makes you a shoo-in for a lot of jobs!
- i tried it, although didnt go down too well in my application for security advisor at 'heathrow airport', neither did the fake beard...
as for advice......when you get an interview.....wear a turban and add the word "bin" or "ali abu" to your c.v......makes you a shoo-in for a lot of jobs!
- i tried it, although didnt go down too well in my application for security advisor at 'heathrow airport', neither did the fake beard...
Dobbo, you own a shop imn brugge?! i was there a couple of months back
an antique shop in Brugge .. sounds interesting & sure beats a 9-5 :) gl with it
Yes : a few minutes from the square.I live in sight of the belfort
i probably walked past you! my mat said he was chatting to someone with a shop in brugge on this forum,! small world...
tbh i've always wondered how those type of places make enough money though as they never look overly busy .. no offence !
Galloping-Carrot-best of luck pal. just had a look at your website, some good stuff there. great to see somebody following their passion.
We average about 10 potential customers a day and maybe two will buy something.On Thurday those two bought a stationery box at 450 euro and a bronze at 520. If you buy right you can make a shilling
course he doesn't .. he just studies his market well
Not at all. We buy in England and sell at very competetive prices.
its a numbers game dobbo... yeah? thanks ripper
I've made my own living for thirty years doing various things but I dont think its easy or just a matter of"getting out there"You need luck,judgement,balls,luck and luck. My sympathies are with the original poster.Its a hard world
Sums it up perfectly for me
I just need to move away i think
Sums it up perfectly for me
I just need to move away i think
in summary...we are all in the poo..even very skilled qualified people
Galloping-Carrot 04 Jan 02:03
do you been where I was born? or from now?
er, no... thats y i was asking
better hit the sack...good luck ripper...we will all need it in 2010 x
Flemish Tripe? The people of Flanders speak Flemish What do you expect? Most of them speak English too plus a bit of French,German and Spanish.
I'm a moron and can only speak English
I'm a moron and can only speak English
i speak 2 languages fluently!......english and rubbish!
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