90 Applicants For One 12hpw Job, Is This What I Am Up Against Now?  

Thanks for your support Benny, it's much appreciated. I am so glad MyLot came along because it gives me an outlet to vent my feelings. Makes me feel better in a way. The thing is, I have worked in the Public Sector for most of my life and lo and behold, they have announced cutbacks nationwide...whoever may be in power after the next Election. Not good!

yeah well I think in this life you have to be adaptable as nothing is forever.

Maybe its a chance to reflect and possible re-train I don't know your circumstances but in the mean time fingers crossed.

Thanks.

You are talking about the Woodlands post aren't you my friend? The closing date for that was the 26th February and if I don't get (at least) an interview for it I will be most upset. The interview date is supposed to be the 15th of this month so it's not looking good.

A guy I know wanted to emigrate to Australia. He had 10 grand in the bank in order to do it. Apparently, it's all done on a points system. He got 205 points and he needed (I think) about 215 to get in. If he'd been married with kids he'd have got 250 points. He said there was a job waiting for him as well. As far as his age is concerned, he's only 40.

Is it true that Perth is the place to go for anything in the admin field?

You are so lucky having work and being able to find work. It used to be like that here lol.

Thanks for your support, it's greatly appreciated.

Awww, I do sympathise really I do and thanks so much for your support. The thing is, it looks like it's going to get worse before it gets better due to cutbacks in the Public Sector (where I have tended to work in the past) so I really don't know what to do next. Re-training is a joke as I have all the qualifications anyway so I don't want to be sat with people who can't string two sentences together. That may sound horrible but I think you know what I mean. There are no free courses anymore. In the 1990s I was able to acquire an NVQ2 in Administration as I had been unemployed for over 6 months and, at the time, I was able to get a £10 a week training allowance on top of my JSA. Nowadays, I can't even claim for JSA because my husband works full-time. Fancy being penalised for being married without kids. You'd think I'd be applauded for not adding to the over-population of the UK but no!

Count to 10 Jane, count to 10...

Thanks for your support, it is much appreciated. I worry so much about what the future may hold for countries like ours. I suppose we took it for granted for years that we would all be in work and everything would be hunky-dory. However, I do blame big, national companies for outsourcing abroad in the first place. Abandoning their own is a disgrace in my opinion but it is likely to continue, unfortunately.

Hello my friend, how are you? Yes, you are right it is their loss but it would've been nice to (at least) have had an interview. I didn't even get to that stage this time. I also thought that the criteria for a 12 hour per week job may not be as stringent as a full-time post. I was mistaken. I am so glad I can log into MyLot and "chat" to lovely people like you, it makes me feel so much better.

Hi Janey, I am okay, thanks. Me, too, logging into MyLot makes me feel a whole lot better and lighter, knowing that there are friends, especially you, who understand, give valuable opinions and empathize.

So do I. When there were problems in the past at least (eventually) the jobs market did improve but I've not seen a huge shift for months now. How would the politicians like it if their jobs were outsourced...now, THERE'S AN IDEA!! Haha!

Sounds fair to me!!!

A lot of them are receiving a £1,000 a year rise too, something many people are extremely unhappy about. My husband has to work all the hours God sends just to make ends meet. Without overtime his yearly salary is too embarrassing to print on here. Grown men like him should not have to work for a salary that is far too low to keep a house running sufficiently. I'm sure our MPs don't have that problem! They live on a different planet to the rest of us!

Not only do they live on a different planet, they sincerely believe that they deserve to!

my first job was paying £1000 a year .
The politicians probably see that as a piffling amount but most people would struggle if that much was cut from their wages (£20 a week!)

Yes, it's a tie between Canada and Australia at the moment! Both sound like wonderful places to live. The UK is OK but for visiting only hehe lol.

It's so frustrating. Miles worse than the 80s in my opinion because every age group is affected. My nephew is 20 and his schooling wasn't the greatest so any training that comes his way he HAS to go on it, basically. Anyway, he trained to be a tiler, anything in relation to the building trade. You need 3 years non-stop to be qualified. What happened? After 6 months or so the money ran out to run the course, so he wasn't able to carry on with it. I find that quite unbelievable, especially for someone so young. I really thought they were given top priority, it seems not. He has worked in a laundry but that is seasonal although he will go back to do that as it is money he wouldn't normally have, bless his heart.

You are quite right when you mention special skills and computer packages. It's a load of rubbish when they say "training will be provided." Training will NOT be provided because they always take on someone who doesn't need any training!

I have an ECDL and I wonder why I bothered acquiring it!

typing mistake in the above- it should have been-"do not think of emigrating........"
Sorry for that
Regards

You don't need to apologise my friend, your English is just fine. Well it seems that Canada and Australia are the places to be at the moment. Let's hope all that filters down to everywhere else, which would be great!

Thank you, I will PM you now (sorry for the delay) and you are right, there are so many people who are worse off than I am. It's obvious I am living below the poverty line because the only money I receive is from family hand-outs, I get nothing whatsoever from the government.