Diary Wednesday 21st September 2016

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Another busy frustrating day. My first of two interviews proved to be a long open day morning at a college. It felt odd walking in among mostly sixth form teenage students. Security started asking to see my permission card before I even got to the reception to pick it up. The event, attended by 70 applicants in pursuit of 20 places on a course, proved to be a basic introduction to what the course consists of, with applicants having to choose whether to go for driving, portering or administrative roles. I went for admin positions as the others involves skills and qualifications I lack or hours of work I can’t do due to lack of transport. Tutors pitched their courses and answered a few questions before we completed long application forms and left. We were given bottles of mineral water for attending. I should know by next Friday how my application form was received. It had taken me over an hour to get to the college and now I rushed back to the welfare centre for my second interview, this time for a call centre role. My name hadn’t been given to the interviewer but she saw me first as other applicants hadn’t arrived. She just told me about the job, which amounts to just being sales work on the phones, and invited me to a follow up assessment tomorrow. I was promised I’d get an e-mail of further details later today but the e-mail never arrived. I see my welfare advisor in the morning so I’ll hopefully find out what is going on then. After a quick lunch and a little shopping, I came home. Arthur Chappell