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Jobseeker's Allowance Megathread ver. We're all overqualified!

Well he seemed to have everything in order and knew what he was doing, jus looked like he wanted to get everything done a little too quick 8)
 
Trying this Linkedin shit now, as some recruiters have been checking me out on there. Ive been pleasantly surprised at the support and endorsments offered to me by former colleagues and old friends and family members. Nearly all of my peers are far more succesfull in their careers than me, so i now have some good endorsments and stuff from impressive looking people, i spent a good part of yesterday acquiring all this, Im going to try endorsing them all today for various things, with the hope that some more of them will return the favour..

I had a phone technical test yesterday, it was very difficult, i only knew about half the answers, i guess it will depend on how good my competition is as to whether that application proceeds any further. I've also been invited to an open day at another company next week. I only have the momentum, motivation, drive, and energy to do all this stuff by resorting to stimulating thai kratom. It makes getting things done a hell of a lot easier.

If there's any one on here that wouldnt object to joining my network I'd very much appreciate it. I wont ask anything of you, just having more contacts is a good thing i reckon.
 
Good to see things seem to going in the right direction for you Mdb.
Keep up your level of determination and I'm sure you will get yourself a job. Trying not to get disheartened is half the battle.
 
I've been told i can only claim ESA until June because I am only allowed it for 365 days. I am a single parent living on my own. I phoned them up n they said I have to fill more forms.

The only problem is I forgot to ask for them in large font on A4. I'm going to take them to the CAB. Do you think they'd mind me phoning n asking for them in large font now they have sent them?
This was Friday n I have not received them I hope they will send them.

June is not long off.

Evey xxxx

Oh n if I get any smart-alic remarks about getting a job etc well I am claiming ESA n you'll just go on ignore so don't bother wasting my time. I did not want to discuss this here but I'm frightened n don't know where else to turn so have some respect.
 
Fucks sake, this is embarrasing. It seems you have to apply for a large number of jobs and have many irons in the fire at the same time, it is no use applying for one job at at time, and then waiting on that, because the odds are low of furthering your application for every job. The problem is that im completely muddled up now as to which job is which as they dont list the full details in the advert. I have an open day on Tuesday,and if that goes acceptably well there will be an interview on Wednesday. A alos have another interview for another company on Thursday. I also had a technical test on Monday, I dont know if any of the responses have been about that position. Also received another email for a phone interview today. There must be some better way of getting all these applications organised, im worried that i may be coming across as disorganised, but it is hard to keep track of around 30 applications if you blitz them all of in one afternoon. I think this is the only way to do it, as the reponse rate seems to be about 5 follow up events occuring for each 30-50 applications. About a 10-15% success rate in getting over the first hurdle.
 
My motivation and energy has gone, even with the kratom. Had an open day this morning but am not in the right frame of mind. My feedback was that i didnt seem to want the job as much as other people for my last interview, and that was when i was genuinely feeling positive and keen. Now that Im not there's no point even going to interviews and open days and all that if your heart's not in it. It was for a full time job, which might have been too much too soon. And the medical questionnare was intrusive and hardcore, i'd have stood no chance anyway, depending on what my Dr tells employers if they ask questions.

Anyone know if i ask my Drs to keep quiet about my drug use if they will do that ?

I have another interview on Thursday for a part time job. That's what i need for the moment. Hopefully I'll be able to muster up some positivity and enthusiasm for that one.
 
Aye, cheers for the link. It would be rather mean spirited of the Drs if they did inform employers, knowing full well it would fuck my chances of getting the job. I'll have a word with the Drs about the situation next time i see them to see what they would say. I regret not going to that interview now, but thats history, the agency will either offer me another chance/ re-scheduled interview or they wont, not much else i can do about that now. I have regained some momentum and energy by doing some gardening type stuff and am feeling more up for it again now. Doing stuff and keeping busy helps.
 
Bah, the job centre is useless. The staff are a waste of time. I would love to be a fly on the wall during an executive meeting were they discuss what kind of person makes a good adviser. I swear, the kind of people who work on the front line for the job centre have the same kind of morals (or lack of) as the Nazi soldiers that were involved in the holocaust. They have no empathy, nor understanding of what their 'customers' are going through. Maybe they leave their morals at the door, or maybe they're brainwashed out of them during their training. I reckon they're taught to look at people as customers or clients who work for them, so to speak, and not real people in desperate situations. If you don't follow the daft merry go round that is UJM they stick you in the gas chamber without a second thought!

Someone mentioned the fact they don't tell you what your entitled to a page back. When I first started signing on I asked my man if there was a book, or some sort of compendium of what I was entitled to, but he said NOPE! You have to find out every benefit your entitled to yourself, and I don't hold any of that information, so don't ask me!

Cock suckers.
 
Any 1 get a budgeting loan ? As I suggested .

I spent mine on a pair of
nike-air-max-1-essential-black-cool-grey-anthracite-team-orange
n I a I pad . Also some laminate floor . Not a penny on drugs
 
Back signing on after working for 6 months. Things have certainly changed in the last few months. Instead of fortnightly appointments it's now weekly and the day and time vary. A nice idea to reduce the number of claimants by sanctioning them for missing appointments. I actually like this and has definitely kept me on my toes.

Also the job seekers agreement is very vague with no set number of jobs to apply for. Maybe in recognition of the fact that its rare to apply directly to companies and that agencies should do the legwork one they have your cv.

maxalfie said:
Well done Knock, that's one of the best things you can do buy not ticking that box as they like to use UJM site to summon up sanctions as well.
No matter what they tell you, you are not legally obliged to give them access to your UJM account and they can't sanction you for it.
I didn't give them access to mine but they do like to try and make you give them access but you don't have to.
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I don't even think signing up to UJM is mandatory let alone giving them access. I told my advisor I wasn't giving access because I didn't really use it and he confirmed that granting access but not using it could result in sanctions.

maxalfie said:
Anyone who has been sanctioned for not applying for a job on universaljobmatch
should check if the job(s) in question were real.
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Even normal job agencies engage in advertising vacancies that don't exist in order to get your cv.

mydrugbuddy said:
I wonder if it's worth doing an ITcourse in the things lots of recruiters are asking for. They can cost £400 - £2,000 upwards. Definately looking towards the cheaper end of the scale. I'd prefer a college based tutored course, as doing an online course you have to be highly self disciplined and self motivated, which isnt really my strong point, allthough i can do it occassionally.
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What sort of it course?

mydrugbuddy said:
Fucks sake, this is embarrasing. It seems you have to apply for a large number of jobs and have many irons in the fire at the same time, it is no use applying for one job at at time, and then waiting on that, because the odds are low of furthering your application for every job. The problem is that im completely muddled up now as to which job is which as they dont list the full details in the advert. I have an open day on Tuesday,and if that goes acceptably well there will be an interview on Wednesday. A alos have another interview for another company on Thursday. I also had a technical test on Monday, I dont know if any of the responses have been about that position. Also received another email for a phone interview today. There must be some better way of getting all these applications organised, im worried that i may be coming across as disorganised, but it is hard to keep track of around 30 applications if you blitz them all of in one afternoon. I think this is the only way to do it, as the reponse rate seems to be about 5 follow up events occuring for each 30-50 applications. About a 10-15% success rate in getting over the first hurdle.
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Spreadsheets. Date, job title, link to advert, version of cv used, acknowledgment of receipt, further comments. I would send you a template but I haven't created one myself yet.

Try tailoring your cv specifically to the job spec and 30 job applications in an afternoon would be near enough impossible. Again, something I need to actually get my head around as I've been told my cv is too general
 
i go for the same type of roles so my cv doesnt need tailoring all that much. I spose if i did tailor each one to match the job spec a bit more i would get a better response rate. Got another interview in an hour or two, i will actually attend this one. Feeling a bit better now than i was earlier in the week.
 
This Jobseekers allowance is so fkn annoying and pointless I might as well go look for a job myself and stop wasting my time with this.

I had an appt today and they've told me they won't pay me this week and made me fill in a form because I haven't written down what I did to look for work etc, basically haven't logged anything down in that booklet of theirs for this past week.
I understand, my mistake... whatever.

So I fill in the form with legitimate information (I looked online over the last couple days for jobs and couldn't find anything suitable), as well as some fabricated info (sent out emails got no response etc), and after filling it out, half an hour later she tells me she got to send it off to get it checked whether it's acceptable or not.
How many fucking jobs do you want me to write down then?
So now I got to wait "a couple weeks", for confirmation on whether I can keep my claim or not.
I'm broke right now I'd love to know how they expect me to get there next week when I haven't even got bus money. It's been like a month since my claim started and I've only been paid once so tbh they are being complete cunts.

If you don't want me and my claim just tell me to fuck off and stop wasting time with these forms and fill-outs and booklets and universal job match shit. I don't need their help to find work I just wanna get paid. Isn't that what everyone is there for?

I can't tell whether I'm in the wrong or if it's them but either way I don't care at this point.
At least I'm getting free meds and dental treatment for the time being.
 
UJM is a complete waste of time and money, the idea is that you provide proof of the jobs you've applied for rather than just inventing a list of ten jobs you have applied for. Not that i ever invented jobs ive applied for ofcourse, though i might have had to twiddle the dates as they dont like you appplying for loads of jobs all at once, which is my usual method, as they reckon that just looks like you are trying to comply with the JSA requirements rather than trying to get a job per-se. They were just being difficult and awkward on purpose i reckon.
 
mydrugbuddy said:
UJM is a complete waste of time and money, the idea is that you provide proof of the jobs you've applied for rather than just inventing a list of ten jobs you have applied for. Not that i ever invented jobs ive applied for ofcourse, though i might have had to twiddle the dates as they dont like you appplying for loads of jobs all at once, which is my usual method, as they reckon that just looks like you are trying to comply with the JSA requirements rather than trying to get a job per-se. They were just being difficult and awkward on purpose i reckon.
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its shit because i wastd almost an hour there and now gotta wait WEEKS for a response on whether my form was 'accepted' or not.

Do you know what I could probably sell my ass pubes on ebay and make more money than they've sent me so far... Or just get a normal job and fall back in line with society. That's something I wouldnt really mind.
 
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