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get your cv on jobsite.com, did it the other week had about 5 calls a day from recruiters... not agency work all permanent jobs too. trust me its worth a try

brettheaslewood wrote:go to your local Job Centre, and sign up for jsa and get them to put you on a course in something.
not only do they bump your weekly pay to £70's, but they'll put you on a free course (usually something like building/gardening)

You sure about that?, when I was signing on, they told me this gov scrapped that a week after they got their turn in power, i'll have to tell my unemployed mates to look into this.

some fresh ideas in here

Dunno what I'd be suited to though really, qualified in music, have experience in labour, aircraft interiors, and photography/editing, but fuck all like that going atm. Went for a good job as a colour editor but fucking failed it at the interview which was SO frustrating. I'm used to PCs and the test was on a Mac so I didn't know the shortcuts which made it take too long

I like the idea of working for someone for cheap as I learn a trade though, that's a really good idea. I can afford to do that too

Anyone work in the financial sector? Don't mean just like investment banks and that, just generally. Coming up to an end of an economics degrees and I've no idea what path to take. I don't want to just be tallying up tables, and I'm qualifed enough for a high-profile job in the city. I want to get into the supply-side/procurement type of jobs, but apparently that's something you often 'end up in' rather than train for :\

brettheaslewood wrote:Alternativly jump into the computer world (if you think you're fairly good) just coz it's 'TECHNICHAAANN' doesn't mean fuck i need to know the in's and outs of a computer, coz sometimes they teach you.

what do you recon jobwise you would be best suited for ?

i accidentally ended up doing this after i moved down to bristol and i've almost doubled my hourly rate, and the work is far more interesting and actually a fuck of a lot more relaxed and easier than my old job. it's not really that hard if you know what you're doing and you can easily pick up new skills. the problem with it though is getting that first job as a lot of them will want some experience before employing you but i really was really lucky in that respect

badger wrote:

brettheaslewood wrote:Alternativly jump into the computer world (if you think you're fairly good) just coz it's 'TECHNICHAAANN' doesn't mean fuck i need to know the in's and outs of a computer, coz sometimes they teach you.

what do you recon jobwise you would be best suited for ?

i accidentally ended up doing this after i moved down to bristol and i've almost doubled my hourly rate, and the work is far more interesting and actually a fuck of a lot more relaxed and easier than my old job. it's not really that hard if you know what you're doing and you can easily pick up new skills. the problem with it though is getting that first job as a lot of them will want some experience before employing you but i really was really lucky in that respect

interesting...
id say im pretty computer literate and would love a job like that

whats your work consist of badger if you dont mind me asking?

i actually started a new job this week in the same department doing software testing which is fairly tedious so far but hopefully it'll get better and more involved

what i was doing before was sick cover for someone and that was first line support/helpdesk stuff - so dealing with emails and phone calls from people with whatever problems they have (user account/profile problems, hardware issues, help with software etc). you need to have a pretty wide range of knowledge on a lot of software and generally knowing how systems work but a lot of it can be learnt/picked up - and if you've got no idea then you can just send it on to second line or the relevant support team to deal with

i spent a lot of time asking questions at first which thankfully people didn't get pissed off with but as long as you're of the mindset to work things out for yourself and you're good at problem solving it's not that difficult. fortunately the vast majority of people seem to think computers are some mythical beast and don't realise that they're designed to be easy to operate, so they don't think to just try things out for themselves or there wouldn't be much of a job to do

can see it getting pretty annoying dealing with the same old problems day in day out over the long term though, but that's the same in any job

I've been looking for a new job. Unfortunately, I seem to have worked myself into a niche.

Promo work? Bit sporadic but it can be well paid and good flexibility if your studying.

i think i fucked myself over a bit by getting a caution for class a possession, lots of jobs seem to want disclosures these days

tk wrote:get your cv on jobsite.com

big urrrps for this! This site has literally 5x the amount of jobs others have!

Hibbie wrote:Don't be a painter or a decorator, it's at the bottom of the pile of the 'Blue collar' trades.
Depending on your age if your still fairly young and want a Career instead of just a job then go for an Apprenticeship in something. If you want job security for life then do an Electrical apprenticeship at a big company, learn about PLC's etc. Once you have finished then you can go anywhere you like and apply your skills to any thing. I did Mechanical and I hated it at first but at the end of the day you have to be realistic and get off your arse and out of limbo and just do something, you will eventually grow to like it, especially if it is skilled imo.

true i found a job in less then 2 weeks and i didn't need to apply, now i'm doing electrical apprenticeship in a small company that do electricity of houses but i gonna change soon. i might do PLC's and stuff, i like to do that its logical thinking and its fun to do i always liked that at school

horsefeather wrote:

Hibbie wrote:Don't be a painter or a decorator, it's at the bottom of the pile of the 'Blue collar' trades.
Depending on your age if your still fairly young and want a Career instead of just a job then go for an Apprenticeship in something. If you want job security for life then do an Electrical apprenticeship at a big company, learn about PLC's etc. Once you have finished then you can go anywhere you like and apply your skills to any thing. I did Mechanical and I hated it at first but at the end of the day you have to be realistic and get off your arse and out of limbo and just do something, you will eventually grow to like it, especially if it is skilled imo.

true i found a job in less then 2 weeks and i didn't need to apply, now i'm doing electrical apprenticeship in a small company that do electricity of houses but i gonna change soon. i might do PLC's and stuff, i like to do that its logical thinking and its fun to do i always liked that at school

Yeah go for industrial rather than domestic, find a big production company that makes something that people are always going to need and want.
I like getting my hands dirty, working things out and fixing things so I find it all quite forefilling.

badger wrote:i actually started a new job this week in the same department doing software testing which is fairly tedious so far but hopefully it'll get better and more involved

what i was doing before was sick cover for someone and that was first line support/helpdesk stuff - so dealing with emails and phone calls from people with whatever problems they have (user account/profile problems, hardware issues, help with software etc). you need to have a pretty wide range of knowledge on a lot of software and generally knowing how systems work but a lot of it can be learnt/picked up - and if you've got no idea then you can just send it on to second line or the relevant support team to deal with

i spent a lot of time asking questions at first which thankfully people didn't get pissed off with but as long as you're of the mindset to work things out for yourself and you're good at problem solving it's not that difficult. fortunately the vast majority of people seem to think computers are some mythical beast and don't realise that they're designed to be easy to operate, so they don't think to just try things out for themselves or there wouldn't be much of a job to do

can see it getting pretty annoying dealing with the same old problems day in day out over the long term though, but that's the same in any job

Big up the Software Testing crew! From my experience, testing seems to be the quickest way up the ranks. I'm 20 now, started an apprenticeship with a pretty large IT company when I was 18, finished it just before I was 19, chose testing as my role and I'm already leading test teams.

FYI, I don't know shit about computers really, it's more about your adaptability to understand systems, for example, I'm working on testing a financial system at the mo, so I need to learn the ins and outs of how this system works, and it can actually be pretty interesting.

LOL your sig

do shit with tips, bellhop at a hotel, bartend, wahtever.
im in the same boat and i have to float from shit to shit whenever i see it.
petitioning is good but i dunno if they have that in england or wherever you are.