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Old 21-05-2013, 19:53   #33
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Re: Skint. Channel 4

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Originally Posted by davebtelford View Post
People make the mistake of thinking that having a job is just about the pay - it isn't. It's about applying yourself, social interaction, progression. The low paid job I had offered promotion prospects for those with the commitment to work hard, learn and take responsibility (not what I wanted but others profited ). If you have a job & show reliability and consistency it makes it that much easier to get other jobs. You can't go in at the top. Just get on the ladder & climb.
It's also about social opinion, go to a wedding for example, meet strangers, they ask what do you do?

Tell them I'm unemployed, you're put in a box in their mind, being able to say I'm a splurge wrangler is an important part of how others react to a person.

Just as you personally react as if someone these day's chooses to be unemployed.

No they don't in most cases, when 3,500 folk put themselves forward for a job of shelf filler at a local Tesco, there aren't that many other jobs or you wouldn't get that many applicants.
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