guess what

[jedimaster]

Originally Posted by derekgas

Well done Jedi, just a note about job seekers allowance, the last person I employed had to fill a form in, and take it to the job seekers office, they said they couldnt accept not sidning on, or a telephone or potal signing off. wth??

yep i know, it's done and ready to go in

[BERNADETTE]

Well done you great news

[claytonender]

I am so pleased for you, I know how disheartening it is filling job applications and not getting anywhere.

I have just been looking at the website of the new company that you will be working for -there are a couple of coach company names there that really are a trip down memory lane - Yelloway and Hebble.

[jedimaster]

well i'm off to work and i'd just like to say a big thank-you to you all for the support and for all the messages, fingers crossed it all goes well.

[blazey]

Originally Posted by jedimaster

well i'm off to work and i'd just like to say a big thank-you to you all for the support and for all the messages, fingers crossed it all goes well.

Hope work goes well for you. One of the big problems people have when trying to find work is reluctance to seek jobs further afield than their little home towns, like accrington, so its fantastic that you are prepared to go to Manchester to work.

I have work experience lined up in Stoke on Trent in easter and I'm going to London in two weeks to try and find more. Times are too hard to try sticking in one place, as sad as it is, and people need to just take a deep breath and take risks, and more often than not they pay off.

Good luck

[claytonender]

Originally Posted by blazey

Hope work goes well for you. One of the big problems people have when trying to find work is reluctance to seek jobs further afield than their little home towns, like accrington, so its fantastic that you are prepared to go to Manchester to work.

I have work experience lined up in Stoke on Trent in easter and I'm going to London in two weeks to try and find more. Times are too hard to try sticking in one place, as sad as it is, and people need to just take a deep breath and take risks, and more often than not they pay off.

Good luck

Unfortunately Blazey not everything can travel outside the area for work, because they do not have the transport to get there.

[blazey]

Originally Posted by claytonender

Unfortunately Blazey not everything can travel outside the area for work, because they do not have the transport to get there.

I was implying moving to find work, but ok.

People make so many excuses about not seeking work that I'm a bit of a cynic.

[Lolly]

Thats not always an option, not with a 2 year old its not. How i wish it was that easy!

Good Luck Jedi, hope your first day went well.

[Caz]

Are you suggesting they move and then look for a job, or get a job and then move? Either way it is not that black and white. Even people classed as Key Workers can struggle to find accommodation once they have secured a job. And that's only rental. Don't know how people trying to sell their properties would go on.

[blazey]

Selling properties is indeed difficult, particularly at the moment, I'm not an idiot.

But obviously as a student I have to be realistic and see life beyond accrington, and even lancashire and it isn't impossible.

I struggle to see what particular difficulty there would be to move with a two year old, I would have thought its more difficult as the child gets older due to schooling and such.

I'd have thought the best option at the moment available to home owners wishing to move is renting out their houses and renting themselves elsewhere or of course the perhaps controversial but increasingly popular house swap.

People aren't willing to think outside the box and create most of the walls they put up around themselves, it is my pet hate about coming home and I won't be coming home this easter just to avoid the soul destroying attitude that is rife in accrington.

It is sad to think that I don't even consider my home town that much of a home any more just because I feel like a social outcast for wanting more than what accrington has to offer but I guess that is the sad reality of it at the end of the day.

My friend messaged me online yesterday and said she's pregnant again and her key concern is if she has a girl because she currently has a little boy and she thinks her family will stop giving attention to him and favour the potential girl baby. She doesn't even want another baby, she didn't even want the first one.

People like Andrew and I are criticised for being students and not living in the real world and all of that nonsense, but when you look at what actually makes up 'the real world' of accrington, it isn't really worth diving straight into, if at all.

And students are currently pumping money straight into debt to get qualifications that won't even get them a job, but I'm still working hard and spending all my money just to have the chance to find a bit of experience, never mind a job.

If there is a will there is a way. Anyone who says otherwise either can't be bothered to make sacrifices to try or isn't looking in the right places.

And there are a lot of companies recruiting MORE people at the moment, I spend a lot of time involved in careers as I'm on the exec of a student run national careers society at university, so I know there are jobs and opportunities out there if people are willing to seek them out, and there are definitely a lot of interesting ploys to get around the restrictions of the credit crunch, as mentioned already with the housing.

The world doesn't stop because of the recession. It only stops if it snows

[blazey]

Originally Posted by Caz

Are you suggesting they move and then look for a job, or get a job and then move? Either way it is not that black and white. Even people classed as Key Workers can struggle to find accommodation once they have secured a job. And that's only rental. Don't know how people trying to sell their properties would go on.

And I'm suggesting look for a job and then move. The internet is a wonderful resource, as are recruitment agencies.

[Caz]

And these employers are going to wait until you secure accomodation close to said job are they? Doubt it. Unless you have a specialised skill they want, in which case you may get some leeway. |And moving a family is a bit different than moving as a young single person without kids.

Aye, know about the internet, lol, been using it for years. dear. Got jobs through it before, and found accommodation locally. Putting the two together isn't as easy. Don't worry, when you have a family you will see things from a different viewpoint, and know all the ins and outs that make the situation not so black and white

[lancsdave]

Blazey, when you set off on your venture let me know, got a t-shirt for you

[claytonender]

Blazey -I understand what you are trying to say, but moving away from Hyndburn isn't an option open to everyone and several people have tried to explain why it isn't.

I can understand where you are coming from regarding your friend and that you want to make more of your life - that I presume is one reason you are at university, studying hard (and I am sure playing quite hard as well ). But, you have to appreciate that not everyone can go to university - because not everyone has the academic ability to do so - this country will always need a lot of indians as well as chiefs. Quite frankly there isn't enough room at the top of for everyone and it isn't always a lack of ambition that holds people back, it is quite often a lack of being in the right place at the right time.

Good luck with your degree, I do hope that you do well and get a job.

[SPUGGIE J]

When I left Accy it took me 5 weeks to find a job once I landed up here. The one advatage I had is that I had family up here so somewere to stay. To do a Tebbit you need either family were you move to or money to allow you to rent a place thus be able to find a job. So there needs to be a fine bit of planning if you do try.