37 and working in a bike shop...

[JohnH]

My parents were the opposite, they actively tried to dissuade me from going into higher education and the general message was "You're not supposed to be happy, you just need to have a job, any job".

Yep, that sounds exactly like my father. The most memorable careers advice he offered was when I was in my early 20s: "Why don't you join the Army? You'll get a good pension." How's that for ambition? :roll:

being sat on the dole i can say, you are very much living the dream...i'd kill for a minimum wage job, any job, but the interview people take one look at my cv and assume i'm taking the piss...they just don't seem to understand how the economy is right now.

1duck, I don't know anything about your CV, but it seems that "work placements" are very much in fashion at the moment; you work for an employer for a couple of weeks without pay.

They get a no-risk chance to see if you're what they're looking for (which is a much more reliable indication to them than a 15 minute interview) and if you're a good worker you get a better chance of being offered a job. If they don't hire you, you've still got some work experience to put on your CV that's very fresh and which also shows that you're trying hard to find employment.

I know that Morrison's (supermarket chain) offer work placements, but I'm not sure who else does... :?

 

[cchris2lou]

I had to recruit a couple of people recently and the number of applicants was very high every time .

and as you say over qualified people were not chosen as they would leave for a better job .

 

[Jamiedyer]

Big Cheese

Your living the dream mate, dont worry!

If you start to get to worked up over these things it can get to you and we all know how that will end

Your mate
Jamie

 

[JohnH]

and as you say over qualified people were not chosen as they would leave for a better job .

Ah, if that's 1duck's situation, then the work placement idea isn't going to help...

 

[perry]

In a way I'm the richest man in the world , for those that don't know I work for the same company as lgf , just at a different shop . Can pretty much come and go as i please , but I technicaly haven't had a day off for 2 maybe 3 weeks lol and my days are almost always 11 hours lol must remember to never work out the hourly rate lol work with a great bunch of guys though and It's mostly a good laugh . Could have easily walked a few times in the past few weeks . I ride 20 miles a day and spend each day playing with bikes with mates . I have a months worth of holiday I don't know what to do with lol on the mobile , have yet to work out how to start a new paragraph . Sorry lol day off tomorrow , will be in at half seven to open up , best job in the world . You going to the summer do lgf ?

 

[legrandefromage]

You going to the summer do lgf ?

depends on where it is chap.