I agree you need to be flexibe. Otherwise you may not find the job you're looking for. I'm lucky i work close to home, but some people have to travel a long way. :blush:

the goverment has changed things for job seekers,those that have been in long term unempoyment are put on a scheme that helps with all aspects of finding a permanent job!
if they dont go they dont get any benefits.

Some do indeed Vanessa - when I hear about folk who have very long journeys each way to their workplace: it really does put 45 min journeys into perspective as being a mere blip.

Something that I (and others) have stated is already available to assist the job seeker.

you keep saying some people dont want to work!
the goverment have taken away that option!
find a job or take further training or they are thrown off benefits.

I'm not attacking Pyramid though. I just think this is a stupid and inflamatory thread and said so. Two people's experiences with jobs doesn't affect the fact that there aren't many jobs available and hardly speaks for the nation. Let it be 2000 out of 20 million then. Still a low percentage of people getting employed right? Yes? No?

And so what if Ben's a mod? That lifts him up to some honorary status does it? Bottom line is he's normal - just like everyone else. I still stand by my point.

Oh no madam Pyramid*. I just felt like showing up your illogical and unsuported conclusions and theories, you know?

No attack? Really - you're second comment in red above isn't rude or inflammatory?....

If you read the thread, you will find there are more than only 2 persons with the same view Redway. That does not mean their viewpoint is invalid -nor illogical. It means nothing more than you disagree.

You claim there aren't that many jobs available? How does half a million jobs grab you?

Fgs, I've bitten my lip for as long as I could.

Redway, I agree with you wholeheartedly. Pyramid, you've been back for a very short time and quite frankly I've stayed out of this thread, despite being offended by it, because I know you'll take great pleasure in knowing you've annoyed me. Imho you started this thread to deliberately be inflammatory and piss people off, the OP is nothing but a smug gloat about how things went extraordinarily well for you. You were lucky. I'm glad you found work so quickly, I wouldn't wish unemployment on anyone, its soul destroying. For the record, in my case it HAS been very difficult to find work, for many reasons that I'm not going to drone on about. Yet I'm still trying, and will continue to do so for as long as it takes. As for the inference that if a person really wanted to work then they could, that's bull and somewhat insulting. To reiterate, I really want to work, I'd give anything not to have been made redundant, I was unlucky. And eventually things will turn around and I'll get back on my feet again, through perseverance.

- imagines emoticon of banging head against brick wall -

:bored: give it a rest please.

Yes they are. I know these are people's views on the matter. I accept that. I then went on to say that these opinions are illogical, stupid, ignorant and offensive. That's my opinion. I'm allowed to say that and I don't give a flying monkey's if anyone choses to be offended by that. I don't need anyone's approval to voice my views on the matter and if you take offense to that then it's not my problem.

And half a million isn't by any stretch of imigination enough when you have 2.6 million unemployed. Sure, some of this will be taken up by the lazy bastards who simply don't want to work but I'm sure will be outweighed by the decent people who genuinely do want to work.

I don't "attack" other posters but 1 certainly pointed out the invalidity of an assertion..... :pipe:

Kate. :lovedup:

Really Kate,I wish you the very best of luck to you in the future in finding work again, very well said too.
It is likely soul destroying fir the vast majority of people who are out of work,I agree.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/n...#ixzz25LwdFx1V

Surprise, surprise - there's a North/South divide for England ..... :idc:

And the Scots are living on offshore resources and using other people's money ..... :rolleyes:

Thank you Joey. It is very soul destroying, as someone who has worked ALL my life since leaving school, sometimes at two jobs to make the hours up.

It's also true, as soneone mentioned earlier, that the Government are now very tough on jobseekers and will actively stop peoples benefits if they think they are not doing enough to find work, or making excuses, being too picky etc. I don't consider any job "beneath me" however as I am office trained and have plenty of qualifications to support this then that is where I'm ideally looking. I'd happily consider retail work if I could get it, yet (as mentioned previously) actual direct retail experience is a must have, so although I'd be more than capable of doing the job, I would be unlikely to even get an interview. When the supermarkets are asking for NVQs in retail. They can afford to be very choosy, as there are so many unemployed. It's very much in favour of the employer.

What do you mean by that?

Thank you Joey. It is very soul destroying, as someone who has worked ALL my life since leaving school, sometimes at two jobs to make the hours up.

It's also true, as soneone mentioned earlier, that the Government are now very tough on jobseekers and will actively stop peoples benefits if they think they are not doing enough to find work, or making excuses, being too picky etc. I don't consider any job "beneath me" however as I am office trained and have plenty of qualifications to support this then that is where I'm ideally looking. I'd happily consider retail work if I could get it, yet (as mentioned previously) actual direct retail experience is a must have, so although I'd be more than capable of doing the job, I would be unlikely to even get an interview. When the supermarkets are asking for NVQs in retail. They can afford to be very choosy, as there are so many unemployed. It's very much in favour of the employer.

Im with Kate. Im glad to see you back Pyra but sometimes you do talk tosh. Just because something worked out great for you and a few collegues who all have working experience under their belts, does not mean success can be generalized to everybody so easily.

Omah you have basically debased your entire argument. You can post all the statistics you want but what was the need in posting that bollocks about Scotland?

Scotland's top two business economies are based on oil/gas and finance ..... :idc:

And the bit about us using other people's money?

Us?

:conf:

Scotland

did the company you worked for give a reason for the redundancies whar was the company name????????????

Edinburgh is Scotland's leading provider of chargeable financial services, which collect funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets - financial services, by definition, do not use their own money.

http://www.scotland.org/work/key-industries/

IMO, the so-called "financial services sector" is just another name for "parasites", wherever they are located ..... :hmph: