[the truth]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Exactly. The jobs arent there, but lets penalize people for not getting them anyway seems to be the motto.

The government figures are more likely to be generous with the number of jobs currently available...to try and push this 'scrounger' agenda that they have going on, so if anyone thinks that the figures are wrong, if anything there are less jobs than we are being told about, not more.

why are there over 500,000 official vacancies unfilled? because these workless people wont take the jobs and wont do the work. simple. lazy.

[Alf]

bureaucracy is a big thorn in the side of lots of people finding employment, time to get rid and go back to common sense.

[the truth]

Originally Posted by wannashag

bureaucracy is a big thorn in the side of lots of people finding employment, time to get rid and go back to common sense.

100% agreed. one part time driver has just quit with us to carry out a job centre course? Simply because hes too scared to come to work full time in case he loses all his benefits?

[the truth]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Exactly. The jobs arent there, but lets penalize people for not getting them anyway seems to be the motto.

The government figures are more likely to be generous with the number of jobs currently available...to try and push this 'scrounger' agenda that they have going on, so if anyone thinks that the figures are wrong, if anything there are less jobs than we are being told about, not more.

500,000+ jobs officially and plenty more unofficially unfulfilled. yet millions not working, thats a lot of lazy people who wont do the jobs.

[AnnieK]

I work in recruitment and the number of people i speak to daily is staggering. They apply for every job they can...one example is a girl who has an excellent education and working background and has applied for 492 jobs, many of which she did not even receive an acknowledgement for....the ones she did she was told she was overqualified, under qualified or looking for too much money etc etc.... We have finally managed to ge her a job but she missed out on 491 others.... This just highlights how hard people are trying...and failing in many circumstances. It really isn't how it used to be when people were forced to apply for jobs to keep their benefits and you knew they were so not interested....people want to work and it's soo tough out there. I am regularly told by clients they get in excess of 200 applicants for every position they advertise from school leavers up to law /medical graduates etc. it is an employers market and I for one would not like to be looking for work right now.

[the truth]

Originally Posted by anniek76

I work in recruitment and the number of people i speak to daily is staggering. They apply for every job they can...one example is a girl who has an excellent education and working background and has applied for 492 jobs, many of which she did not even receive an acknowledgement for....the ones she did she was told she was overqualified, under qualified or looking for too much money etc etc.... We have finally managed to ge her a job but she missed out on 491 others.... This just highlights how hard people are trying...and failing in many circumstances. It really isn't how it used to be when people were forced to apply for jobs to keep their benefits and you knew they were so not interested....people want to work and it's soo tough out there. I am regularly told by clients they get in excess of 200 applicants for every position they advertise from school leavers up to law /medical graduates etc. it is an employers market and I for one would not like to be looking for work right now.

why dont they do part time work whilst looking for their ideal job?

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by the truth

why dont they do part time work whilst looking for their ideal job?

Many do...we have people who have been middle managers temping on basic wage but even those jobs are few and far between. I think it does vary geographically what is available but I am based in Manchester and even in such a big city work is hard to come by... I really do not think the majority of unemployment is down to laziness....

[the truth]

Originally Posted by anniek76

Many do...we have people who have been middle managers temping on basic wage but even those jobs are few and far between. I think it does vary geographically what is available but I am based in Manchester and even in such a big city work is hard to come by... I really do not think the majority of unemployment is down to laziness....

I do I think its massively down to the mindset of the people. why do you think employers are recruiting tens of thousands of polish? because they will work , especially manual work, and before anyone says it, they do get paid above minimum wages too.

take british take away food shops, why do none of them open late like ALL other nationalities, the greeks, the turks, the chinese, the italians, the indians etc etc these people keep their restaurants and take aways open late every night. they also deliver food, Ive never known of any fish and chip shop deliver food? cant they wrap it up and deliver it? no they lack the working mindset, the ambition and they do not care enough about improving their service to the public

it is the attitude of us brits that has become the main problem. we are lazy , unambitious and dependant on nanny state. ive seen middle aged men give up their jobs to go on job seekers courses, not to find jobs, just so they dont risk losingbenefits. this is simply pathetic

[Kizzy]

Where are my posts from yesterday?