the rock n roll :(

[extra dry]

clean shirt, tie (optional), trousers (ironed), clean shoes, shaven, looking like you could work in an office and not a chippy.

Take all your details with you so you look organized and smile, their job is to help you find a job. Good luck

 

[Balbi]

Don't Blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't Blink. Good luck.

 

[Jambooboo]

just rang them..


he asked me loads of random questions like have i been in the army/am i in a nursing home/am i deaf (WTF? i was ON THE PHONE).


appointment next monday in fucking oldham. which is the scummiest place on earth. aint looking forward to that. i'll probably get beaten up by the locals for being posh because i wear matching shoes or something.

Why Oldham? If you still live where you used to (M14?) I can think of two job centres - both of which I've used - within an easy ten minute walk from you.

Tbh though at the moment you may - if you want more than dole money that is - have to take what's on offer. There will be thousands upon thousands of folk just graduated in the city, and so unless you're particularly prodigious and/or well-connected, no offence but I can't see you landing a great job with a ten-a-penny marketing degree. And so you may have to be a chugger on Market Street/serve ale to over-privilledged students/become a Subway 'sandwich designer'.

 

[cesare]

just rang them..


he asked me loads of random questions like have i been in the army/am i in a nursing home/am i deaf (WTF? i was ON THE PHONE).


appointment next monday in fucking oldham. which is the scummiest place on earth. aint looking forward to that. i'll probably get beaten up by the locals for being posh because i wear matching shoes or something.

Do you have any idea what that sounds like? If I was recruiting I wouldn't give you the time of day. I like that access to higher education is more accessible to everyone nowadays, but if you think that having a fucking degree is open access to acting like a cunt and thinking you're priviliged you're going to be out of work for a long time yet.

 

[Dillinger4]

innit. doesn't make you special.

 

[Ms T]

Graduate unemployment is really high at the moment - they'll be used to people like you signing on.

 

[gnoriac]

i dont want them to go and make me work in the chippy or something though..

They're not doing anything like that these days. According to some reports, the shit jobs are now being overwhelmed with the number of applicants.

I've been signing on on various occasions since 1973 iirc and I don't think I've ever known the dole staff to be so sympathetic / overworked.

 

[tufty79]

Don't Blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't Blink. Good luck.