Job Centre 11/10/12

Oh so, this week I rocked up to the job centre a whole TWO HOURS early - luckily I noticed just before I went in to save the embarrassment of it looking like I just wanted to be there so bad, I rocked up two hours early. Oh the shame. And, I'd just spent like £3 on parking - one was NOT amused.

You're going to see even more posts about the job centre now as I've been informed that the system is changing and I'll be in weekly. A system that lets everyone down when it's every two weeks, imagine the CHAOS with every week. My adviser doesn't seem amused that the system has changed and I'll be in every other week for an interview, I think she knows I am not an idiot - but she can't exactly say that when other people are around.

I applied for some really decent work experience the other week - but the job centre had to sort it all out because it was through them. I'm not sure why they bother to promote this "18 - 24 youth contract" because it's bullshit - I sent my CV in, like I was told you, as soon as I got home - I had updated it since I last sent it in. And I kept ringing up to enquire about what was happening with both my adviser and the work experience guy. And still nothing. When my adviser looked on my file - she said "was you late for the interview or something?" "WHAT INTERVIEW?". So it turns out, that the woman who is supposed to sift through the CVs and forward them to the correct places, completely bypassed mine and then didn't send it till a good week after, by this time, they had closed the applications and mine was not considered.

THANKS JOB CENTRE (Y)

So that wasn't a great start to my interview with her. There aren't really many work experience placements out there, so I am again going to have to self market myself and HOPE that someone says yes. Apart from the work experience situation, my visit to the job centre wasn't too horrible this week - can't say I still love it.

Anyhow, comments as always are very welcome.
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