Wednesday, 1 August 2012
One in a million.: "Are you a graduate, fantastic oppourtunities, £30...
One in a million.: "Are you a graduate, fantastic oppourtunities, £30...: Yes, I am a graduate, and yes I would love a fantastic opportunity! HOWEVER, I assure you that the average earnings are nowhere near what th...
"Are you a graduate, fantastic oppourtunities, £300 - £600 a week (OTE)"
Yes, I am a graduate, and yes I would love a fantastic opportunity! HOWEVER, I assure you that the average earnings are nowhere near what they promise they will be. OTE is On Target Earnings - so basically, the wage package you take home is based on the targets you've met and how many people you've managed to sign up to a charity etc.
Unfortunately, I've had two of these incidents in recent weeks. Urgh. I am not afraid to use their names on here either, I will name and shame the companies using graduates to 'pound the pavement' for nothing.
The first in Hull, is a company which me and friends have unfortunately interviewed with, and been hounded to go back and interview again with. One friend was lead to believe she would be a manager in 7 months and be on "like £700,000 a year!" her words, not mine. To which she received some lolling from me.
The name? TEMPEST ELITE MARKETING. You know that this cannot be legitimate as the building you're going to interview in, is in a back street and the office is a desk with a laptop and a phone. The shame. I sat there, knowing that this place was ridiculous, however, I applied with the hope of some interview experience. The man was called Quj or something, silent J i believe. He went through how the company streamlined everything so I could be a manager in about 12 months time, the same generic questions over and over again.
I left knowing that I would receive a phone call between 6pm and 10pm - who phones after 7pm, REALLY? They did phone, saw the number and just didn't pick up, they've tried since but I still, do not answer that phone.
What can I say, don't be fooled into thinking this is a real company who want to train you so that you're earning a decent wage over the year and therefore putting your degree which you've just spent £18,000 gaining to use. You're not. What advice I can offer is this, don't be fooled by every graduate scheme advertisement, look carefully, research the company and if you can try and find schemes with bigger more well known companies who open up their graduate schemes to hundreds of us every year.
It's an horrific time for anyone looking for work right now, and I feel for every person who wants and needs a job to provide for their family. To those who think it is their god given right to benefits, what can I say, you're a disgrace.
Unfortunately, I've had two of these incidents in recent weeks. Urgh. I am not afraid to use their names on here either, I will name and shame the companies using graduates to 'pound the pavement' for nothing.
The first in Hull, is a company which me and friends have unfortunately interviewed with, and been hounded to go back and interview again with. One friend was lead to believe she would be a manager in 7 months and be on "like £700,000 a year!" her words, not mine. To which she received some lolling from me.
The name? TEMPEST ELITE MARKETING. You know that this cannot be legitimate as the building you're going to interview in, is in a back street and the office is a desk with a laptop and a phone. The shame. I sat there, knowing that this place was ridiculous, however, I applied with the hope of some interview experience. The man was called Quj or something, silent J i believe. He went through how the company streamlined everything so I could be a manager in about 12 months time, the same generic questions over and over again.
I left knowing that I would receive a phone call between 6pm and 10pm - who phones after 7pm, REALLY? They did phone, saw the number and just didn't pick up, they've tried since but I still, do not answer that phone.
What can I say, don't be fooled into thinking this is a real company who want to train you so that you're earning a decent wage over the year and therefore putting your degree which you've just spent £18,000 gaining to use. You're not. What advice I can offer is this, don't be fooled by every graduate scheme advertisement, look carefully, research the company and if you can try and find schemes with bigger more well known companies who open up their graduate schemes to hundreds of us every year.
It's an horrific time for anyone looking for work right now, and I feel for every person who wants and needs a job to provide for their family. To those who think it is their god given right to benefits, what can I say, you're a disgrace.
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
One in a million.: The Job Center 30.07.2012
One in a million.: The Job Center 30.07.2012: Yesterday was my first day at the job center! I was already stressed when I got there as I had an interview in the afternoon (that's another...
The Job Centre 30.07.2012
Yesterday was my first day at the job centre! I was already stressed when I got there as I had an interview in the afternoon (that's another blog post altogether) Finally reached Market Place to go in and it was raining quite heavily but did people go to move aside to let me through the door? Hmm, no. I find it hard to not judge people, and hate it when others judge me. However, these were people from my city - so I think I've got a right to say what I need to. There were children everywhere, people hanging out in their scruffy clothes, what was I to think? I had gone to the job centre for my interview wearing black trousers and a red smart top - I want to be taken seriously, I want to find a job, no I need to find a job.
I meet my first adviser, is it bad I can't remember his name? Anyways, he was asking me questions about my life and why I want to claim job seekers allowance - he can tell I am nervous, I really really do not want to be here. I am not a shy person, and I think I am pretty easy going, but for the first time in a long time, I am a tortoise, back in that shell, afraid. The guy interviewing me complements me on how detailed I've made my form and my personal bit (where you write about yourself). I am then told that claiming JSA is really easy. The way he said it, I couldn't help but think he's telling me I can sit on my arse and fill in a box and wham bam £56 a week is mine.
I saw Chris next, seemed a nice enough bloke, but he seemed frustrated that I couldn't quite explain what I wanted to do. The only reason he was frustrated was because his computer had all the different names for jobs on it. He couldn't actually think for himself, typical. He seemed like a nice guy but you telling me to be realistic is fine but isn't being Simon Cowell realistic.... apparently not? Hmmph! To be fair, I was being realistic, but like I said, I haven't just taken out an £18,000 student loan to pay for university to take any old shite that comes my way. (I know I sound a total snob, but there is nothing wrong in having standards!)
My first visit to the job centre was successful, I think. I've got to take paperwork in to prove that student finance are no longer paying me - surely it's obvious, they're useless, of course they are no longer paying me. Furthermore, I am being 'forced' to attend a workshop with other unemployed youths, I believe the term, 'my idea of hell' comes to mind.
Oh jesus christ - it could either go alright, or horrific, my guess is the latter. I don't like the idea of a forced workshop - fair enough I want to get a job, but surely it should be optional, that way it would be easy to separate the determined from the undetermined in finding work. Just to clarify - I would go, I just hate forced meetings like that.
Next visit is on the 08/08/2012.
Look forward to it!
I meet my first adviser, is it bad I can't remember his name? Anyways, he was asking me questions about my life and why I want to claim job seekers allowance - he can tell I am nervous, I really really do not want to be here. I am not a shy person, and I think I am pretty easy going, but for the first time in a long time, I am a tortoise, back in that shell, afraid. The guy interviewing me complements me on how detailed I've made my form and my personal bit (where you write about yourself). I am then told that claiming JSA is really easy. The way he said it, I couldn't help but think he's telling me I can sit on my arse and fill in a box and wham bam £56 a week is mine.
I saw Chris next, seemed a nice enough bloke, but he seemed frustrated that I couldn't quite explain what I wanted to do. The only reason he was frustrated was because his computer had all the different names for jobs on it. He couldn't actually think for himself, typical. He seemed like a nice guy but you telling me to be realistic is fine but isn't being Simon Cowell realistic.... apparently not? Hmmph! To be fair, I was being realistic, but like I said, I haven't just taken out an £18,000 student loan to pay for university to take any old shite that comes my way. (I know I sound a total snob, but there is nothing wrong in having standards!)
My first visit to the job centre was successful, I think. I've got to take paperwork in to prove that student finance are no longer paying me - surely it's obvious, they're useless, of course they are no longer paying me. Furthermore, I am being 'forced' to attend a workshop with other unemployed youths, I believe the term, 'my idea of hell' comes to mind.
Oh jesus christ - it could either go alright, or horrific, my guess is the latter. I don't like the idea of a forced workshop - fair enough I want to get a job, but surely it should be optional, that way it would be easy to separate the determined from the undetermined in finding work. Just to clarify - I would go, I just hate forced meetings like that.
Next visit is on the 08/08/2012.
Look forward to it!
Monday, 30 July 2012
One in a million.: One in a million.
One in a million.: One in a million.: Hi there, I am one of many, many is a loose term, lets say, I am one in over a million young people (under 25) who is no longer in educati...
One in a million.
Hi there,
I am one of many, many is a loose term, lets say, I am one in over a million young people (under 25) who is no longer in education and who is out of work. As a graduate, I've spent around £18,000 in student loans alone, a large debt which I cannot afford to start paying off without a job - quite an interesting point, I went to university to be able to get a better job when I graduated, and what do you know, I am queuing up with Tom, Dick and Harry at the dole office on a Wednesday afternoon.
Not quite the image I pictured when I applied to university. Weren't we always taught "education is the key to any opportunities you want..." ? I feel let down by the many people who told me this, I feel I've lived a lie in that respect and gained a large debt which may take 30 years to pay off. Let's not be forgetting the incredible interest which they place on top of your student loan, another Brucey bonus for Dave and pals - I can't call them 'our government' as they are yet to do something good for this country.
As the title suggests - I am one in a million. One in a million of under 25's unemployed. I shall be writing about my job finding journey, interview experience, job center aches too. After the day I've had, I have plenty of ammo ready to get writing. I've created this blog to post my work to, which will also be posted to a graduate blog.
You can follow my other blog; http://21yearsofmusingsandlife.blogspot.co.uk/ this is my informal blog full of reviews, poetry, anything.
or my Twitter; www.twitter.com/DebStevo90
So excited to get writing this.
:) Deborah.
I am one of many, many is a loose term, lets say, I am one in over a million young people (under 25) who is no longer in education and who is out of work. As a graduate, I've spent around £18,000 in student loans alone, a large debt which I cannot afford to start paying off without a job - quite an interesting point, I went to university to be able to get a better job when I graduated, and what do you know, I am queuing up with Tom, Dick and Harry at the dole office on a Wednesday afternoon.
Not quite the image I pictured when I applied to university. Weren't we always taught "education is the key to any opportunities you want..." ? I feel let down by the many people who told me this, I feel I've lived a lie in that respect and gained a large debt which may take 30 years to pay off. Let's not be forgetting the incredible interest which they place on top of your student loan, another Brucey bonus for Dave and pals - I can't call them 'our government' as they are yet to do something good for this country.
As the title suggests - I am one in a million. One in a million of under 25's unemployed. I shall be writing about my job finding journey, interview experience, job center aches too. After the day I've had, I have plenty of ammo ready to get writing. I've created this blog to post my work to, which will also be posted to a graduate blog.
You can follow my other blog; http://21yearsofmusingsandlife.blogspot.co.uk/ this is my informal blog full of reviews, poetry, anything.
or my Twitter; www.twitter.com/DebStevo90
So excited to get writing this.
:) Deborah.
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