This may sound like a nasty answer to you.
But I have seen a 1 armed guy working in mcdonalds, I find it hard to believe you can't get a **** job in some mcdonalds/tesco/warehouse.
This may sound like a nasty answer to you.
But I have seen a 1 armed guy working in mcdonalds, I find it hard to believe you can't get a **** job in some mcdonalds/tesco/warehouse.
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It is hard, my wife applied for them, 120 jobs needed for Morrison's with 3780 already applied and Tesco mini market needed 17 jobs and 7,180 applied.In my area there's 84 applying for every single job, so it's not easy at the moment is it?
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Don't let reality spoil the yarn
There's a one armed guy working at our local filling station. He lost it about 18 months ago when a waste packaging machine ripped it off!
My mate has one arm and one leg. He lost his limbs as a child when a lorry drove over him. It never stopped him from working.
He drives a tractor and contracts on the country and can do any operation a fully limbed person can do! And he's not glued to the seat either.
My mate has one arm and one leg. He lost his limbs as a child when a lorry drove over him. It never stopped him from working.
He drives a tractor and contracts on the country and can do any operation a fully limbed person can do! And he's not glued to the seat either.
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And that's why he got the job - somebody gave him a chance. Had he been fully able he probably wouldn't have got it.
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But you wouldn't have employed him since he's a "homie"
I find it hard to believe as well. Recently, I've applied for jobs with B&Q, Homebase, Next, and the local Council, as well as cleaning jobs, and a job with a local engineering firm who want a CAD draftsman. So far, I've not even had an interview.
If I knew the answer, we wouldn't be having this conversation. I can only assume it has something to do with the fact that I'm a 59-year old ex-archaeologist, with a dodgy elbow, increasingly dodgy knees (years of kneeling on cold, hard, damp ground takes it's toll eventually, and I find kneeling and squatting are becoming increasingly difficult), an unconventional work history that doesn't translate well to a CV and is largely meaningless to anybody not an archaeologist, and little in the way of marketable skills.
Geography also comes into play. I live in a medium-sized coastal town at the end of a peninsula bounded by estuaries to the north and south. The only crossings to these rivers, apart from seasonal passenger ferries, are 15 miles inland. I don't drive, and public transport round here is inadequate, at best. It's a semi-rural area, with relatively low unemployment, but with a relatively low population, and correspondingly fewer job opportunities. I've been here a little over two years, I'm still finding my way around, I don't have many contacts, and the locals have got the job market pretty much sewn up.
Before you say "move, then", I can't. I'd be willing to relocate If I were offered a permanent job elsewhere, but I can't afford to move purely on spec.; I have little in the way of savings, and I simply don't have the wherewithal to cover the cost of searching for accommodation, or the costs of transporting my belongings if I found some.
Besides, where would I go? I have no evidence to suggest that what skills I have to offer are in any more demand in the rest of the country than they are here; and wherever I went, I'd have to rent accommodation, which means claiming Housing Benefit. With the recent cuts to HB, the amount of accommodation available to HB claimants has been severely reduced. Wherever I went, it would have to be to somewhere with cheap housing, and that almost inevitably means somewhere with high unemployment. I don't see how that would improve my prospects.
Even in good times, I think I'd be having problems. Under the current conditions... Well, it's a buyer's market out there. With so many people chasing so few jobs, employers can pick and choose. I'm out of condition, out of practice, I've been out of work for 6 years, and David Cameron hasn't helped my prospects by labelling me a "workshy benefit scrounger". Who's going to give me a job when they can get somebody younger, fitter, fresher and better qualified for the same money?
Fair play to him - but I`ll bet the guys out in the rain pulling veg out the mud are ..................................................................Eastern Europeans
i am really enjoying this thread
it full off intelligent DISCUSSION facts and near fact
there are few one word or short unhelpful inaccurate "chants"
people are bearing there soles and for a change are getting respect rather than abuse
yes off course there is a bit off "banter" and digs at some but in general an excellent thread
free speech at its best
well done every body
it full off intelligent DISCUSSION facts and near fact
there are few one word or short unhelpful inaccurate "chants"
people are bearing there soles and for a change are getting respect rather than abuse
yes off course there is a bit off "banter" and digs at some but in general an excellent thread
free speech at its best
well done every body
Ah , Soles
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Geometer, your age alone is enough to deter any employer. The jobcentre , realise this, but are under orders to try and find you employment. In the early 90's I was made redundant and one of my fellow workers was 59 yrs of age. At that time, the jobcentre realised he'd probably never be offered employment and as a result, he was excused the rigmarole of actually signing on. He received his UB until he was 65.
Move to present times and the government have removed the need to retire at 65, therefore the jobcentre will push you to find employment (even though they realise, there is every chance you won't even get interviews. It's an exercise in jumping through hoops.
Move to present times and the government have removed the need to retire at 65, therefore the jobcentre will push you to find employment (even though they realise, there is every chance you won't even get interviews. It's an exercise in jumping through hoops.
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With a million young unemployed it's time to LOWER the retirement age to give them a chance.
Oh I forgot - the migrants would get all the jobs that were vacated so we'd have even more unemployed Brits.
And it's only going to get worse. As Europe goes arse up the migrant flow will escalate.
Oh I forgot - the migrants would get all the jobs that were vacated so we'd have even more unemployed Brits.
And it's only going to get worse. As Europe goes arse up the migrant flow will escalate.
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Agree completely Joe (and it's not often we agree) Even now the government are preparing for economic migrants from Greece, should/ when, they drop out of the Eurozone.
I think it's time to rebuild the Berlin Wall, around the UK.
I think it's time to rebuild the Berlin Wall, around the UK.
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