Am I un-employable???,,,,,

kafukled

Hi I would like to get your opinion on this, I think my hopes of getting a job are virtually zero with how my CV looks

2005- Left school at 16 for an apprenticeship but hated where I worked and all other people in the trade, so I took a wharehouse job but only worked there for a week for various reasons, was un-employed until march 07 when I got a job labouring but left when the work was getting slow at the end of the august, got a job in another company that OCt but was fired after two weeks:mad:
Done two weeks christmas work and then signed on in March 08
Looked for work for months eventually took a short FETAC course with the hopes of getting a job outta it, that ended in January 09 and now I'm unemployed again.
Its just when I look back on my CV I dont think anyone would really hire me, I've applied loads of places but havent gotten anything, and I'm starting to think unless I lie through my teeth I havent a hope!!
Your opinions please if ye would be so kind

herya

Can you help any charities full time? They accept volunteers, it wouldn;t be a paid job but still a job and a position in the CV. Only consider this if you are capable of staying there for at least a couple of months.

passive

You could just lie *slightly* or fudge dates of the unimportant things a normal job isn't going to check. Fix it up in the future when you've got more experience and are looking for a real job...

Easily_Irritated

kafukled wrote: »

Hi I would like to get your opinion on this, I think my hopes of getting a job are virtually zero with how my CV looks

2005- Left school at 16 for an apprenticeship but hated where I worked and all other people in the trade, so I took a wharehouse job but only worked there for a week for various reasons, was un-employed until march 07 when I got a job labouring but left when the work was getting slow at the end of the august, got a job in another company that OCt but was fired after two weeks:mad:
Done two weeks christmas work and then signed on in March 08
Looked for work for months eventually took a short FETAC course with the hopes of getting a job outta it, that ended in January 09 and now I'm unemployed again.
Its just when I look back on my CV I dont think anyone would really hire me, I've applied loads of places but havent gotten anything, and I'm starting to think unless I lie through my teeth I havent a hope!!
Your opinions please if ye would be so kind

tbh I'd say lying is your best option... with all the people applying for jobs now, with a work history like that you won't get a look in! Lie and get someone to pretend to be a reference

Not ideal, granted. But not a lot else you can do..... but maybe I'm wrong..

Hamiltonion

Wouldnt consider trying to give the apprenticeship another go? Ride out worst of the recession and come out with qualifications on your side?

Ddad

Although my employment record wasn't quite as fragmented as yours it wasn't great.

What changed things for me is that I got on to a short 3 month FAS course. Not really up to much but it did get me access to a 12 month course down the line which gave me a very good 10 year career in computers. I've a degree and a masters now.

Get the right skills (that suit you), stick the course and you'll get there.

garbanzo

My two cents worth is that I think you need to look at the reasons behind why you went the way you did in those jobs. No sense whatsoever in you getting another job and finding history repeating itself. As previously asked, what do you really want to do with your life?

With the current recession opportunities are fewer. You may not want to consider this but can you go back to school and finish your Leaving, or identify a course you are interested in that is geared towards delivering to early school leavers. Whatever way you look at it formal qualifications are the proven route to getting you onto a decent career.

Best of luck

passive

Fás might also be a good plan, yeah, as above. Or try get work with a family member or someone known to you on a part time basis, so you'll feel obliged to stick around and get experience as a result...

NullZer0

How interested are you in IT / Computers?

kafukled

garbanzo wrote: »

My two cents worth is that I think you need to look at the reasons behind why you went the way you did in those jobs. No sense whatsoever in you getting another job and finding history repeating itself. As previously asked, what do you really want to do with your life?

With the current recession opportunities are fewer. You may not want to consider this but can you go back to school and finish your Leaving, or identify a course you are interested in that is geared towards delivering to early school leavers. Whatever way you look at it formal qualifications are the proven route to getting you onto a decent career.

Best of luck

Thanks, that makes perfect sense. I've thinking about it, I just need the oportunity to prove now that I can stick something to the end

Dudess

You're only 20/21 - you should do a course.

irlrobins

To answer your question, with no qualifications and no real work experience, yes you are unemployable. Even more so in today's job market where there are many people who are better qualified and more experienced that for an employer to hire.

So how do you change this? As others have said, complete your education, get training, earn qualifications. But most importantly try and determine what sort of work you're best suited to and will enjoy. There's no point in doing a FÁS course in something you have no interest in. You'll just do what you did previously if that was true.

And I wouldn't lie to get a job. The employer will be able to suss you out far too easy, given your lack of experience.

the_syco

OP: look into doing your LC at night. It'll take a bit longer, but you'll be in the class with other people your age, and older, and if your doing it at night time, you can still look for/work in a job.

kafukled

Ugh, I've just finished doing a course, I honestly thought I'd be working away in a job I like by now. And to make matters worse, I'm no longer entitled to Jobseekers benefit,
honestly someone should move this to personal issues cos im gonna offload on y'all pretty soon..........

Dudess

kafukled wrote: »

Ugh, I've just finished doing a course, I honestly thought I'd be working away in a job I like by now.

You don't have a realistic view of the current situation so. A course won't get you a job at the moment, but it is something constructive to do which will stand to you when things improve.

CorkFenian

kafukled wrote: »

Ugh, I've just finished doing a course, I honestly thought I'd be working away in a job I like by now. And to make matters worse, I'm no longer entitled to Jobseekers benefit,
honestly someone should move this to personal issues cos im gonna offload on y'all pretty soon..........

1000's of people in the same boat.(If I had have been told I'd been in this position that I'm in now way back in January I would have said no way...Wouldnt have believed it..Was convinced would be sorted by now (even a few mths ago))...People with degrees and tons of experience etc etc...Its unfortunate to say the least..(I'm one of them BTW)..Best of luck with it...For what its worth I think you're getting some good advice on this thread

Idjit

Ah thats not so bad...Ive only two weeks of unpaid work experience under my belt. What you have to do is spruce it up.For example if you only worked in a shop for a week,explain that during this week you learned so and so...(things like 'chatting to customers' sounds much more impressive when you say 'i learned customer service skills while work with X').I'm tryin desparatly to find work too and with all those now unemployed yet highly skilled workers out there in the same position as you are,you have to learn how to sell yourself. i wouldnt recommend out-right lying though. When it comes to the interview you may find yourself in a tight spot when they ask you something about the lie you told in your CV!

Zambia

Yeap your CV is terrible

First drop anything less than a week or two.

Plus jobs you where fired from fill the gaps with something better like travelling or something else.

Find something that interests you that could be a job and take a course in it. Inspect every FAS course I am still in the field of a 12 week FAS course from 1994

If you are stuck for a Job till then apply to every cleaning company, bar, casual work crowd in the yellow pages. Its hard work but it pays.

You may as well spend the recession studying its cool to be a student and poor.

Einstein

You could do a whole lot worse than going back and doing your leaving Cert. Even tho we all know how much of a pain in the ass it is, it gives you access to an TON more courses than you will currently have. If you were slightly older, you could qualify as a mature student, but only time can fix that.
LC can be done evenings I believe...I could be wrong tho.

Best of Luck.

IIMII

irlrobins wrote: »

To answer your question, with no qualifications and no real work experience, yes you are unemployable. Even more so in today's job market where there are many people who are better qualified and more experienced that for an employer to hire.

Not so. The most important thing is to get back on the horse (ie find a job, any job) asap. Once you have a job, you are building a work-record up for yourself.

What happens after that is progression.

Think of any job you can get as being an apprecticship. You only need to show you can hold down a job, and to do it long enough until a you can jump ship or use it as a springboard for a better job.

It's always easier to get a job when you already hae a job. Psychologically and also because you aren't being examined in the context of whether you are capable of holding down a job.

Young fella's (and young ones) can be stupid (and become job-hoppers), and also find it hard to get a start. It's quite common to have mixed up CVs for people below the age of 23. Employers forgive that. You have age on you side - it'll be much harder for older people that have a decent CV but are deemed over-qualified for jobs that have an element of a high turnover eben now (shops, supermarkets, fastfood outlets).

As I say, get back on the horse, clock up a solid year on your CV and meanwhile keep looking for a better job whilst you have a job. Doesn't matter what job you take, just get one.