The unemployed, what's your plans for twenty ten

electro-shocks

Hi all.
We now find ourselves in a new decade with no sign of things getting better, and unemployment rising, so whats everyone's plans for the new year?
I'm going to head over to London in a couple of weeks to look for work, hopefully i will be lucky and find something, i would take anything at this stage.
Also put a application in for the British army, no word back from them yet.
So whats everyone else's plans this year?

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Save for a trip to New Zealand in 2011...

lostdesign

I'll give it a few more months to see what happens but after that I think its a career change or emigration or both!

Have been on the uk navy website, psni, park rangers in US! All possibilities at this stage, just want to be back earning a living so my life can move on and upwards hopefully! :rolleyes:

-Trek-

I'm going the career change route, having come from construction I feel now I have little choice with there being so many jobs out there :rolleyes:.

artful_codger

Ainsley Bald Ball wrote: »

Save for a trip to New Zealand in 2011...

i hear they don't like foreigners coming over and taking their jobs.

eth0_

electro-shocks wrote: »

I'm going to head over to London in a couple of weeks to look for work, hopefully i will be lucky and find something, i would take anything at this stage.
Also put a application in for the British army, no word back from them yet.
So whats everyone else's plans this year?

I really wouldn't advise moving to London without saving a substantial amount to tide you over. It's a very expensive city to live in and is not exactly overflowing with job vacancies either.

As for the army..unless this is something you've wanted to do for years and want to do it as a vocation rather than simply for the money, don't do it!

pog it

How are things in Edinburgh in general eth0 if you don't mind my asking?

Friend of mine is considering there. She has science backg.

Kinetic^

artful_codger wrote: »

i hear they don't like foreigners coming over and taking their jobs.

It's grand, I think he's only going for the Rugby World Cup

eth0_

pog it wrote: »

How are things in Edinburgh in general eth0 if you don't mind my asking?

Friend of mine is considering there. She has science backg.

I actually recently moved home from Edinburgh as my contract ended and there are very few I.T. jobs around.

It's pretty bad there jobs-wise. Also a very expensive place to live, property wise. Rent is almost as high as London, council tax is one of the highest in the UK (the two bed flat I shared was £190 a MONTH c.tax), yet wages are much lower than London.

However, it is a very nice place to live. It's much cheaper to go out there compared to Dublin, there's a lot more to do and it's a friendly, relaxed place to live. That is, if you can stand the winters. They're pretty baltic!

susanroth

Keep trying to find jobs and I am hoping to try the UK. Would love to know others experiences there??
I wonder is it possible to find a job before moving there?? I might try a ce scheme(if there still doing them:rolleyes:) if nothing else works out.

And if none of these options work i think i'll just sit here and rot...

Can you spot the depression..

eth0_

Well don't forget you can move anywhere in the EU and keep your dole for 3 months.
Not sure if you have to be on the dole 6 months before you can do this, or if they'll switch your payments from the post office to your bank account if you inform them you're moving.

Sephiroth_dude

I've a brother in canada that im considering going over to and trying to get work there,its either that or go back to college.Im still handing out my cv everywhere here though.

mood

eth0_ wrote: »

Well don't forget you can move anywhere in the EU and keep your dole for 3 months.
Not sure if you have to be on the dole 6 months before you can do this, or if they'll switch your payments from the post office to your bank account if you inform them you're moving.

I never heard of that before. Don't think I avail of it as I don't have a second language while would make it very hard to get a job.

Joey the lips

Suicide crossed my mind a couple of times..... Hopeing a part time job pops up.

randypriest

Joey the lips wrote: »

Suicide crossed my mind a couple of times..... Hopeing a part time job pops up.

How very morbid...

cashback

eth0_ wrote: »

Well don't forget you can move anywhere in the EU and keep your dole for 3 months.
Not sure if you have to be on the dole 6 months before you can do this, or if they'll switch your payments from the post office to your bank account if you inform them you're moving.

This for definite? I've been looking for a job in England and have had a few interviews but I've been back and forth a lot. This would make the situation much easier. Might have to pop into the Social Welfare office tomorrow then! (By 'pop', I mean wait for an hour and a half)

eth0_

mood wrote: »

I never heard of that before. Don't think I avail of it as I don't have a second language while would make it very hard to get a job.

Yep, you've been able to do this for years. As long as you're moving to another EU country. That includes the UK, you might get lucky there!

mood

eth0_ wrote: »

Yep, you've been able to do this for years. As long as you're moving to another EU country. That includes the UK, you might get lucky there!

I have been applying for jobs in the UK from here. No luck so far!

cashback

eth0_ wrote: »

Well don't forget you can move anywhere in the EU and keep your dole for 3 months.
Not sure if you have to be on the dole 6 months before you can do this, or if they'll switch your payments from the post office to your bank account if you inform them you're moving.

Asked about this in Sw office yesterday. It's only for those on Benefit not Allowance. Crap, no good for me.

Babooshka

Joey the lips wrote: »

Suicide crossed my mind a couple of times..... Hopeing a part time job pops up.

randypriest wrote: »

How very morbid...

I thought it was more humorous than morbid.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

artful_codger wrote: »

i hear they don't like foreigners coming over and taking their jobs.

Well we all gotta live...

susanroth

cashback wrote: »

This for definite? I've been looking for a job in England and have had a few interviews but I've been back and forth a lot. This would make the situation much easier. Might have to pop into the Social Welfare office tomorrow then! (By 'pop', I mean wait for an hour and a half)

Where have you been searching for jobs there, ive applied for some online using the reed website and have had no luck
I wonder can you do an internship and keep your JSA?

cashback

susanroth wrote: »

Where have you been searching for jobs there, ive applied for some online using the reed website and have had no luck
I wonder can you do an internship and keep your JSA?

Applied for a few banks and building societies and got some interviews with them. Also use http://www.jobsite.co.uk/. It seems probably the best UK site.

I've still got nothing though, will keep trying.

dsmythy

My plan is rather simple. Get job. No job? Get skills.

mikeruurds

eth0_ wrote: »

Also a very expensive place to live, property wise. Rent is almost as high as London, council tax is one of the highest in the UK (the two bed flat I shared was £190 a MONTH c.tax), yet wages are much lower than London.

Flippin heck! I was relocated from Dublin to London in July last year and my 2 bed apartment in London costs £100 a month for council tax.

£190 is extortion!

fat__tony

I'm currently trying to decide whether I should accept an offer based in Doha, Qatar (Mechanical engineer) or hold out a few more days until I get a favourable response back from an interview for a job based in London.

Big decision to be made. :eek:

miec

Keep looking for jobs here. I have an interview lined up on Friday with an agency and one for the end of the month so maybe something will come out of those.