Signing on

Kerikosan · 18-01-2011 01:12PM #1

Will be signing onto job seekers benefit by the end of the week,

anyone else finds signing on as being depressing as ****?

FatherLen · 18-01-2011 01:14PM

depressing thread is depressing......

Guill · 18-01-2011 01:14PM

Get a job ya bum!

ejmaztec · 18-01-2011 01:19PM

The government has to make it as depressing as possible, or people wouldn't emigrate.

Hannibal Smith · 18-01-2011 01:21PM

Kerikosan wrote: »

Will be signing onto job seekers benefit by the end of the week,
anyone else finds signing on as being depressing as ****?

Chin up. I was put on a 3 day week and claim for the other two days, the staff at the Local Office are lovely and all I have to do is produce dockets every 4 weeks and collect my payment from the Local Post Office every week.

It's a gloomy affair job wise, but the actual 'signing on' bit ain't so bad.

AnonoBoy · 18-01-2011 01:21PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Yeah, I suppose being a barman or a cleaner isn't good enough for you.

That's a bit harsh.

In case anyone hasn't noticed there's slightly less jobs going around these days than there was a few years ago.

Hannibal Smith · 18-01-2011 01:23PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Yeah, I suppose being a barman or a cleaner isn't good enough for you.

*reality check* you lose your job, you sign on till you get another one

Sykk · 18-01-2011 01:40PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Yeah, I suppose being a barman or a cleaner isn't good enough for you.

Because they're crying out for barmen and cleaners everywhere. GTFO will you.

Cook my sock · 18-01-2011 01:43PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Oh how narrow minded these people are. Lord have mercy on them, for they cannot open their eyes and see the world around them - they see everything in black and white.

What are you on about!?

Sykk · 18-01-2011 01:45PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Oh how narrow minded these people are. Lord have mercy on them, for they cannot open their eyes and see the world around them - they see everything in black and white.

I'm a fully qualified network administrator, in a job just over a year but prior to that I was on the dole for a good 6 months. Having handed CV's everywhere, pubs, shops, hotels.. You name it, not so much as a word back from anybody, why? Because in most cases they're cutting staff, not hiring.

Attack the post, not the poster: Jaysus that post looks idiotic to me.

Gunsfortoys · 18-01-2011 01:45PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Oh how narrow minded these people are. Lord have mercy on them, for they cannot open their eyes and see the world around them - they see everything in black and white.

If only they could make up fake news from a "reliable source" and make money off that.

My name is URL · 18-01-2011 01:45PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Oh Lord in Heaven above, even now they do not understand.

Who are you talking to?

JohnathanM · 18-01-2011 01:47PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Who are you talking to?

He's talking to me, creator of everything hiding out as some Joe. I'm not listening, though. That guy's f'cking nuts.

Will I Amnt · 18-01-2011 01:47PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Oh how narrow minded these people are. Lord have mercy on them, for they cannot open their eyes and see the world around them - they see everything in black and white.

Cop the **** on,in case you havnt noticed there's far less people able to afford going to the pubs which were mostly fully staffed anyway,where are you getting the idea that they have jobs for everyone??

Cook my sock · 18-01-2011 01:48PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Unlucky I suppose. Why do you have to rely on a company to hire you, can't you set up your own business.

Ah yeah, sure why dont we all do that. 450,000 new businesses
??????
Profit!

El Horseboxo · 18-01-2011 01:49PM

I have a job but have been checking the job sites keeping an eye out for jobs that mates might be interested in. But there is feck all. There's even very little jobs factory jobs that don't require experience that you could get before inbetween jobs you really want. That's the harsh reality of things. I find it amazing that people look down on those that have to sign on. You'd swear everyone on the dole are just out to rip off the state.

Sykk · 18-01-2011 01:50PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Unlucky I suppose. Why do you have to rely on a company to hire you, can't you set up your own business.

This is hilarious..

TanG411 · 18-01-2011 01:51PM

Wait a minute, Killer Pigeon isn't a pigeon at all!

He's a troll. :eek:

jimthemental · 18-01-2011 01:53PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Unlucky I suppose. Why do you have to rely on a company to hire you, can't you set up your own business.

This post seems kind of like trolling, anyway my point: how can you start a business without capital, he's hardly going to be flush with the job seekers allowance. Please stop pissing everyone off.

Cook my sock · 18-01-2011 01:53PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

This is the perfect time to set up a business. Come up with an idea nobody else has thought of; market it, make it, sell it.

Be doin well to fund it off 188 euro.
Banks wont want to know ya.

Duggy747 · 18-01-2011 01:54PM

*grabs popcorn*

I'm doing a voluntary job full time job just to keep me up to date in IT. I still keep an eye out on the regular job posts but even then the lack of jobs out there in any kind of field is brutal.

Anyone who thinks those on the dole are leeches or are the dreggs of society need to be pulled down off their high horse and be given a good kick up the arse.

-Trek- · 18-01-2011 01:55PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

This is the perfect time to set up a business. Come up with an idea nobody else has thought of; market it, make it, sell it.

Is that you Bill Cullen?

highgiant1985 · 18-01-2011 01:56PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Or if you can't find a job in a specific industry you have specialised in then you go work in a shop, cleaner, barman, etc.. But no, many Irish people just can't face the shame of having to work in such an underclass job. They rather waste taxpayers money and bemoan their very existence on the internet. Oh bu hoo! Stop feeling sorry for yourself and get over it.

Slightly less job for specialised people yes. There are jobs out there if you know where to find them. Just don't be scared.

your talking crap mate a lot of the places you mention, shops, pubs, cleaner, won't hire people who come from certain back grounds professionally because they are over qualified and they know its highly likely if they do hire them that person will be gone as soon as they get a better offer. Some people won't apply for these types of jobs yes but it works both ways.

Guill · 18-01-2011 01:59PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Then edit your C.V. and take all those flamboyant qualification off. Use the head, you don't have to tell them everything.

Lying? At a job interview? Well i never!

Sykk · 18-01-2011 02:00PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Oh, so anyone who's view are different to everyone else's is a troll? :rolleyes:

Not many places are hiring, even when they are, in most cases you're competing with people that are grossly overqualified with 10 years experience in said field.

It's next to impossible to get a bar job as if a spot arises, the manager/owner of said bar already has 100 CV's and has promised friends of friends a position if one becomes available

You can't open a business without money and currently the banks aren't loaning. I really mean it, you won't get more than €10,000 off any bank to open a business.

To elaborate, you need a stable income (Enough to pay rent, possibly business premises rent food, bills) to pay the bank back anyway, which isn't possible in the first year of a business.

This isn't an opinion, it's fact.

JohnathanM · 18-01-2011 02:01PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Then edit your C.V. and take all those flamboyant qualification off. Use the head, you don't have to tell them everything.

Entering into contract from a basis of deception?

jimthemental · 18-01-2011 02:02PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

This is the perfect time to set up a business. Come up with an idea nobody else has thought of; market it, make it, sell it.

Just isn't a viable option for even a quarter of the people on the jsa. As my lecturer in Smurfitt Business School said, "If you wan't to make money then sell cocaine, it's got a great profit margin." That kind of business is even hard to come by but the way you're talking it seems like there might still be demand.:rolleyes:

stovelid · 18-01-2011 02:04PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

This is the perfect time to set up a business. Come up with an idea nobody else has thought of; market it, make it, sell it.

Contract pontificating seems like a high growth area at the moment?

Sykk · 18-01-2011 02:05PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

It is when you say something that is false. It's not a lie if you don't tell someone a fact they don't ask for.

I'm hung 13 inches, like a horse I tell ya..

^The above is not a lie.

Sykk · 18-01-2011 02:09PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Sorry about that people, it appears my username was erm eh hijacked - it may have been Bill Cullen. In reality I'm a socialist and I believe that people have a right to receive job seekers allowance.

BURN HIM! :pac:

Hannibal Smith · 18-01-2011 02:13PM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Or if you can't find a job in a specific industry you have specialised in then you go work in a shop, cleaner, barman, etc.. But no, many Irish people just can't face the shame of having to work in such an underclass job. They rather waste taxpayers money and bemoan their very existence on the internet. Oh bu hoo! Stop feeling sorry for yourself and get over it.

and end up as bitter as you? :eek:

Signing on

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