Are they alot of young people not trying hard enough for work?

JENNYWREN19 wrote: »

Because the WPP as I understand it normally calls for normal working hours ie 40 hours a week approx, which the employer gets for nothing while the WPP person may not even be getting paid, if their jobseeker's benfit has run out. Some of that 40 hours per week might be better used trying to find paid work. Anyone who can get a CE placing would be better off

Ya a CE placing would keep you getting the 200 euro a week but any that i have seen wouldn't add anything to a CV but if i wanted to work in say web design and i was offered 6 months hands on experience then i would like to be able to put on my CV that i worked with a company for 6 months to gain experience in the job that i was going after

newmug wrote: »

Firstly, going by some posts here, people need to learn how to spell. If you dont know the difference between "there are" and "they are", you should be back in sixth class, not job hunting. I'm being serious.

This is a chat forum not an english exam :rolleyes:

newmug wrote: »

Secondly, how far is too far to travel? I know a lad who travels from Roscommon to Dublin and back everyday. Thats normal travelling people! Anyone who turns down a job because it was an hour away doesn't deserve a job IMO.

With the price of petrol and running costs of a car these days people have to take into account how far they can travel

Limerick Bandit wrote: »

Ya a CE placing would keep you getting the 200 euro a week but any that i have seen wouldn't add anything to a CV but if i wanted to work in say web design and i was offered 6 months hands on experience then i would like to be able to put on my CV that i worked with a company for 6 months to gain experience in the job that i was going after

even if you're interested in the area of a specific work placement programme I think it takes some gall to ask for a full working week for no remuneration. When my daughter, who falls into the under 25s age group was unemployed she looked at work placement schemes in local creches to gain some formal experience - she'd already worked as an au pair and knew how demanding looking after small children can be, especially other people's children - expecting to be asked to put in ten or maybe even fifteen hours a week. Then she found out placements lasted 40 hours a week for a year. Well, when she'd finished laughing her socks off she went and enrolled for college instead. Now she's getting a training and she's much happier with that decision and so am I

macquarie wrote: »

What's more important, willingness to work or having the technical ability to do the work. ? Some useless managers will tell you it's willingness to work, good managers however are unconcerned with periods of unemployment providing the person knows how to do the job.

Owner managers would be concerned. There's no excuse for doing nothing . To me it screams your lazy and from experience I wouldn't employ someone long term unemployed again as i've found them to be lazy.
Pull some pints, do something but don't do nothing.

newmug wrote: »

Someone who doesn't capitalise the first letter of a sentence won't be getting any interviews for a long time:cool:

So mr ***** your here for the job of truck driver, so are you a good driver?
No sir I cant drive for S**T but look at me CV not 1 spelling mistake sham

Well mr ***** that's good enough for me you got the job :rolleyes:

newmug wrote: »

*Sigh* Jenny, I'm just giving some advice relevant to the thread - take it from someone with experience. Learn to spell people. Know the difference between "they're", "there", and "their". Dont balls up a job opportunity over stupid, primary school level, spelling and grammar mistakes on your (not you're) CV.

Apologies for the short "hijack", but the whole grammar thing reminded me of this: 10 words you need to stop misspelling.

I don't think it is for lack of trying. My friends and I are often told it's because we lack the experience required, some companies want to employ people who have the relevant experience and can just jump right into the job.
While some people aren't trying, I know a guy who had a call yesterday from a bar yesterday but he didn't answer because they might want him to work Friday night :rolleyes:
But as my friend and I are travelling to Dundrum Town Centre (which is an hour and half public transport journey ) I don't think it'd be fair to say "a lot of us" aren't trying very hard to get work, the majority of us are, it's only a select few who aren't bothered and probably believe they can live off mammy and daddy til the recession gives over.

newmug wrote: »

Thirdly, one poster commented that most youngsters only seem to be working for drinking money, and another poster asked "Well what do you think they should be working for?"!!!!!!

Where to start!?!?!?!?

1. Money for rent
2. Money for food
3. Money for bills
4. Money for a car, diesel, tax, insurance etc.
5. Money for unforseen events, like pregnancies or perhaps further education
6. A nest egg for a house
7. A nest egg for starting a life in a different country
8. A nest egg for a busines

I could go on, but after you budget for all those things, THEN you can spend a few quid on drink:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

To all young people spending their dole money on drink (and fags), please remember when someone starts lecturing you like this that you are paying a hell of a lot more of your income in tax than the person accusing you of being a lazy scrounger.

ntlbell wrote: »

huh it's ok they smoke and drink as they're paying tax, but they're paying tax with the tax payers money

You don't make any sense.

They're going to get the money anyway, at least spending it that way they're pumping it back into the economy and the government coffers. They could be saving every penny of the taxpayer's money under their mattress instead - what good would that be doing the economy?

newmug wrote: »

Firstly, going by some posts here, people need to learn how to spell. If you dont know the difference between "there are" and "they are", you should be back in sixth class, not job hunting. I'm being serious.

Secondly, how far is too far to travel? I know a lad who travels from Roscommon to Dublin and back everyday. Thats normal travelling people! Anyone who turns down a job because it was an hour away doesn't deserve a job IMO.

Thirdly, one poster commented that most youngsters only seem to be working for drinking money, and another poster asked "Well what do you think they should be working for?"!!!!!!

Where to start!?!?!?!?

1. Money for rent
2. Money for food
3. Money for bills
4. Money for a car, diesel, tax, insurance etc.
5. Money for unforseen events, like pregnancies or perhaps further education
6. A nest egg for a house
7. A nest egg for starting a life in a different country
8. A nest egg for a busines

I could go on, but after you budget for all those things, THEN you can spend a few quid on drink:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Its not a spelling competition, and by the way smart arse, this is how you spell business!!! Maybe you should go back to sixth class.

I'm sure most people put a little bit more care into their CV than they do into their chat, just as they probably don't swear in interviews. They'll be fine.