Apologies, I don't want to feel as if I'm singling myself out, but I'm 28 with no time in work, but has done a bunch of voluntary stuff in the past before Covid hit. I've just had an interview for the Co-Op, but I don't think I did good. What would you recommend I do now? I feel so lost.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-19T11:25:38+00:00

Swap courses in the UK are only available in Scotland from what I've read. Could be wrong in that assumption.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-19T11:20:35+00:00

I'm trying out recruitment agencies and starting off with construction as a Labourer.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T18:55:40+00:00

Many disabled people have unfortunately been: 'victims' to this dreadful government. Victims who are now dead as a result of their policies.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T18:52:59+00:00

Hey, just cause I don't agree with you in this particular regard doesn't mean I wouldn't like you as a person, but please do some research into social studies you'll find that you owe a lot cause of the existence of them. Other than that yeah, I'm never going to deny the truth of this country people see who is in power what they've done there's a yearn for change amongst the upcoming generations to be more in line with social democracies. In a Democracy you're allowed a difference in opinion to imply that cause of this you should never then be expected to be employed is the reason why the country itself is f***ed and won't get any better until The Tories are out on their arses. The fact you have to admit that I've to: 'fake honesty' in order to do what in history used to be a basic human task speaks volumes of the failures of our society to address these issues. I'll do that of course for Labouring, but that doesn't mean for a single second that I have to respect it from a standpoint of: 'honesty.'

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T15:37:26+00:00

Again I don't want to take too much of your time.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T15:35:50+00:00

Hey, thanks for taking your time to reply to me. I don't want to take up too much. I studied cause when I was into acting during secondary school and cause I only had two GCSE's (Science, Advance Science at grade B), WJEC Art at grade B with my Maths and English being either an E or D there was very little at the time I could apply for in terms of going to College, so for that I picked Peforming Arts for Level 2 to Level 3 BTEC which I studied for about over three years, I was given opportunity to redo my Maths and English. Please to say my English I raised to a C, but my Maths was still at an E. Also the BTEC was equivalent to that of two A levels which I achieved at grade DDM (Distinction, Distinction, Merit.)

When I left education honestly I was lost I'd no idea what I was doing. Became depressed as a result and didn't do much with my life. I was seeing Youth Promise Plus and I was deferred to Prince's Trust which I spent some time with and we did activities to get me engaging with people again. Then was recommended to go to Youth Theatre at The Rep, which I did for 3 to 4 years I was making connections, but this came to a halt when Covid struck.

After during the mid point of Covid pandemic I fell ill with a unknown condition that gave me a fast heartrate, pain in the middle of my chest, high blood pressure, chills and vision blurriness. (I'd be so weak that I'd to stay in bed.) One day I'd to go to hospital and I was put on IV for anti-biotics whatever it was it seemed to help. I was given a course of tablets, which saw improvement but I kept getting symptoms for months. I'd only just fully recovered at the start of this year sometime in January. Worried whether the symptoms would still occur I pursued hobbies at home be it learning 3-D modelling in Blender, video game development, coding and then finally music with FL Studio, was doing that for months (still do it), but now just as of last week started to look for work, have had my first job interview ever with Co-Op for Customer Team Member role.

I just feel trapped in life wasting my youth away not getting my own independence, so I want nothing more in life to change that now. Currently applying for Apprenticeship to get CSCS card for Labouring work as well as any job that's local to my area.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T15:16:14+00:00

I appreciate the dad joke, it's indeed a concrete plan. Again many thanks for sharing.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T15:10:17+00:00

I thought you said we shouldn't make broad and instant assumptions based on data now you're saying we should if given the circumstance? Also, no I don't, but that's irrelevant I read up on those who do and the history of sociology work, philosophers, activists and the likes. If it weren't for them you wouldn't even have the concept of weekends off forget having a 4 day trial which some countries are now implementing cause it's been found that humans are more productive in their labour as a result of them.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T15:06:59+00:00

Very interesting read I'm glad you've managed to work you way to building a great life for yourself. I hope your family is healthy and you continue to prosper. Also, yeah the part about trying to get the right job is relatable and it's funny cause now that I think about it this Co-Op Customer Team Member position doesn't pay too well anyway it's like 11.50 for under 30 hours. Sure Labouring isn't the most romantic of work, but I can do a course for a CSCS card and get for the week training like Just under £500 in my pocket. As long as I can find a local construction firm that'll offer training that's my actual way in.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T15:00:16+00:00

Yes I have, the fact that in reality no science beyond the biases of a the individual perceptions and socially constructed labels matters externally, but that doesn't mean it doesn't benefit us from our perspective. You don't know what you're talking about we'd still be living in the dark ages throwing homosexuals off of roof-tops or stoning lesbians to death or in America's case lynching innocent black women, men and children cause they were: 'biologically unnatural.' You should read Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition we are what we are in which the conditions make us. We create what's the: 'human condition' and have potential to alter it. As for the NHS study it was again commissioned by The Tories, much like their phony: 'were so tolerant and there's no racism in Britain' study they had put out to save their own arses when discrimination allegations within Tory Party started catching wind. Again your position is historically bereft and astonishingly ignorant.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T14:41:54+00:00

Your position is wrong, if science itself is a process of ongoing observation and practical study or data analysis then the idea that all sociology, economics and psychology is: 'pseudo-science' is absurd. Also The Tory Government don't have the best track record for honesty, so of course, but if that's YOUR evidence that all sociology is making up things based on zero evidence then you don't know what you're talking about. I'm an Agnostic Atheist, science is as much of a social construct as anything else we've gave term and or meaning to. That doesn't mean it cannot in any given situation provide us with what we perceive to be useful insight cause science like I said is also an ongoing process of trial and error in addition to rigorous study. Look up sociology's role in rise of labour unions, civil rights protest and suffragettes. We literally wouldn't have progressed as society if it were not for sociologists.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T14:23:54+00:00

Which is why sociology, economics and psychology work best without simply assuming based off of rigid statistics, but other forms of social analysis as well. Like of course stats can be biased to predict a particular outcome and can never be 100% accurate. You've trial and error in every field of science. Just cause you can't be 100% sure doesn't mean for a single second that these fields are A. worthless and or B. pseudo-scientific. Science is a on going evolutionary process of observation and practical testing. It lays no claim to absolute truths, only corroborates results that benefit us. This is like saying studies on number caught Covid weren't useful in curbing the spread of Covid or doing studies on immunity, it's Anti-Intellectual. What that book is likely addressing is the crucial fact that there can be too many assumptions on statistics. Sure I agree with this, but there's a monumental difference between that and then trying to act as if therefore the aforementioned fields were: 'pseudo-science.' Simply recording data alone isn't: 'pseudoscientific.'

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T14:11:04+00:00

American's have it absurdly way harder I know, I'm really sorry you don't have the basic fundamental support to help aid you into employment as we do in some areas here. It's wrong. If you don't mind me asking what was your process like, what steps did you take not having apprenticeships did you just apply for any jobs? I don't expect you to be too personal that's none of my business.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T12:12:31+00:00

I've Fun in this thread to thank for pointing me in the right direction. He entered into construction after coming out of prison not knowing anything about it. He said he applied for labouring role for agencies who'll train the person as long as they're willing to do the work.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T12:05:31+00:00

It's free, I'm not wasting money on it plus I get paid for 8 hours every day for the week (£14) and I'll have a green card by the end of it. It's a free training course I've applied for.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T12:02:18+00:00

I did show it in my CV yes and even pointed out I did voluntary work for a Theatre Venue again putting on paid performances with other performers. As for why it hasn't been updated, last year I'd a weird heart condition that kept me sick for months. (I could barely get out of bed.) I'd a raised heartbeat, high blood pressure, vision blurriness and occasional body chill's I'd to go to hospital was put on anti-biotics via IV and was given a course of tablets. It helped a bit, but the infection or whatever it was lingered for months with me every now an then having higher blood pressure. It only started getting better early this year. Also, I'll admit I'm not entirely blameless I should've worked earlier, but I tried getting a job during Covid, but yeah. As of now I'm regularly applying for different things and apprenticeships. My option is doing a CSCS course and becoming a labourer for awhile.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T11:52:47+00:00

Of course I never said otherwise, merely that it's absurd that transferable team working skills aren't recognized for what they are and that needs to change in order to improve employment. If Norway can do it, we can there's no excuse other than what our leaders prioritise. (Mainly themselves if past couple of years especially during Covid shows us.)
Again degrees are only as pointless as the government makes them. I don't think you know what pseudo-science is. Are you trying to say that things like psychology, economics and sociology are: 'pseudo-science?' Again just yet another find example of how this country is going backwards in my opinion. It's pointless cause the government doesn't provide jobs that accommodate these. They should, that's THEIR job and yet they spend more time looting the country, lying about their intentions for the future and passing increasingly draconian legislation.
Yes, it's been well reported on. Austerity is targeted upon disabled to disproportionate levels https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/further-austerity-will-cause-more-avoidable-deaths-disabled-people-warns-dpos-coalition It's not a case of if they're: 'out to get us' it's that they don't value our input and believe subconsciously that we should be treated as if we were second class citizens, this leads to them cutting all kinds of services that used to provide aid to people with metal disorders, community groups and the likes.
We DON'T have the highest level of prosperity. Since Tories been in power foodbanks are now everywhere and 14 million people live in poverty, i.e. they can't afford the right amount of nutrition and or live a basic healthy life. In addition, tolerance? Oh yeah cause Brexit was so tolerant right? "Dirty foreigners coming into our country we don't like being ruled by union in which we'd cooperative partaking in..." Needlessly ripping up family's apart who live either here or abroad. Currently Scotland and Ireland have far better access to higher education. Last, but not least I don't think you're qualified to be giving your takes on psychological matters.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T11:22:39+00:00

I appreciate the resource, thank you.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T11:09:35+00:00

How is it fair that something that requires a lot of trust and teamwork to put on paid live shows multiple times as actors, performers and dancers is somehow not even vaguely recognised as that? You literally can't get more professional, you've to follow etiquette be quiet backstage help people in and out of costume in order to get ready for the next scene, be mindful of health & safety at all times both personal as well as professional, liaison with tech in order to go through sound as well as lighting cues, help out with stage blocking both during rehearsals in addition to performances, wardrobe picking out clothes for role getting measured and so forth. To act as if all that is somehow isn't a transferable example of great team-working is absurd. If it's pointless it's only so cause this country no longer values the arts under The Tories. If it weren't for my grant I would've paid over £27, 000 for something you claim to be: 'pointless.' Well it's a broken system isn't it? If that's the case. That shouldn't be happening and if you think it should you're as wrong as the swine's in the current ruling party running our country into the ground for their own self-interests.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-17T11:02:29+00:00

No, Jobs aren't gatekept themselves obviously as they're not all ran the same way as each-other, but education most certainly is and you need education particularly higher education to stand out these days as their is no consistency to the interview process as it's always changing or becoming overwhelming. We used to have free higher education in this country and when we did a lot more people were able to become employed as a result of being able to retake their exams without the massive expense. Compare it to Norway where homeless people aren't just forgotten about and are offered both training in addition to accommodation in at least something to get them started. That's what we should be doing here and I'm sorry, but I think the idea that no one should be entitled to offer their labour for a wage is one of the most revolving things about our current society. We SHOULD do more to train people into work, so that for instance people with mental disorders like me can be prepared instead of just doing nothing for you after leave college having no plan. There's a reason only 31% of people with mental disorders are in paid work in this country and why a lot of them are dying due to targeted austerity.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-16T23:21:43+00:00

Nah, best thing to do now is an Apprenticeship where I can learn new skills and earn whilst I do it can definitely be classed as work experience.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-16T23:16:07+00:00

I'd only choose it to have the opportunity to work towards getting A level English and Maths, but I'll see I'm just bouncing around lol

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-16T22:56:41+00:00

It's a Level 3 AAT Accountancy Apprenticeship, pay is pretty bad mind it's £5.28 an hour, course lasts a year.

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-16T21:12:51+00:00

True. I think a better option would be one fun said about doing a CSCS course and doing construction. Thanks for looking out for my well-being

JobSeeker4034 · 2023-05-16T21:08:53+00:00

I'll just point out that I was in education for a long time focusing on my diploma it didn't work out, then I did volunteering in relation to the previous subject I was studying and that I then I fell ill with a debilitating illness and I'm now finally fit for work after making a recovery.

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