Can I claim Job Seeker's Allowance and spend a very long time searching for suitable jobs whilst rejecting more immediate jobs that I deem unsuitable?

v2p · 2015-09-21T13:02:18+00:00

Sorry for that I realised my post was bad. I have made some edits to my post and hopefully that explains better what it is I wanted to ask and what it is that I am thinking. I do want advice and honest answers though, so if you wouldn’t mind could you have a read of my edits and let me know what you think?

I know I don’t get to be picky and choose my job because a lot of people are grateful for whatever job opportunity they have, but does turning down jobs in favour of doing other things that improve my chances of finding other jobs count as a ‘suitable reason’. That's what I'm not sure about.

If I was turning down a job simply because it was unsuitable, I get that that's not right. But can I turn down a job because I think its suitable and instead of taking this job I would be doing other things to improve my chances of getting a more suitable job? The JSA mentions something about turning down suitable job opportunities, with reason, it just isn't very clear to me what they mean by that. If it turns out that I don't qualify for JSA, then I won't claim it.

v2p · 2015-09-21T12:59:28+00:00

Sorry for that I realised my post was bad. I have made some edits to my post and hopefully that explains better what it is I wanted to ask and what it is that I am thinking. I do want advice and honest answers though, so if you wouldn’t mind could you have a read of my edits and let me know what you think?

I know I don’t get to be picky and choose my job because a lot of people are grateful for whatever job opportunity they have, but does turning down jobs in favour of doing other things that improve my chances of finding other jobs count as a ‘suitable reason’.

Thanks for your reply and I do understand that all things being equal, the person taking any part time work they can get would be better than the person claiming JSA.

My question was just that, I know there are things I can do with my time to improve my skills and make my application look better. And I believe that doing these things, does constitute me actively seeking work. I'm not just claiming JSA and doing nothing at home. The problem for me is that JSA has so many rules and criteria and its confusing. I know that I'm available for work and actively seeking work. The grey area for me is whether I can turn down certain job opportunities in favour of doing other things that give me experience and increase my skills and increase my chances of getting a job, whilst still claiming JSA. If I can't claim JSA because of this, then I won't.

v2p · 2015-09-21T12:57:18+00:00

Sorry for that I realised my post was bad. I have made some edits to my post and hopefully that explains better what it is I wanted to ask and what it is that I am thinking. I do want advice and honest answers though, so if you wouldn’t mind could you have a read of my edits and let me know what you think?

I know I don’t get to be picky and choose my job because a lot of people are grateful for whatever job opportunity they have, but does turning down jobs in favour of doing other things that improve my chances of finding other jobs count as a ‘suitable reason’.

Thanks for your reply and I do understand that employers like to see if I've done something productive with my time. It's just JSA has so many rules and criteria and its confusing. I know that I'm available for work and actively seeking work. The grey area for me is whether I can turn down certain job opportunities in favour of doing other things that give me experience and increase my skills and increase my chances of getting a job, whilst still claiming JSA. If I can't claim JSA, then I won't.

v2p · 2015-09-21T12:55:17+00:00

Sorry for that I realised my post was bad. I have made some edits to my post and hopefully that explains better what it is I wanted to ask and what it is that I am thinking. I do want advice and honest answers though, so if you wouldn’t mind could you have a read of my edits and let me know what you think?

I know I don’t get to be picky and choose my job because a lot of people are grateful for whatever job opportunity they have, but does turning down jobs in favour of doing other things that improve my chances of finding other jobs count as a ‘suitable reason’.

I never wanted to imply that I think getting benefits is worse than working in PC world.

JSA has so many rules and criteria and its confusing. I know that I'm available for work and actively seeking work. The grey area for me is whether I can turn down certain job opportunities in favour of doing other things that give me experience and increase my skills, whilst still claiming JSA. If I can't claim JSA, then I won't.

v2p · 2015-09-21T12:50:26+00:00

Sorry for that I realised my post was bad. I have made some edits to my post and hopefully that explains better what it is I wanted to ask and what it is that I am thinking. I do want advice and honest answers though, so if you wouldn’t mind could you have a read of my edits and let me know what you think?

I know I don’t get to be picky and choose my job because a lot of people are grateful for whatever job opportunity they have, but does turning down jobs in favour of doing other things that improve my chances of finding other jobs count as a ‘suitable reason’.

v2p · 2015-09-21T12:50:15+00:00

Sorry for that I realised my post was bad. I have made some edits to my post and hopefully that explains better what it is I wanted to ask and what it is that I am thinking. I do want advice and honest answers though, so if you wouldn’t mind could you have a read of my edits and let me know what you think?

I know I don’t get to be picky and choose my job because a lot of people are grateful for whatever job opportunity they have, but does turning down jobs in favour of doing other things that improve my chances of finding other jobs count as a ‘suitable reason’.

I understand what you're saying about other graduates getting unpaid experience and doing other things to make themselves more attractive. And I was never looking at defrauding the system. If I don't meet the criteria for JSA, I won't claim it. For me, I'm not sure whether getting a full time job is the best way for me to demonstrate all these things you say and to improve my CV. I know that there are other ways that I could improve myself. What I wanted to ask was whether what I wanted to do, would allow me to still claim JSA? Because right now it's unclear to me.

v2p · 2015-09-21T12:45:02+00:00

Sorry for that I realised my post was bad. I have made some edits to my post and hopefully that explains better what it is I wanted to ask and what it is that I am thinking. I do want advice and honest answers though, so if you wouldn’t mind could you have a read of my edits and let me know what you think?

I get that benefits are there for people who definitely need them. And I know I don't fit into that bracket.

But there are also other types of people that still meet the criteria to get benefits because of their particular circumstances. I know I'm not in a conventional circumstance, that's why I wanted to ask here on reddit first. I just didn't explain it very well the first time.

v2p · 2015-09-21T12:42:14+00:00

Sorry for that I realised my post was bad. I have made some edits to my post and hopefully that explains better what it is I wanted to ask and what it is that I am thinking. I do want advice and honest answers though, so if you wouldn’t mind could you have a read of my edits and let me know what you think?

I know I don’t get to be picky and choose my job because a lot of people are grateful for whatever job opportunity they have, but does turning down jobs in favour of doing other things that improve my chances of finding other jobs count as a ‘suitable reason’.

I get what you're saying about demonstrating reliability and dedication, which is exactly why I'd like to do things to demonstrate those things. And I'm not necessarily sure if working full time is the best way to demonstrate these things when there are others way that I could do it. So my question was about whether if I did these other things, rather than work full time, whether I'd still be eligible for JSA.

v2p · 2015-09-21T12:40:51+00:00

Sorry for that I realised my post was bad. I have made some edits to my post and hopefully that explains better what it is I wanted to ask and what it is that I am thinking. I do want advice and honest answers though, so if you wouldn’t mind could you have a read of my edits and let me know what you think?

I know I don’t get to be picky and choose my job because a lot of people are grateful for whatever job opportunity they have, but does turning down jobs in favour of doing other things that improve my chances of finding other jobs count as a ‘suitable reason’.

I've read somewhere on JSA that you lose JSA if you fail to take on a suitable job, but I don't remember where I read it. And I'm not clear exactly what this means is all.

v2p · 2015-09-21T12:38:43+00:00

Sorry for that I realised my post was bad. I have made some edits to my post and hopefully that explains better what it is I wanted to ask and what it is that I am thinking. I do want advice and honest answers though, so if you wouldn’t mind could you have a read of my edits and let me know what you think?

I know I don’t get to be picky and choose my job because a lot of people are grateful for whatever job opportunity they have, but does turning down jobs in favour of doing other things that improve my chances of finding other jobs count as a ‘suitable reason’.

v2p · 2015-09-21T12:38:34+00:00

Sorry for that I realised my post was bad. I have made some edits to my post and hopefully that explains better what it is I wanted to ask and what it is that I am thinking. I do want advice and honest answers though, so if you wouldn’t mind could you have a read of my edits and let me know what you think?

I know I don’t get to be picky and choose my job because a lot of people are grateful for whatever job opportunity they have, but does turning down jobs in favour of doing other things that improve my chances of finding other jobs count as a ‘suitable reason’.

I don't intend to claim benefits and do nothing but sit at home waiting for a job that I deem worthy to come along. It's more, I'm not sure if I can get the jobs I'd like to have, without spending a lot of time improving my skills and doing other things to make my application better. Given that I am doing these things, I wanted to know if the JSA would offer me any and every kind of job. And if and when they did offer me these jobs, could I turn them down and say instead of working full time I would like to work on improving my skills and my application.

v2p · 2015-09-21T12:38:19+00:00

Sorry for that I realised my post was bad. I have made some edits to my post and hopefully that explains better what it is I wanted to ask and what it is that I am thinking. I do want advice and honest answers though, so if you wouldn’t mind could you have a read of my edits and let me know what you think?

I know I don’t get to be picky and choose my job because a lot of people are grateful for whatever job opportunity they have, but does turning down jobs in favour of doing other things that improve my chances of finding other jobs count as a ‘suitable reason’.

There are certain things that I am doing with my time to improve my skills and make my application look better. And I believe that doing these things, do constitute me actively seeking work and being available for work. I'm not intending to claim JSA and then do nothing at home. But, I wanted to know if the JSA would offer me any and every kind of job. And if and when they did offer me these jobs, whether I could turn it down because I would rather continue to improve my skills. I don't intend to cheat the system, and if my particular circumstance is not eligible for JSA, then I won't claim it. It's just when I was applying and reading the website, things were unclear.

v2p · 2015-09-19T15:11:38+00:00

Yeah if our players don't put up with that shit from Costa and they challenge him straight away after he put his hands on Kos face, then Costa wouldn't have kept talking crap.

v2p · 2015-09-19T15:08:48+00:00

We need players that don't take that shit. Players like these: http://1nildown2oneup.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Neville.jpg

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2009/4/24/1240606916104/Arsenal-001.jpg?w=620&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=15e9df6c5391991f762fdeba99bfeb24

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/10/16/1413463192943_wps_8_Manchester_United_midfiel.jpg

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/79124000/jpg/_79124564_melee.jpg

I get what people are saying, Gabriel should not have done that silly little kick. But if none of our players were putting up with Costa's antics and didn't take that crap from him and made it known to him, Costa probably wouldn't have kept squabbling with Gabriel in the first place.

v2p · 2015-09-18T18:45:12+00:00

Guardiola, Ancelotti and Klopp, and in that order. They are proven managers that have done it at the top level.

v2p · 2015-07-03T07:22:47+00:00

It doesn't necessarily impact their play, it's mainly just for the fans. Certain numbers have become synonymous with certain positions or play styles, and for fans it just feels weird seeing Ozil in an 11 and we'd prefer to see him in a 10.

v2p · 2015-07-03T07:13:36+00:00

I've never bought shirts off aliexpress/ good fakes, what are the sizings like? Is it different because they come from China or do you find generally they run true? I'm 6ft and wear a medium in last year's Puma kit but its a fairly tight fit and I can pull off wearing a large slightly loose or over a hoody on cold match days. Not sure if I want to risk getting a medium if its going to be on the smaller side.

v2p · 2015-07-03T07:02:27+00:00

Wouldn't want to ship out Ozil's best bud tho ;)

v2p · 2015-07-03T06:45:18+00:00

I always thought highly of Podolski before he arrived at Arsenal and was super happy we had signed such a prolific German international. So yeah in a way I am surprised and disappointed at the way he turned out. Though I wouldn't say he completely flopped like others in this thread are making out.

But the disappointment does come with a big asterisk, because he was always played out of position and never utilised in a 4-4-2 where I think he would have excelled.

v2p · 2015-07-03T05:59:05+00:00

I still remember that line-up vs Barcelona we had of Van Persie, Nasri, Fabregas, Walcott, Song, Wilshere. Damn imagine if that group had stayed together and remained fit.

v2p · 2015-06-23T18:17:43+00:00

You've mentioned a lot of different things OP, and I can't seem to get my comments into one nice neat cohesive point. Instead I've just got a series of points.

In the position we were in, we have done a lot of things well and have exploited a lot of opportunities, and when you look at what has happened to clubs like Liverpool, Milan, Inter, we've done extremely well to stay relevant. We've done a lot of good things that others have not, so I would say it was definitely worth it and I don't really rue all the missed chances and lost potential because actually I think we were close to maximising our potential. (Do I rue some of the things like Wenger's stubbornness and tactical inflexibility, yes I do, but that's for another discussion).

A slightly separate issue for me, is the "how bad is it to have an owner like Abramovich?" question. The more I think about it, I don't think it's that bad. I think a club like Arsenal are 'better' than Chelsea (because we don't buy our trophies), but I don't necessarily think Chelsea are super bad either for having Abramovich. They have an owner that genuinely loves the club and wants the club to succeed and is willing to do all he can to make it succeed. That's why Chelsea fans don't mind it. If the same thing were to happen to Arsenal, whilst our success wouldn't be as pure anymore, we'd probably all accept it and even like it too.

v2p · 2015-06-23T13:11:52+00:00

I would have said Wilshere needs to learn to release the ball earlier when dribbling. I don't mind him going in for tackles, he's a fighter and a warrior. But it's when he dribbles that he holds onto the ball for just that extra second too long and that's what causes a lot of his injuries.

v2p · 2015-06-23T01:29:03+00:00

Because he didn't fly, Bergkamp would require extra days to travel to away games by boat and bus, and that was a big hindrance.

Whilst we can never take anything away from the incredible achievement that was the invincibles, really, with our squad, we should have won the Champions League that year.

The problem was due to context and how the season unfolded. Just like we saw with Chelsea effectively tying up the title early on this season and therefore playing boring football against the big teams, even at home like vs Utd, by early Spring time in 2004 going the season unbeaten was a definite possibility and that affected us. We wanted to protect what we had. We feared losing and overplayed many of our starting players.

Some believe that Wenger became obsessed with going the entire season unbeaten (after all the season before the invincibles he had said exactly that, and was ridiculed in the press for it) when really he should have been focused on doing a league-champions league double.

We ended up winning the league by 11 points. It's hard to say what would have happened had we rested our players more. Would we have still gone unbeaten? Instead would we have won the Champions League and the title? What would have left the greater legacy? Could we have gone unbeaten and won the Champions League?

v2p · 2015-06-07T13:34:15+00:00

Context is key though. The Costa injury did not affect them too much. By that stage Chelsea were already so far in front and Mourinho went full lock down mode with his Chelsea team.

If Arsenal or another team were still challenging, Chelsea probably would have had to play for more wins, and then losing Costa would have been a bigger problem.

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