The all new TG's gorra job, worra bout you thread

[TG]

Here I shall post for your entertainment the trials & tribulations of a 48 year old bloke trying to find employment after 32 years with the same company.

The story so far.

As stated above 32 years with the same company, the last 15 in sales admin / IT support.

Qualifications : NVQ level 2 in customer services. ( )

How long have I got? I finish on the 26th September but will be paid until the end of November at which point I get a wad that is about the equivalent of 6 month pay. Less a PS3 and, so I'm led to beleive a 3 peice suite!  

So far I have put 3 applications in for jobs. Including probation service, council numpty and Leicester University numpty.

Thats 3 in the first week. I figure if I keep this pace up something should happen soon.

I shall keep you posted as I know you are all bore fascinated by it all.

All helpful advice and cheerful abuse will be welcome.  

[Nick]

1. Good luck
2. See http://www.thefullercv.com/guardian.asp
3. Don't take the first job you are offered!

[Snoopy]

There is always work to be had as a Security Guard. Qualifications needed are a provable background and an absence of any pending criminal proceedings. Money usually works out at about £300 per week. Hours are sometimes awkward as obviously security is usually working when everyone else isn't. Advantage to that is that you can pretty much do as you want, read a book, listen to radio (TV watching is usually a no-no) and take an occasional stroll around the place to make sure it is still there. You are NOT there to catch criminals or get your head kicked in. You function is to observe and report. The boys with the blue lights do all the hard work.
Not the best job in the world but one anyone can do to fill in until something else (better) comes along. I have known many who have drifted into it for that reason and ten years later are still enjoying it.
As the recession deepens I can assure you that there will be more and more vacancies in that line.

[Nick]

Noooooooooooooooo

You can work in a nice comfy office with girls in tights and stuff at the Council.And a coffee machine.

[Snoopy]

Noooooooooooooooo

You can work in a nice comfy office with girls in tights and stuff at the Council.And a coffee machine.

 

[Uncle Mort]

The office job sounds better than the security job but not by much.

With IT skills there is the possibility of working for yourself. Lots of home users haven't the foggiest how their machines work and need to get a man in.

[Snoopy]

The office job sounds better than the security job but not by much.

With IT skills there is the possibility of working for yourself. Lots of home users haven't the foggiest how their machines work and need to get a man in.

See also Locksmiths 

[Nick]

Here I am!

£45 an hour it costs me

[Nick]

The office job sounds better than the security job but not by much.

With IT skills there is the possibility of working for yourself. Lots of home users haven't the foggiest how their machines work and need to get a man in.

See also Locksmiths 

QUITE!

[TG]

The office job sounds better than the security job but not by much.

With IT skills there is the possibility of working for yourself. Lots of home users haven't the foggiest how their machines work and need to get a man in.

I have earned the odd bit of money (and the odd case of booze) by doing that. But being a non driver limits it a bit.
 
I'll sabot fix Nicks PC for £20 an hour but travelling expenses might be a bit steep. 

[Nick]

FFS man.Learn to drive!! Or get a bike!

[Grumpmeister]

The office job sounds better than the security job but not by much.

With IT skills there is the possibility of working for yourself. Lots of home users haven't the foggiest how their machines work and need to get a man in.

I have earned the odd bit of money (and the odd case of booze) by doing that. But being a non driver limits it a bit.
 
I'll sabot fix Nicks PC for £20 an hour but travelling expenses might be a bit steep. 

How much of that £20 is danger money? 

[Barman]

The office job sounds better than the security job but not by much.

With IT skills there is the possibility of working for yourself. Lots of home users haven't the foggiest how their machines work and need to get a man in.

I have earned the odd bit of money (and the odd case of booze) by doing that. But being a non driver limits it a bit.
 
I'll sabot fix Nicks PC for £20 an hour but travelling expenses might be a bit steep. 

A PS3, a 3 piece suite and driving lessons then... you're all sorted... 

[Snoopy]

The office job sounds better than the security job but not by much.

With IT skills there is the possibility of working for yourself. Lots of home users haven't the foggiest how their machines work and need to get a man in.

I have earned the odd bit of money (and the odd case of booze) by doing that. But being a non driver limits it a bit.
 
I'll sabot fix Nicks PC for £20 an hour but travelling expenses might be a bit steep. 

A PS3, a 3 piece suite and driving lessons then... you're all sorted... 

And broke and he ain't even got the money yet.

Get onto your local security company and be working by next weekend. Then you have income much higher than Job Seekers and all the time in the world to write CVs, applications etc whilst proving to prospective employers that you are not sitting on your arse doing nothing (Actually you will be spending your working hours sitting on your arse doing nothing but they don't know that).

[The Moan Ranger]

You should set up a company exporting Imodium to Egypt. You'll make a fortune.