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my hubby been looking for work for ages now and cant get a permanant one, all tempory ranging for between 1 day and 1 month.....are there none left?
it seems to be the current state of the uk, every1 being laid off,places shutting down,companies going under!
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Dave01
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I know of a few permanent jobs coming up in Lowestoft.
Can you pm me your hubbies CV?
In confidence
Dave
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funkychick
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Twacy I know you moved here very recently, did you do any homework about the area? In common with many other seaside towns it is what is termed as a 'deprived area' and as such will not have that much in the way of employment opportunities
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i never know why they call this 'deprived' because i seen alot worse.Is your hubby prepared to do any job.I know they looking for people at cefas anymore than that i do not know
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Well it is deemed a deprived area SD whether it fits that criteria for you or not
What qualifications has your husband got Twacy and what kind of work is he looking for? It is bad everywhere in the country ( read Europe, read world)
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twacey
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thanks dave i will pm you bit alter with info.
yes we did do our homework befor we moved, hubby actually has a job to come to, but alas they shut down, and he hasnt found a relacement. weve lived in holiday places befor,skeggy,isle of wight, so know the score as far as work goes but even in the winter life goes on!
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twacey
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by trade he's a poultry farmer,used to be manager on both ducks/turkeys, hes done pig farming, hes a good welder(,up to mot standard)can turn his hand to most outdoor things, doesnt mind hard work, full clean driving licence, he hasnt any certificates, just lots of experience.
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funkychick
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It s a shame that having a job to come to it fell through I can see your difficulty. Has he tried the farms outside the immediate area he may need to accept travelling a bit to find something although all the farms seem to be in trouble now too. I understand about the experience versus paperwork its a b..... because though experience may make him the better worker now a days everyone wants to see certificates and qualifications It may pay him to do some evening courses to get them whilst he is unemployed as i think a lot of courses are free. Is his CV up to date that makes a big differenceand again he can get help with that at The Crossing in the High Street if it isnt
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Is the Crossing still open? I walked past 'The Junction' this afternoon by MacDonalds and that seemed to be open they maybe able to help too. Good luck Twacey.
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funkychick
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The crossing as far as I know is open and also have one day a week in the Kirkley Centre sth Lowestoft
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twacey
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hes been looking to travel outside the area,bury st edmunds, kings lynn and so forth for work as long as its finacially viable for us ,with the poultry farming it is because of the higher wage,but with other jobs,norwich is about the furthest. the trouble is to start at the begining again and get trained to get the certs, at 40yrs old doesnt look good either for perspective employers. for the poultry farming they really only take on under 20's and not even sure if they provide cert's, welding courses take years to do,when he can do them anyway.
thing is to do welding you dont have to be qualified not for general welding..only for coded and the more specialist welding, he used to be employed by a garage to do the welding on cars/vans ect for their mot's ect.
hes thought about getting a cscs card to do labouring but they only seem to want to take on a few days at a time, but hes had no experience in this. it all seems a catch 22 situation. it seems hard going for some-one who actually wants to work for a living!
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snowdrop
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try water bord i think it at Lound they always after people
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Twacey,
Does your hubby put "QBE" after the welding or other work that he has and can do efficiently?
I know to some this may seem a little off the peg but it stands for Qualified By Experience, and has been known to assist in some areas of employment.
If it is of any help people like SEAFAS will require STCW95 or more cert before even reading any CV.s
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twacey
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hi, no what he has done most of the time is just apply for the jobs by tel and talk to the person which generally he has been offered a interview and told them of his experience (on 2 occassions, hes applied for basic egg collecting and been told hes over-experienced, probably afraid of their own position) and if its that sort of thing he doesnt even mention his higher position, or last time he offered them a free days work (welding) in a garage so they could see his work, he did get that job, but they went into car sales only 2 yrs later and laid off all workers.
just getting an interview is hard enough now.
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twacey
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it all seems poo....
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Until recently I always believed that being a ''flexible'' worker meant that yu fitted in with your employers working hours/shift paterns, I then discovered it is the complete reverse and the employer actually has to be the flexible one, they have to fit shift patterns/working hours around you, which can be and certainly is in my work place open to abuse.
Tell me Andre M how much worsr can it get ... 
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twacey
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well i dont think it can get worse.... were like alot of people trying to make life a bit comfortable and even part time 16hrs p/w or more would be better than nothing, hubbys going silly not being able to work.i dont know how people can spend years on the dole
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The "over experienced" or "over qualified" thing is a bit tricky. It is natural for one to want to prove they can easily do the job in question by including qualifications and experience over and above what is required. This can often go a against you. We all know of people who have agonised over going for a job far below their capabilities - our advice to them would usually be to take the job and look for another whilst doing that job - at least there is a bit of money coming in whilst they do so. Potential employers are on the look-out for this as generally they are looking for somebody who will stay with the business for the long term, if they suspect the applicant is simply "treading water" they will reject them as they suspect they will only work for them until they find something better and the expensive job of finding a replacement begins again. I think the answer is to take the risk and only reveal one's qualifications that are required for the job in hand.
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That's perfectly true Frankie it has happened to me on two occasions over the years. The first was nearly 30 years ago when the prospective employer actually wrote to me and said that he thought I was over-qualified and that the job on offer would not be paying what I would expect. However if I wished he would be prepared to invite me for an interview which I declined as I believed (correctly) that I had something else better lined up, even if it meant moving 150 miles.
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twacey
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well we never knew all of that,we thought it was just employers had say,limited work themself,so only needed a worker to cover that until "things got better"
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George27
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the widespread use of zero hours contracts - that don't guarantee any hours or pay but mean you cannot claim unemployment benefit,
Not heard of this one before. So all the government has to do to reduce unemployment, is to 'employ' everyone who is currently out of work on a zero hour contract. 100% employment, and massive cut in public spending.
Hardly moral, but when has that ever stopped a government? 
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