Beware Jobplus

Duncan said:

David Benson said:

staff and applicants think its a easy job that requires little skill

Exactly. Sounds like Aye and Susan were very lucky, basing on what they are like around here, maybe things are different here? These days most of the applicants are probably doing so because they want their next cheque, the folk who actually want a job will be out there chasing leads, making calls, phoning friends, cold calling, walking onto sites, you know, real stuff, complicated stuff, like talking to people who employ staff. You also have to remember that the people who work in the job centre are there because they have no career ambition or business acumen, they just want their next cheque too, blind leading the blind. ;-)

The local press works for most of the big employers around here, in fact they sometimes advertise positions that don't exist just to put the jitters up the competition and as a kind of psycho marketing ploy. They get all the work because they have the most staff/capacity, or do they..? Oh! They do now! Now that the jobs are in! lol.

Undoubtedly there will be some who will be just going through the motions ....but to say most is just guessing

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Brian www.mibservices.co.uk August 26, 2012 at 8:15pm

Experienced the same thing over the years. They have quota's and targets to reach for sending the unemployed to interviews. Like you said, all a waste of everyone concerned's time and money. I usually find my staff through people i know or current staffs contacts.
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Ayegardening Ltd August 26, 2012 at 8:37pm

We used Job plus to advertise a job last month. Like you we got quite a variety of applicants however, we shortlisted them and did a trial of two of them. They were so good that we took them both on!

The thing that worried me was that when we advertised a job back in April of this year - at least 5 of those applicants applied again this time with the same covering letter and CV!
David Benson August 26, 2012 at 11:12pm

i don't know all the inns and outs but each unemployed person has to show that they have applied for at least three jobs every time they sign on or they loose there right to benefit, also the staff and applicants think its a easy job that requires little skill
Fenlandphil August 27, 2012 at 1:23am

I read the title very quickly and thought it said beware jodpurs.
paul mcdermott August 27, 2012 at 1:34am

Fenlandphil said:

I read the title very quickly and thought it said beware jodpurs.
Fenlandphil August 27, 2012 at 8:39am

Sorry Paul I didn't mean it to seem flippant, It's old age age and probably poor eye sight.

We used the job centre last about 12 years ago maybe a bit longer, as at that time my mum in law was still working for me in her seventies, I had no objection to taking on older people. I was about to offer one chap a job who had been out of work for three years when he said to me I don't think I could settle to this, he had apparently to apply for so many jobs in a set period of time to keep his benifit.

The Jobcentre were not best pleased when I told them.
Keith August 27, 2012 at 10:48am

Duncan said:
David Benson said:

staff and applicants think its a easy job that requires little skill

Exactly. Sounds like Aye and Susan were very lucky, basing on what they are like around here, maybe things are different here? These days most of the applicants are probably doing so because they want their next cheque, the folk who actually want a job will be out there chasing leads, making calls, phoning friends, cold calling, walking onto sites, you know, real stuff, complicated stuff, like talking to people who employ staff. You also have to remember that the people who work in the job centre are there because they have no career ambition or business acumen, they just want their next cheque too, blind leading the blind. ;-)

The local press works for most of the big employers around here, in fact they sometimes advertise positions that don't exist just to put the jitters up the competition and as a kind of psycho marketing ploy. They get all the work because they have the most staff/capacity, or do they..? Oh! They do now! Now that the jobs are in! lol.

Undoubtedly there will be some who will be just going through the motions ....but to say most is just guessing
paul mcdermott August 27, 2012 at 8:26pm

Actually Phil when I read your comment was very amused and wanted to change thread to Beware jobplus and jodhpurs!

Fenlandphil said:

Sorry Paul I didn't mean it to seem flippant, It's old age age and probably poor eye sight.

We used the job centre last about 12 years ago maybe a bit longer, as at that time my mum in law was still working for me in her seventies, I had no objection to taking on older people. I was about to offer one chap a job who had been out of work for three years when he said to me I don't think I could settle to this, he had apparently to apply for so many jobs in a set period of time to keep his benifit.

The Jobcentre were not best pleased when I told them.