Rincewind Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 Another 200 in front of me in job applications. Not defeatist. Experience vs no experience for that type of job. That is if there are the jobs available that are genuine.
MooseBreath Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 Unemployment is on the way down so there are obviously genuine jobs around
MooseBreath Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 This thread is about one specific case. On the whole unemployment is going down.
Guest MattP Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 Unemployment is on the way down so there are obviously genuine jobs around I was speaking to a financial recruitment agency last week and they told me the market is absolutely booming at the minute again.
Rincewind Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 On one jobsearch site they say there are at least 50 applicants for each job.
Guest MattP Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 On one jobsearch site they say there are at least 50 applicants for each job. I found that quite normal ten years ago when their were loads of jobs around.
ithuriel Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 Can add another 63 to that list of unemployed, firm i work for is getting rid of employees for the second time this year, must be close to a 100 in total.
Soar Fox Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 For anyone looking for a job trelleborg who are based on Hoods close are looking for people.
cambridgefox Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 another pizza bad news choux can do batter than that.On a serious note,it must be awful for the families/persons affected.
Captain... Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 Does anyone think it is time to stop being so insular and start emigrating more for work. I don't know the stats but when you consider how many people come here to work as opposed to us going the other way, there is money and jobs out there. I don't know what the stats are and I could be wrong, but it feels like as a nation we are so reluctant to move elsewhere for work and take a chance in another country.
Guest Col city fan Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 Does anyone think it is time to stop being so insular and start emigrating more for work. I don't know the stats but when you consider how many people come here to work as opposed to us going the other way, there is money and jobs out there. I don't know what the stats are and I could be wrong, but it feels like as a nation we are so reluctant to move elsewhere for work and take a chance in another country. I genuinely wouldn't want to leave the shores of Ol Blighty. Fair play, I moan about it, but we have some of the most lovely cities, green countryside and best standard of living in the world. And I'd miss the football too much too.
Guest MattP Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 Does anyone think it is time to stop being so insular and start emigrating more for work. I don't know the stats but when you consider how many people come here to work as opposed to us going the other way, there is money and jobs out there. I don't know what the stats are and I could be wrong, but it feels like as a nation we are so reluctant to move elsewhere for work and take a chance in another country. Start teaching foreign languages from an early age and it might happen. Gove is trying to implement it but as its his idea it's obviously ridiculous and everyone will oppose.
Captain... Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 I genuinely wouldn't want to leave the shores of Ol Blighty. Fair play, I moan about it, but we have some of the most lovely cities, green countryside and best standard of living in the world. And I'd miss the football too much too. I do wonder if this is a very typical English attitude, it is very hard to judge I met lots of people in Spain who wanted to come to England, and plenty of south Americans and other Europeans in Spain and everyone knows the amount of Europeans, Asians, Africans over here. As beautiful as England is there are more beautiful places out there, where I lived in Spain I was one hour from the beach one hour from the mountains one hour from beautiful countryside lakes and forests etc, and one hour from the desert. It was phenomenal and you could guarantee scorching summers and snowy winters, and the football weren't bad either. I guess the question is if you were unemployed and were guaranteed a job in Spain for example, not well paid but honest work, would you stay here on benefits or go to another country?
Guest Col city fan Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 I do wonder if this is a very typical English attitude, it is very hard to judge I met lots of people in Spain who wanted to come to England, and plenty of south Americans and other Europeans in Spain and everyone knows the amount of Europeans, Asians, Africans over here. As beautiful as England is there are more beautiful places out there, where I lived in Spain I was one hour from the beach one hour from the mountains one hour from beautiful countryside lakes and forests etc, and one hour from the desert. It was phenomenal and you could guarantee scorching summers and snowy winters, and the football weren't bad either. I guess the question is if you were unemployed and were guaranteed a job in Spain for example, not well paid but honest work, would you stay here on benefits or go to another country? Oh that's easy.. I'd go abroad to work. I've never not worked and couldn't bear the idea. I did a spell of bar work in Tenerife back in the day. Loved it to be honest... Great weather, birds, great job and a good laff. But I wouldn't want to live there permanent. I like it here though do intend to move to Norfolk when I retire. Anyway, enough rambling...
21st Century Fox Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 Start teaching foreign languages from an early age and it might happen. Gove is trying to implement it but as its his idea it's obviously ridiculous and everyone will oppose. Sounds good in theory but it would have to be universal across school, but free schools and academies can opt-out of the National Curriculum so you end up with some schools teaching it and others not, then you end up with pupils moving to secondary education at different levels. You've then to got choose which language is most important to be taught, French, Spanish, etc otherwise you end up again with pupils moving to secondary education with different languages, which most schools don't have the resources to cater to. Then you've also got to train all the primary school teachers or hire more specialist teachers.
BlueSi13 Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 I do wonder if this is a very typical English attitude, it is very hard to judge I met lots of people in Spain who wanted to come to England, and plenty of south Americans and other Europeans in Spain and everyone knows the amount of Europeans, Asians, Africans over here. As beautiful as England is there are more beautiful places out there, where I lived in Spain I was one hour from the beach one hour from the mountains one hour from beautiful countryside lakes and forests etc, and one hour from the desert. It was phenomenal and you could guarantee scorching summers and snowy winters, and the football weren't bad either. I guess the question is if you were unemployed and were guaranteed a job in Spain for example, not well paid but honest work, would you stay here on benefits or go to another country? Depends on what your profession is, i for one worked in Germany for a fair while as a design engineer and had a good old time (i think you'll be surprised at how many brits work abroad btw), however i love living and working in England also. Spain is ok for a bit of fun in the sun, however its economy isn't completely in the shit by accident. If you want a long, prosperous, healthy, diverse, and professional career in Europe the big three are and will always be Germany, France, and Great Britain.
MooseBreath Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 I'm aiming to start working abroad seriously in three or four years. Can't imagine ever being satisfied by living in one country for my whole life. The biggest barrier is language. You can teach English abroad but unless you know the local tongue there's not alot you else you can do up until you're qualified in something which is in demand. It's not like a non-Spanish speaking Brit could just walze down to Malaga and get a job doing office admin or in Maccy D's. Then if you want to go outside Europe you need to consider visa's which make it even harder.
RonnieTodger Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 Hasn't JJB Sports at Fosse Park closed down as well? They had a lot of staff, so it's very sad news.
acooling08 Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 Would never want to live or work abroad. After 2 weeks abroad on holiday I'm dying to get back home. As for compulsory language education, I'd have hated that in college. I stopped doing French as soon as I could. I've never been so bad at learning anything before or since in my life, I just couldn't retain anything for longer than a week.
Captain... Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 Would never want to live or work abroad. After 2 weeks abroad on holiday I'm dying to get back home. As for compulsory language education, I'd have hated that in college. I stopped doing French as soon as I could. I've never been so bad at learning anything before or since in my life, I just couldn't retain anything for longer than a week. Try it you might learn something, learning another language is one of the best things you can do, especially from a young age it really aids development. It depends if you see it as being forced to learn another language or they actually teach the benefits of knowing another language, the other thing is we start learning another language too late in life, at 5 and younger we are so attuned to languages we can learn them really easily. We are spoilt by living in a country that speaks English, the universal language of business, but it does set us back in a number of things when you have people that can speak 2 languages pretty much from birth, and then learn English on top of that. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that mandarin becomes a more important language than English.
FoxesAreBlue Posted 3 October 2012 Posted 3 October 2012 Try it you might learn something, learning another language is one of the best things you can do, especially from a young age it really aids development. It depends if you see it as being forced to learn another language or they actually teach the benefits of knowing another language, the other thing is we start learning another language too late in life, at 5 and younger we are so attuned to languages we can learn them really easily. We are spoilt by living in a country that speaks English, the universal language of business, but it does set us back in a number of things when you have people that can speak 2 languages pretty much from birth, and then learn English on top of that. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that mandarin becomes a more important language than English. I would love to learn Italian and its on my to-do list. Problem is I can't roll my "Rs". I remember my English teacher telling us that from birth, a baby's mouth has the ability to make every human sound possible, like strong accents and the click languages found around the world however as we grow older we lost the ability and have to re-learn them!
cambridgefox Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 I have a question. It's an old one but I'm not sure it's ever been answered. I live alone so I have to do all my own chores, including shopping! Washing! And gulp... Ironing! Why, when I take my laundry to the washing machine from my natty little wicker basket, and wash it, are there odd socks in the pile of finished washing? Why? It's always perplexed me... I then go to my sock drawer and just can't find the corresponding sock to go with the odd one!! Yours confused, Col.. perhaps you left them at AOWWs I have exactly the same problem - very frustrating. I swear the washing machine eats them. Perhaps you left them at AOWWs!!Perhaps you left them at Cols!! Oh that's easy.. I'd go abroad to work. I've never not worked and couldn't bear the idea. I did a spell of bar work in Tenerife back in the day. Loved it to be honest... Great weather, birds, great job and a good laff. But I wouldn't want to live there permanent. I like it here though do intend to move to NORFOLK when I retire. Anyway, enough rambling... Do I need to get the Mrs to get a new hat or do we need an injunction .Ha Ha
MooseBreath Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 It is not beyond the realms of possibility that mandarin becomes a more important language than English. Unless/until some game changing event alters the path of humanity, that is never gonna happen. Too geographically isolated, too hard to learn.
Darkon84 Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 I was thinking about the whole working abroad thing the other day. Having just been out to spend time in France again, the language came flooding back, and left me pondering and wishing I kept up learning French and German, even if its just for the ability to hold a good conversation while away. Though the possibility of working in another country, seeing different things, and effectively doubling the area you can work in, is amazing. Id love to learn Italian and Swedish, but I think I should concentrate on regaining and expanding my French and German knowledge again first......Speaking of which, does anyone know what areas of Munich are the best to stay in, just for a long weekend or something?
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