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Is it virtually impossible to get a job in the UK now?

I am starting to loose patience. I have applied for over 30 bloody jobs and only two people have got bad to me. Im not even kidding.

Am i doomed to never go to work ever again? If anyone from Birmingham is reading this, preferably an employer then please give me a job. Its verging on desperation now!
Things are going to get bloody lol.

Asked By: sarah - 4/20/2009
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I am in Newport and despite being Wales' newest city the situation is the same here. We have 32 new jobs listed at the jobcentre against Birmingham's 56.

See the link below and do a search for 'all jobs in Birmingham' at the end of each day, refine your search to just 'one day' or use the sort by date. That will put you 10 x ahead of the people who only check the jobcentre machines once a fortnight.
* This is the only way to find jobs- the jobcentre staff seem incapable of putting jobs in the right category for the other searches.

Jobsite will send a daily email. So will monster.
Depending on your field of work, other job sites may email you vacancies as they are posted throughout the day.

Metro newspaper has had some useful job ads in it - two recently were ok for me. Pick up your local copy and find out which website Metro use for your local jobs, then just check the website.

Good luck to us all!
PS Take some time to enjoy the apple blossom and ornamental cherries that are out this week- you never have time for it when you are working!
Answered By: Tertia - 4/20/2009
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2 got back to you... how exactly can you not get a job?

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Answered By: TheMoneyGuide - 4/22/2009
I am interested in finding this out aswell.
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Answered By: Jell - 4/20/2009
Heh, I'm not here to answer your question, but I'm in Solihull, pretty close to you, and I'm looking as well. I feel your pain!
Answered By: Antttt! - 4/20/2009
30 jobs eh? And now what, give up?

I have applied for well over 100 since being made redundant on April 3rd. I have received 11 rejections, including one following an interview, have taken a whole day's worth of selection exams, and now have two forthcoming final interviews.

That's what is expected of a job seeker, and I will meet that expectation and apply for every job I can possibly do until I get one. If I don't like the job I get I'll do my best at it whilst I keep trying to get a job I like better.

It is demoralising, yes, especially signing on fortnightly amongst a number of the feckless workshy great unwashed who get benefits that I am not entitled to because I have paid contributions for 32 years, but do it we must until we find an employer.

Keep trying and keep your spirits up. Be open minded and apply for any job you can do rather than any job you'd like to do.
Answered By: MarkEverest - 4/20/2009
Look it is never impossible to get a job - go self employed and to hell with any boss - Be the boss hunny.
Answered By: Mogs J - 4/20/2009
Well, I'd say that yes, it is very very difficult to find a job right now. Few companies are hiring, and because a lot of companies have already made redundancies, the competition is extremely tough.

My organisation recently advertised a job in Birmingham - sorry, it's closed now - and we received 300 applications! I couldn't believe it ... the salary was only £13,000. I am from London so I am used to salaries being higher and I am informed that that is about right for an admin job in Birmingham, but I still couldn't believe that so many people were desperate for a job that paid so little!

Anyway, my advice to you ... apply for more jobs. I was made redundant in November and didn't keep a count of how many jobs I applied for, but I estimate that it was between 150 and 200 (over a three-week period). I applied for everything I wanted to do (i.e. HR) and everything I could do but didn't want to (i.e. recruitment). It may be true that there are more opportunities in London, but I don't drive so I could only look at jobs in locations that I could get to easily.

Some of it is just luck ... like if an employer receives 300 applications, do you think they're going to really read all of them? Hell no! So yours could be the best of the bunch but it might not even be read. One way to get round this is to make sure your application is one of the first received. Sit in front of Monster and TotalJobs all day during the business day so you see jobs as soon as they're advertised - for the time being, this *is* your full-time job.

Don't worry about employers not getting back to you. The vast majority really don't have time due to the amount of applications received. At the end of the day, it doesn't help you if they get back to you to tell you that you're rejected because it will just be a standard letter and they may not even have read your application. Feel free to ask for feedback if you've attended an interview and been unsuccessful, but if you haven't even had an interview then feedback isn't going to be valuable.
Answered By: Cari - 4/20/2009
Bloody jobs. yep, your from england.

I live in the united states and virtually nobody is hiring, if they are it is for crap wage and no benefits.
Answered By: Billy Cunningham - 4/20/2009
I found it next to impossible to get a job, i'm in birmingham as well, got turned down so many times.

the problem is that the places that you got the info to apply for the jobs is available to many people, lots of them doing the same thing and applying for the same jobs!

my advice to you is to forget about the usually route, forget the job CENTRE.

get those free news papers, or (i think, as in the news agents) on thursdays, the evening mail, they have hundreds of jobs int he back.

but the best would be if you go out yourself and ask around if there are any jobs going, might seem tedious, and time consuming, that is why you will have a better chance at getting a job like this.

be very careful when signing up to online Job finding sites like monster, you will get a lot of dodgy replies, and be careful who you send and let see your CV, because a lot of people will use Monster (and other job sites) to get your personel information through them and your CV!
Answered By: insane_mad_maniak - 4/20/2009
Just been made redundant and went to have my interview at rochdale job centre. What a joke there are only 12 full time jobs in the whole of rochdale, i can see why you are losing you patience, never mind just do the best you can and carry on something may turn up .... good luck thats all i can say x
Answered By: southy - 4/20/2009
If you've tried the usual route of job centre and agency's then have a look on gumtree, I applied for 5 and 2 got back to me. What sort of work are you looking for?
Answered By: kate - 4/20/2009
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