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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Cashy...you and I are roughly the same age.....but I didn't find it easy to get a job.
And it wasn't for the want of trying. I wrote letters and turned up at factories and offices.
Yes Less....I did get a job. My first wage was 50 shillings......and I worked five and a half days for that. For those who are resourceful there is always something out there....it might not be what you want to be doing for the rest of your life, but it gives you a start.
I know quite a number of young people....some of them do not put any effort into getting a job.
One lass I know has been working on Saturdays and Sundays at Next since she was 16, she also worked at the Walton Arms washing up in the evenings......to fund herself through University which she starts in October.....she actively went out and searched for these two jobs.......that is what you have to do.....get out there and show those who will pay you that you can put the effort in.
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Really doesn't say much..are you saying that the 'some' are a majority or a minority, how many is a 'number'..2, 3, 4, 10, 20, 30, 100?
Sorry if i'm being a little pedantic here, but it really is far too easy to use cliches like that without quantifying.
Your example of the pillar of society young girl who has worked her way to university is admirable, unfortunately if she stays in this country after she has gained her masters, chances are she'll probably be back at the Walton washing dishes. Thanks to 30 years of politicians sucking up to non producing bankers, stockbrokers and financial traders whilst systematically destroying all semblance of productive industry.
Todays kids are far more media savvy than we were, they already know how bleak their future is, but i'll argue that the majority of them, when they get past that god awful 14/17 age range, still try to find work, despite the cruddy job centre weasels making them apply for 6 o'clock starts in Leyland, despite the platitude dispensing career officers and despite an education system full of second rate teachers that stifle creativity.
On a side note..You were looking for a job as a young girl in a mans world, was kinda different for us blokes in those days, think i've said it somewhere else on this forum, walk out of a job monday morning, knock on a couple of doors and be gainfully employed by tuesday morning was the norm