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Originally Posted by jedimaster
well all i can say is what a load of tosh.
i've been made redundant twice in two years (without redundancy pay). do ithink its been good for the soul? do i hell!
in the last two months of unemployment i have done everything in my power to get back to work to no avail. I have been in contact with over 300 coach companies plus the many other related vacancies i have found on the net/jobcenter and had how many redponses? THREE.
no-one is hiring and those vacancies that are there aren't responding
I am worn out, I feel degraded having to attend the job center Every fortnight to claim my pittance of dole money. I cant support my family,
My home is being reposessed and I am in debt up to my eyeballs because tger aint enough coming in to pay the bills.
I have been through every channel to look at the opportunity to retrain or go back to college and I am getting nowhere. College courses dont start untill september so I have to either stay unemployed untill then (which I do not want to do) or dind a job (ha ha) and pay for the course myself come september (which I cant afford).
good for the soul - I think not. I have never felt so low in my life and personally I cant see things getting any better.
They used to say a public flogging was good for the soul, and after a comment like that i think it would be good for mine to see this guy get one.
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Lots of Universities tend to do summer courses which may not pay anything but would at least provide some new skills whilst you wait for full time courses to begin in September.
The nearest place would be Blackburn HE centre though I'm not entirely sure what they offer, the next closest being Preston, Bolton or Lancaster.
I don't really like the idea of feeling sorry for yourself, in general this is, not directed at you. I had to spend a lot of money at college funding my own art supplies and I lost out on EMA most of the time because insomnia and depression made my attendance minimal and I just borrowed money off people once I lost my job to keep going. It was degrading borrowing money and I'm currently in quite a lot of debt from funding education and stuff.
I've had to do voluntary work to build up skills which then make me even more attractive to employers and just rely on my overdraft and credit cards.
Kind of overlapping threads here but I once read a useful piece of advice. When you are in good work you should set enough money aside for at least 3 months of bills and living costs, so then in times when you do hit hard times you can still support yourself enough to hopefully find a new job or plan.
I'm not saying that is infallible, but it is a start. Everyone hits hard times and most people learn a lot from them. If people aren't learning anything from falls then they're missing opportunity in failure!
I ended up at a better university than originally planned on the basis of failure and finding opportunity. I wouldn't ever wish that I hadn't been made redundant, nor would I wish I had never been depressed or suffering from insomnia. It's all just part of my journey and my destination has always been success regardless of the falls and stumbles.