Originally Posted by pipinfort (Post 688162)

What about gardening Flashers.? you could come and dig my allotment over for me unpaid if you fancy....;)

Originally Posted by flashy (Post 688176)

lol i clicked on the 'volunteer vacancies' bit and it took me to........do-it.org.....:( i'm going around in circles

Originally Posted by flashy (Post 688157)

i went down to the joke shop yesterday...rang one employer up for a care assistants job, started talking to her and she asked me if i had had any experience in the last 6 months? my answer to this was obviously 'no' although i do have an NVQ II in care, she told me it would be pointless her sending me an application form because i wouldnt get the job anyway through lack of recent experience

it made me wonder if i actually want to do care work anymore...i've been thinking about this for a while, last week i applied for a job at outpatients at The Royal Blackurn as an auxilary

do i really want to do that though? i've also thought about retail or school work

if i do go down the retail route, other than charity shops, where can i get some experience from?

if i stay with what i know and go for care, where do i get the desired experience for that??

you'd be a bit buggered if you'd never ever worked before in your life wouldnt you


this is doing my nut in, anyone want to give me an unpaid job in retail for a couple of weeks? :D

Originally Posted by flashy (Post 688284)

thanx for that TD but i cant do nights or weekends, i have a 12 year old son who would be home on his own all the time if i did that, i'm am constantly looking on the NHS website for jobs as i live quite close to The Royal Blackburn hospital

Originally Posted by emamum (Post 688261)

cook job going in cafe in town, the one near purevision if thats any interest to you?

Originally Posted by AccyMad (Post 688324)

I know the Sense shop in Accrington are always looking for volunteers Flashy, oh sorry - just seen that you said apart from charity shops - although it could be a start. They also have a part-time paid job going at the moment if you're interested.

Originally Posted by flashy (Post 688373)

i didnt mean 'other' than charity shops, i have already sent my details in by email to lots of them lol


i would work in them all if i could, i worked in one in Rawtenstall when i was 16 and i really enjoyed it

Originally Posted by flashy (Post 688381)

good god thats pathetic Less, i'd have given them a right gobfull , i hope you did

Originally Posted by AccyMad (Post 688384)

Sorry, that was me reading it wrong :confused:

Originally Posted by mattylad (Post 688787)

I on the other hand have been working in electronics for the past 20 years, being redundant & there being no suitable jobs am looking to move over to care work instead as I often see vacancies in that. :D

Originally Posted by blazey (Post 689771)

I wonder what percentage of employers actually see voluntary work as enough to prove skills.

You obviously DO gain skills and many employers accept it alongside paid work, but does it stand for much alone?

I mean, you aren't paid and charities aren't too fussed about who works for them because they're happy for anyone to be there. So there isn't really any real evidence that you would have that job if it was a paid role... you know, worthiness of employment?

Do maturer people seek work experience in normal businesses? Like office environments and stuff? I don't hear much of that.

I've done bits of voluntary work but I don't put it on my CV for the most part because it takes up too much of my two sides allowance for law placements.

Originally Posted by blazey (Post 689771)

I wonder what percentage of employers actually see voluntary work as enough to prove skills.

You obviously DO gain skills and many employers accept it alongside paid work, but does it stand for much alone?

I mean, you aren't paid and charities aren't too fussed about who works for them because they're happy for anyone to be there. So there isn't really any real evidence that you would have that job if it was a paid role... you know, worthiness of employment?

Do maturer people seek work experience in normal businesses? Like office environments and stuff? I don't hear much of that.

I've done bits of voluntary work but I don't put it on my CV for the most part because it takes up too much of my two sides allowance for law placements.