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[claytonender]

Hope work goes well for you. One of the big problems people have when trying to find work is reluctance to seek jobs further afield than their little home towns, like accrington, so its fantastic that you are prepared to go to Manchester to work.

I have work experience lined up in Stoke on Trent in easter and I'm going to London in two weeks to try and find more. Times are too hard to try sticking in one place, as sad as it is, and people need to just take a deep breath and take risks, and more often than not they pay off.

Good luck

Unfortunately Blazey not everything can travel outside the area for work, because they do not have the transport to get there.

 

[blazey]

Unfortunately Blazey not everything can travel outside the area for work, because they do not have the transport to get there.

I was implying moving to find work, but ok.

People make so many excuses about not seeking work that I'm a bit of a cynic.

 

[Lolly]

Thats not always an option, not with a 2 year old its not. How i wish it was that easy!

Good Luck Jedi, hope your first day went well.

 

[Caz]

Are you suggesting they move and then look for a job, or get a job and then move? Either way it is not that black and white. Even people classed as Key Workers can struggle to find accommodation once they have secured a job. And that's only rental. Don't know how people trying to sell their properties would go on.

 

[blazey]

Selling properties is indeed difficult, particularly at the moment, I'm not an idiot.

But obviously as a student I have to be realistic and see life beyond accrington, and even lancashire and it isn't impossible.

I struggle to see what particular difficulty there would be to move with a two year old, I would have thought its more difficult as the child gets older due to schooling and such.

I'd have thought the best option at the moment available to home owners wishing to move is renting out their houses and renting themselves elsewhere or of course the perhaps controversial but increasingly popular house swap.

People aren't willing to think outside the box and create most of the walls they put up around themselves, it is my pet hate about coming home and I won't be coming home this easter just to avoid the soul destroying attitude that is rife in accrington.

It is sad to think that I don't even consider my home town that much of a home any more just because I feel like a social outcast for wanting more than what accrington has to offer but I guess that is the sad reality of it at the end of the day.

My friend messaged me online yesterday and said she's pregnant again and her key concern is if she has a girl because she currently has a little boy and she thinks her family will stop giving attention to him and favour the potential girl baby. She doesn't even want another baby, she didn't even want the first one.

People like Andrew and I are criticised for being students and not living in the real world and all of that nonsense, but when you look at what actually makes up 'the real world' of accrington, it isn't really worth diving straight into, if at all.

And students are currently pumping money straight into debt to get qualifications that won't even get them a job, but I'm still working hard and spending all my money just to have the chance to find a bit of experience, never mind a job.

If there is a will there is a way. Anyone who says otherwise either can't be bothered to make sacrifices to try or isn't looking in the right places.

And there are a lot of companies recruiting MORE people at the moment, I spend a lot of time involved in careers as I'm on the exec of a student run national careers society at university, so I know there are jobs and opportunities out there if people are willing to seek them out, and there are definitely a lot of interesting ploys to get around the restrictions of the credit crunch, as mentioned already with the housing.

The world doesn't stop because of the recession. It only stops if it snows

 

[blazey]

Are you suggesting they move and then look for a job, or get a job and then move? Either way it is not that black and white. Even people classed as Key Workers can struggle to find accommodation once they have secured a job. And that's only rental. Don't know how people trying to sell their properties would go on.

And I'm suggesting look for a job and then move. The internet is a wonderful resource, as are recruitment agencies.

 

[Caz]

And these employers are going to wait until you secure accomodation close to said job are they? Doubt it. Unless you have a specialised skill they want, in which case you may get some leeway. |And moving a family is a bit different than moving as a young single person without kids.

Aye, know about the internet, lol, been using it for years. dear. Got jobs through it before, and found accommodation locally. Putting the two together isn't as easy. Don't worry, when you have a family you will see things from a different viewpoint, and know all the ins and outs that make the situation not so black and white

 

[lancsdave]

Blazey, when you set off on your venture let me know, got a t-shirt for you

 

[claytonender]

Blazey -I understand what you are trying to say, but moving away from Hyndburn isn't an option open to everyone and several people have tried to explain why it isn't.

I can understand where you are coming from regarding your friend and that you want to make more of your life - that I presume is one reason you are at university, studying hard (and I am sure playing quite hard as well ). But, you have to appreciate that not everyone can go to university - because not everyone has the academic ability to do so - this country will always need a lot of indians as well as chiefs. Quite frankly there isn't enough room at the top of for everyone and it isn't always a lack of ambition that holds people back, it is quite often a lack of being in the right place at the right time.

Good luck with your degree, I do hope that you do well and get a job.

 

[SPUGGIE J]

When I left Accy it took me 5 weeks to find a job once I landed up here. The one advatage I had is that I had family up here so somewere to stay. To do a Tebbit you need either family were you move to or money to allow you to rent a place thus be able to find a job. So there needs to be a fine bit of planning if you do try.

 

[Eric]

Attention all job seekers ... looking for a new career? High pay, great benefits, retire early on a nice pension ... work anywhere in Canada .... heard on the news last night that the RCMP are looking for recruits, lots of them.

 

[jedimaster]

Attention all job seekers ... looking for a new career? High pay, great benefits, retire early on a nice pension ... work anywhere in Canada .... heard on the news last night that the RCMP are looking for recruits, lots of them.

i'd rather be a lumberjack - leaping tall trees in a single bound..................

 

[SPUGGIE J]

Attention all job seekers ... looking for a new career? High pay, great benefits, retire early on a nice pension ... work anywhere in Canada .... heard on the news last night that the RCMP are looking for recruits, lots of them.

One question "why?"

 

[Eric]

One question "why?"

Retirement mainly ... same thing applies to nurses .... a few years ago there were hiring freezes ... and now there are upcoming shortages. The crunch for the RCMP will come in about five years; so, they are getting ready now .... The mounties are the federal police force, and they are hiring for all positions ... the oldest recruit so far, in the latest hiring drive was 52! Because of the, shall we say, sensitive nature of much of the stuff the force deals with, many of their clerical staff are members of the force.

 

[SPUGGIE J]

Retirement mainly ... same thing applies to nurses .... a few years ago there were hiring freezes ... and now there are upcoming shortages. The crunch for the RCMP will come in about five years; so, they are getting ready now .... The mounties are the federal police force, and they are hiring for all positions ... the oldest recruit so far, in the latest hiring drive was 52! Because of the, shall we say, sensitive nature of much of the stuff the force deals with, many of their clerical staff are members of the force.

Thanks for that Eric. My question has been answered.

 

[AccyLass]

Congratulations on the job... hope it went well

 

[cashman]

And I'm suggesting look for a job and then move. The internet is a wonderful resource, as are recruitment agencies.

i was doing that late 70s before the wonderful internet, i applied fer a job through a national newspaper in canada, went to manchester fer interview along with hundreds of others, was offered the job, went home put the house on the market, 2 weeks later the mother in law started to suffer badly from agraphobia,she lived alone n could not venture out only rarely, missus was really worried as i was cos she was a lovely lady, missus said to me one night, sorry i cannot leave mam like this, i agreed, so the house was taken off the market next day, n i gave backword. the whole point of this post is ya need to grasp, everyone has there own "Circumstances" n you have to live by whatever life throws at ya, its not all Black n White like you seem to think.

 

[Lolly]

Get Real Blazey!

 

[Margaret Pilkington]

I can understand where you are coming from Blazey, but with the greatest respect, you can know very little about the difficulties of trying to relocate with a small child.
It all sounds good on paper....very easy and staightforward.

For instance child care is prohibitive....you would need a very good wage to pay for child care for a working day....and what do you do if you or your child fall ill........you have no social or family network to help you to cope.
How many places of employment have child care facilities......and though many employers may profess to be 'family friendly', in truth they cannot be.....because they want to make a profit.

The other problem is that employers can pick and choose as there are so many people in the job market....and do you think they would choose to employ a mother of a small child if there is another option?
It isn't people who build the walls....and thinking outside the box is just that.....thinking.....it is like rocking on a rocking chair, it doesn't matter how long you do it, it doesn't take you anywhere.
No you have to be realistic and realize that for some people moving to get a job is not an option they can take....much as they would like to.

You are in an enviable position of being young, free and without any family ties...so that gives you a head start....that and the fact that you are getting a uni education too.
There has to be an element of confidence, the confidence to take a risk....and you can be confident when there is only one person to consider(you).
for some people to leave the area would be a jump out of the frying pan and into the fire.

I truly hope that you never find yourself in Lolly's position.


And to Lolly, I am very sorry that life is so hard for you at present. I hope things get better for you soon.

 

[lancsdave]

For instance child care is prohibitive....you would need a very good wage to pay for child care for a working day....and what do you do if you or your child fall ill........you have no social or family network to help you to cope.
How many places of employment have child care facilities......and though many employers may profess to be 'family friendly', in truth they cannot be.....because they want to make a profit.

Excellent point Margaret and one which is hard to comprehend if you haven't been in it. We relocated away from the area in 2000, 18 months later I was made redundant and a single parent in the space of 24 hours. My family were all in Lancashire and without them my support network was none existent. It was a no brainer to return home.