I’ve recently been made redundant after 17 years in retailing (delayed claim) and on UC and my question is what is the minimum number of jobs per day, every day that you are required to apply for each day?
I don’t mind about this, but trying to plan out a timetable for each days job search and job applications is both scary and a nightmare, making sure that you have put in enough job applications for each day
Before Christmas, I was trying to understand the UC system, having had UC password issues (for which I had no real help from the JC or the helpline) and the various jobsearch websites, which I did do a lot of searching, CV uploads but come the new year, although the job coach was OK enough as I had attended an interview she did say that within a certain period the number of job applications as recorded were not sufficiently acceptable, even though I’m mainly going for supermarket store Assistant positions
Thanks very much - I’ve listed the ones that I did know about, as well as setting up alerts via email on Google - I’m guessing that in each day from 9am to 6pm, you are required at the very least, to apply for at least 7 jobs each day
I wasn't expected to apply for a given number of jobs per day, it was accepted that I would / could apply for jobs which were a good fit for my background and where it was likely I could make progress. I think they want to see that you are making a decent effort in your job search.
I blame myself for not having the right attitudes of common sense and maturity at age 49 to (physically) go down to my local council housing office in North Manchester, preferably with someone from my previous supermarket employer well in advance of my date of redundancy on 29th Sept last, regardless of any internal transfer vacancies in the U.K. or Ireland and instead, doing the online claim for UC credit with supervision on thier computers, where they have help there and deal with this every day, especially because I live alone, even though I have internet access at home (when I tried to do the claim on my own, I now can only access my UC on my Chromebook, as it “swallowed” the password, not on this iPad or any other computer - and thier password reset link did not work, even after going into the jobcentre and ringing the helpline) - I now realise that my ability to think clearly and rationally was seriously compromised by not doing so - I do fully realise and fully accept that I am coming across to them as being irresponsible and immature and not serious about wanting to take up a job (any job, no matter how unsuitable) and I need to grow up and “cop on to myself” and maybe being “positive” does mean “shutting up” being more mature and responsible, given my over 20 years (not by choice) supermarket experience - I’ve learned throughout my life and according to what has been suggested to me over the years that I am the sort of person who needs to be “bullied” “for my own good” and I would have to accept that
Yes, I am the same.
Yeah, that's bizarre to me. I remember the first time I claimed JSA in 2008 and reading over the terms and conditions, which included "You must tell us if you are away from home, even if it's only for a day". How do they define "away from home"? Out of London, or out of the specific borough where I lived? They'd be going crazy if I updated them every time I left the boundaries of Waltham Forest!
I believe anything you do counts. Lots of independent businesses still accept paper CVs, for example, so they can't really reject that because it's not "modern" enough. At least, no one expressed disapproval on my last UC stint.
It was very tight.
Because today it's your job search, tomorrow it's your social media, how much you're spending on booze and fags, and "...your girlfriend seems to be around rather a lot lately
".
In fairness, my job coach did tell me that if I was going home to my family in Ireland from Manchester (usually no more than 5 days on the SailRail via Holyhead & Dublin back to my home County in Rural Ireland) that I would need to notify her via a message on the journal (I last claimed the old JSA in 2002) but something very odd happened earlier today - she cancelled my jobcentre appointment, originally for early morning in person and then rearranged a telephone interview for late afternoon, as she was going to be away from her desk - I’m waiting to hear back from one supermarket employer following an interview on 27 Dec (as they usually start hiring towards the end of Jan and into Feb & March) so went on all the supermarket websites to apply online, except the supermarket that I was originally made redundant from (they are advertising all of our old jobs on the job sites as a ton of us were made redundant) as I’m not allowed to do so for a certain amount of time (6 months?) - but is having a telephone appointment or interview a good or bad thing these days?
