There are plenty of jobs out there!

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Do you ever get this attitude, There are plenty of jobs out there really really pi$$es me of, it implies I am not doing enough to get a job

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• Well there are plenty of jobs out there, but there are also hundreds of people going for each one. It is a numbers game, with the odds on getting a job a lot less than say a year or two ago.
  The main thing is to understand that these people have no idea what it's like to be unemployed and not take the negativity on board, I know how difficult this is, but that's the biggest difference in getting a job and not, if you start taking on board that you will never get a job, it's like you wear it like a badge and it actually gets more difficult.
• I suspect it depends on where you live. I live near Oxford and around here there are plenty of jobs, although of course it depends on what jobs people are looking for. Bicester Village Retail Outlet is always advertising vacancies.
• a bit like the 'average house price''..
  a false economy, i fear - 1,000 (part time, maybe only 10-20 hours?) time jobs would only have same combined hours as 300 f/t ones..
  It all really depends what type, where, how long for etc..
• Im not worried by the fact there aren't any jobs out there it's more the fact that graduates like myself have to compete with qualified professionals with years of experience for jobs that are well below there standard.
• The economics are that if there were 2.67 million jobs out there then we would not have 2.67 million out of work. Hence there must be less than that or employers would be screaming that they cannot find people to fill the jobs. As it is they are complaining that 300 people are applying for each one.
• I guess the obvious answer to anyone making such a comment is "Tell you what...I'll do a deal with you if you like. I tell you my job requirements and what I have to offer in the way of qualifications/experience and you find me a lead for a suitable job then. I'll pay you a bit of commission when I get offered the job and have started work in it then....".
  To me, I would take that as a challenge to earn myself a bit of extra money and would be looking for a suitable job for the person concerned in order to help my own bank balance. The snag to that though is I wouldn't say something like "Plenty of jobs out there..." to someone anyway!
  My guess is that anyone who received a "Let's do a deal then..." response to a comment like that would just say nothing and find an excuse to slope off out of sight though.
• I honesty think if you have the skills where you can go for it and if you can get the work self employment is a good option. However, I know a lot of trades people and they say that they have trouble getting paid when they do private jobs!.
• Swings and roundabouts....I live in the country and don't drive so it limits my options and my nearest town is a declining seaside town, I can get to the city but the salary needs to reflect the extra travel expenses and needs to be near the bus/train station.
  Anyway..
  Up until last week I had 1 interview a week from the beginning of January but in the last week all the vacancies advertised have been engineering jobs.
  I have seen office jobs where I fit the description incl having clait plus then they require you to know sage. Sage is fairly basic and wouldn't take long to teach I think they college courses to learn sage payroll were a total of 12 hours.
  Edit, just checked and there is a sage payroll course starting in May an 8 hour course over 4 weeks.
  I had to learn 2 government systems in the past so why can't other companies give someone that little bit of extra training.