Too many closed doors not enough open ones
December 1st 2006 04:33
Recently I went to an employment and training agency to speak to someone about getting help to find suitable employment. I left feeling worse than when I went in. I was told quite bluntly that I had to wait THREE months before I can get any sort of help from them. Until then I have to out looking for work on my own. I have been doing that for about three months before I joined centrelink. What if I am underqualified to gain meaningful employment? Or I need extra skills to complement what I already have to put myself ahead of others? What if I need the work now (which I do)?
I find it extremely hard to believe that people need to wait for help if its needed. What made it worse was that the first class I have to do when I am eligible after the three months is resume and application letter writing. How is that going to do anything for me when the time comes? I already know how to write resumes and cover letters thank you very much. I don't need to be shown again how to do it.
I have applied for work from Sydney right up the coast into Queensland going as far north as Cairns. Yet I still can't get anything. I saw a story on "A current Affair" that there was a "severe shortage" of workers in the hospitality industry in north Queensland. So I applied thinking to myself that if they're short and I'm not working then we need each other, right? Wrong! Three times I've sent my application up north and three times NO REPLY. The second time I applied was when the same story appeared again on "A Current Affair" this time saying that they're so short they're going to have to hire foreign workers! HELLO! What am I chopped liver? So I did what any good person would do I wrote to ACA explaining my situation and querying whats happening in Queensland. I have yet to get a reply from them either.
I've had people tell me where I live is too far removed form where they are. If I thought that I wasn't prepared to move to find work then I wouldn't apply. I had someone call me tell me they're going to call me back to schedule an interview but never did. All some of us want is a chance to work and make something of our lives. It's not like I don't have experience or qualifications, I do. However the system has left me feeling screwed over.
The government says that this is the lowest unemployment levels in decades. That to me after my experience is nothing more than guff from self elevated people trying to make themselves look good. How does anyone expect others to move forward in their life when the system they're looking toward for help holds them back? It is no wonder that people start to live off unemployment because they give up. After my continuing experiences with them it's not surprising.
I find it extremely hard to believe that people need to wait for help if its needed. What made it worse was that the first class I have to do when I am eligible after the three months is resume and application letter writing. How is that going to do anything for me when the time comes? I already know how to write resumes and cover letters thank you very much. I don't need to be shown again how to do it.
I have applied for work from Sydney right up the coast into Queensland going as far north as Cairns. Yet I still can't get anything. I saw a story on "A current Affair" that there was a "severe shortage" of workers in the hospitality industry in north Queensland. So I applied thinking to myself that if they're short and I'm not working then we need each other, right? Wrong! Three times I've sent my application up north and three times NO REPLY. The second time I applied was when the same story appeared again on "A Current Affair" this time saying that they're so short they're going to have to hire foreign workers! HELLO! What am I chopped liver? So I did what any good person would do I wrote to ACA explaining my situation and querying whats happening in Queensland. I have yet to get a reply from them either.
I've had people tell me where I live is too far removed form where they are. If I thought that I wasn't prepared to move to find work then I wouldn't apply. I had someone call me tell me they're going to call me back to schedule an interview but never did. All some of us want is a chance to work and make something of our lives. It's not like I don't have experience or qualifications, I do. However the system has left me feeling screwed over.
The government says that this is the lowest unemployment levels in decades. That to me after my experience is nothing more than guff from self elevated people trying to make themselves look good. How does anyone expect others to move forward in their life when the system they're looking toward for help holds them back? It is no wonder that people start to live off unemployment because they give up. After my continuing experiences with them it's not surprising.
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