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Is there any help I can get to procure a new job?

SotiCoto

I'm at my wits end.  I need help.  Actual help.  Not just advice. 

Back at the end of March I was made redundant from a Contact Data Assistant job I'd had for over 19 years.  I'd initially got the job with help from the NAS after I left University, and the whole process had been relatively easy.... 
Well, this time around I went around looking for help again, but I couldn't get anything as direct as before.  I got some off-hand advice, tried various things, hit dead ends. 
I fleshed out my CV and started applying for jobs.... and getting rejections.  Tons of applications, tons of rejections. 
I applied for a mentoring program thingie, but the mentor lady just recommends more things I can apply to (and get rejected by). 

I've been trying for 6 months, applying for tons of jobs I'm qualified for, at least as far as I can tell, and never even got to the interview stage. 
No progress whatsoever.  I even started learning Python just in the hopes of being qualified for more jobs, but to no avail. 

I can't continue like this.  It isn't enough.  Trying as hard as I can and having nothing to show for my efforts is destroying my psyche.  Sooner or later I'll have burnt through all the redundancy money I got and I won't be able to keep myself alive any more.  I am terrified.  There has to be another way!  
Surely there has to be some sort of service where someone can utilise connections to get me a new job.... somehow?   
Please?! 


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  • Hi Soticoto
     
    Your situation sounds incredibly difficult. I can see you have been trying your best to get a job.
     
    Our advice and guidance on employment may be useful. It includes links to some organisations that may provide help.
     
    Evenbreak matches disabled job seekers with employers to build a diverse workforce. You can visit the Evenbreak website for listed job vacancies:
     
    The British Association of Supported Employment has a database of supported employment agencies, so you can search for one in your local area.
     
    Maximus offers a range of employability programmes throughout the UK, including, programmes for disabled people who are struggling to find work.
     
    You can find our free online ‘Finding Employment’ module on our website.
     
    I hope your situation improves.
     
    Good luck.
     
    Christine Mod
  • in reply to Christine Mod

    Unfortunately I've seen most of that before.   

    I couldn't get through the "finding employment" module because it is incompatible with dark mode viewing and I couldn't read the text at all.    I've seen the advice & guidance page before, tried following links on it, emailed for help, got more links that I followed to no avail.   There was a plethora of dead ends. 
    Evenbreak I already have an account for.
    The base-uk website is confusing and I couldn't find the right place to go on it.  It seems to be trying to advertise its alleged services but I couldn't find any part of that which was supposed to apply to me.  Like it just wants to charge companies for membership or somesuch and everything else leads back to that.   I've tried emailing them regardless.
    Maximus support isn't available in my area, according to their site.  They don't seem available in many areas at all.

    I explored most of these approaches 6 months ago when I started this whole process.  
    I don't need skill courses, training modules, etc.  I've already had job experience and am upskilling myself in other ways.
    I certainly don't need to be sold membership to programmes I don't even understand.  Lack of money is why I'm in this mess in the first place.   
    And I've been drowned in "advice" regarding how I should be doing things, have followed the advice, and it has not helped. 
    What I need is direct help with job connections and getting past the insufferable job board application process. 

  • in reply to SotiCoto

       if you are on LinkedIn then you can search the site for people who are already doing the kind of job you want and then reach out to them ask them if you can have 15 minutes of their time on a quick call to find out more about how they got into their line of work and ask about their job. this is called informational interview. The point of it is NOT to persuade them on this call to give you a job, it is to establish relationships, find connections and get useful info. At the end of the call you always ask them about who else you should be speaking to. That can then ultimately lead to you getting inside information  which can help you target an application or even find work without needing a formal interview/application at all.

    https://www.careershifters.org/expert-advice/the-career-changers-guide-to-informational-interviews

    Please do read John Lees' book How To Get A Job You Love -  Chapter 13 Organized Discovery - How People Help Move You Forward for a great script on how exactly to do these calls and what to say and ask. 

    I have done this and been very pleasantly surprised how willing people are to help.

    "How To Get A Job You Love" by Lees, John.

    Start reading it for free: read.amazon.co.uk/.../kshare

    I think he also has an audiobook of this title.

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  • in reply to SotiCoto

       if you are on LinkedIn then you can search the site for people who are already doing the kind of job you want and then reach out to them ask them if you can have 15 minutes of their time on a quick call to find out more about how they got into their line of work and ask about their job. this is called informational interview. The point of it is NOT to persuade them on this call to give you a job, it is to establish relationships, find connections and get useful info. At the end of the call you always ask them about who else you should be speaking to. That can then ultimately lead to you getting inside information  which can help you target an application or even find work without needing a formal interview/application at all.

    https://www.careershifters.org/expert-advice/the-career-changers-guide-to-informational-interviews

    Please do read John Lees' book How To Get A Job You Love -  Chapter 13 Organized Discovery - How People Help Move You Forward for a great script on how exactly to do these calls and what to say and ask. 

    I have done this and been very pleasantly surprised how willing people are to help.

    "How To Get A Job You Love" by Lees, John.

    Start reading it for free: read.amazon.co.uk/.../kshare

    I think he also has an audiobook of this title.

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