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Not sure if this is the right forum but its the nearest one I could find for this topic.
Ive only been signing on a month and all was fine. My advisor was pleasant, I complied with everything they said, Ive been on a job assessment to see what jobs I should be going for, and I am attending an SIA assessment next week to see if I can get on a course to get my SIA Licence.
Today however, all that changed. I saw a different advisor who seemed to be on a mission. Right from the off he was abrupt and made you feel like you shouldn’t be there. He looked at my jobsearch and first thing he said is there’s been over a hundred jobs since you last signed on and you haven’t applied for any of them, why not? I couldn’t tell him off the top off my head as different jobs would have different reasons why I didn’t apply. I suggested he click on a few jobs so we could see the details and then I could tell him why.
1st job – was advertised as Sales Assistant. When you got into the details they wanted you to promote and sell their stock using your social media accounts. I said I didn’t apply for that because my social media accounts are my private things and Im not using them to sell stuff to my friends. Im more than happy to use the employers account but that isn’t an option. My adviser told me to set up a new facebook account. I said you can only have one facebook account. He said you can have as many as you like and you can have business accounts so I should set up another account. I said I wasn’t aware you could have more than one account, I will look into it. I asked how can I set up a business account if I am not a business? He said you just can.
Facebook state only one personal account allowed per person. Can I be penalised for not applying for a job that requires you to use you social media accounts to sell and advertise products to your friends?
I looked at business accounts but couldn’t make head not tail of them. Do you have to be a business to set up a Facebook business account?
2nd job – another sales assistant job. This time 8 hours a week on a temporary contract, didn’t state how long the contract was for. I said I didn’t apply for that because its only for 8 hours and temporary, Im looking for at least 16 hours or more and permanent or at least a job where I know how long the contract will be. He said not good enough, you should be applying for it.
Can I be penalised for not applying for temporary jobs of such little hours?
The next five jobs we looked at either required you to own a vehicle, which I don’t, or to have certain certificates, which I don’t. As this point I mentioned I was going on an assessment next week to see if I could get on an SIA course. Straight away he said “we don’t pay for your SIA licence, you have to pay for that”. I said when I agreed to got to this assessment I was told the assessors pay 50% of the cost and the job centre pay the other 50% if I get a job within 6 months. He asked if I had any experience of security. I said no. He said you need security experience or you won’t get a job in security. I said my previous assessment highlighted the SIA assessment course which is why I was put on it. He said theres people with SIA Licences and security experience who cant get a job so someone with no security experience wont get a job. I asked what the point of me going on the SIA assessment course was then? He said I don’t know I didn’t put you on it.
He then asked why I was having difficulty in finding a job. I told him because I was sacked from my last job, and when you tell employers you were sacked they don’t take you on. He said not to tell them. I said what should I tell them when they ask why I left my previous job? He said im not telling you to lie, just don’t tell them you were sacked. I said they would find out anyway once they get a reference from my previous employer. He said no they wont because employers cant give a bad reference. I said they can give a factual reference which means they can say I was sacked, then it looks like I was hiding something and I wont get the job anyway. Then he said most employers don’t even check references. I don’t even know what Im supposed to say now when I get asked about my previous job.
My next signing on should have been in two weeks time but this new assessor said I want to see you in here next week, gave me a time, and said we will go through your cv. I said my previous assessment said they would look at my cv and send me an appointment date to do it. He said well Im doing it now goodbye.
Ive a feeling that next week isn’t going to go too well and no matter what I do wont be enough. So im just going to apply for every single job they advertise every single day, whether I can do it or not. Then at least he cant say ive not been applying.
Any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated
Ive only been signing on a month and all was fine. My advisor was pleasant, I complied with everything they said, Ive been on a job assessment to see what jobs I should be going for, and I am attending an SIA assessment next week to see if I can get on a course to get my SIA Licence.
Today however, all that changed. I saw a different advisor who seemed to be on a mission. Right from the off he was abrupt and made you feel like you shouldn’t be there. He looked at my jobsearch and first thing he said is there’s been over a hundred jobs since you last signed on and you haven’t applied for any of them, why not? I couldn’t tell him off the top off my head as different jobs would have different reasons why I didn’t apply. I suggested he click on a few jobs so we could see the details and then I could tell him why.
1st job – was advertised as Sales Assistant. When you got into the details they wanted you to promote and sell their stock using your social media accounts. I said I didn’t apply for that because my social media accounts are my private things and Im not using them to sell stuff to my friends. Im more than happy to use the employers account but that isn’t an option. My adviser told me to set up a new facebook account. I said you can only have one facebook account. He said you can have as many as you like and you can have business accounts so I should set up another account. I said I wasn’t aware you could have more than one account, I will look into it. I asked how can I set up a business account if I am not a business? He said you just can.
Facebook state only one personal account allowed per person. Can I be penalised for not applying for a job that requires you to use you social media accounts to sell and advertise products to your friends?
I looked at business accounts but couldn’t make head not tail of them. Do you have to be a business to set up a Facebook business account?
2nd job – another sales assistant job. This time 8 hours a week on a temporary contract, didn’t state how long the contract was for. I said I didn’t apply for that because its only for 8 hours and temporary, Im looking for at least 16 hours or more and permanent or at least a job where I know how long the contract will be. He said not good enough, you should be applying for it.
Can I be penalised for not applying for temporary jobs of such little hours?
The next five jobs we looked at either required you to own a vehicle, which I don’t, or to have certain certificates, which I don’t. As this point I mentioned I was going on an assessment next week to see if I could get on an SIA course. Straight away he said “we don’t pay for your SIA licence, you have to pay for that”. I said when I agreed to got to this assessment I was told the assessors pay 50% of the cost and the job centre pay the other 50% if I get a job within 6 months. He asked if I had any experience of security. I said no. He said you need security experience or you won’t get a job in security. I said my previous assessment highlighted the SIA assessment course which is why I was put on it. He said theres people with SIA Licences and security experience who cant get a job so someone with no security experience wont get a job. I asked what the point of me going on the SIA assessment course was then? He said I don’t know I didn’t put you on it.
He then asked why I was having difficulty in finding a job. I told him because I was sacked from my last job, and when you tell employers you were sacked they don’t take you on. He said not to tell them. I said what should I tell them when they ask why I left my previous job? He said im not telling you to lie, just don’t tell them you were sacked. I said they would find out anyway once they get a reference from my previous employer. He said no they wont because employers cant give a bad reference. I said they can give a factual reference which means they can say I was sacked, then it looks like I was hiding something and I wont get the job anyway. Then he said most employers don’t even check references. I don’t even know what Im supposed to say now when I get asked about my previous job.
My next signing on should have been in two weeks time but this new assessor said I want to see you in here next week, gave me a time, and said we will go through your cv. I said my previous assessment said they would look at my cv and send me an appointment date to do it. He said well Im doing it now goodbye.
Ive a feeling that next week isn’t going to go too well and no matter what I do wont be enough. So im just going to apply for every single job they advertise every single day, whether I can do it or not. Then at least he cant say ive not been applying.
Any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated
to LB xx
. They don't usually bother with the 'bigger words' (they don't know the meaning of half what I say) and they mostly try 'bully-boy' tactics to get a claimant to cave in. 
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