Job status
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Lady Fluff
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gherkin001
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Hey, stu. You still looking for an admin assistant? sorry I havent been in contact, been really busy. If you are let me know as Im looking for work. As you understand how hard it is with the epilepsy to find work, I was hoping you'd help us out.
Kirsty
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babooshka2002
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I have just come off Income Support because I was so demoralised and unhappy that I wasn't working.
Unfortunately that now means I have to get a job. I'm 23 and I have had one summer job at New Look when I was 17. Nothing since then, I've been switching between Jobseekers Allowance and Income Support the entire time, tried applying for Disability Living Allowance because of my insability to prepare food (I live off ready meals). That failed, probably because I have no diagnosis and no medical specialist on my side. I was claiming Income Support because I have bad joints, not because of the dyspraxia, though to be honest I considered that the dyspraxia was the reason I wasn't working.
I'm terrified. I have no confidence in my abilities having been told I am useless and abnormal all my life. I don't know what I could do and anytime anyone makes a suggestion, I counter it with "Well I would struggle with that because..."
I couldn't work in a shop if I had to be on tills because I'm clumsy with small change, I'm not strong enough for manual labour, my organisation is abysmal, my short-term memory is shockingly bad, I loathe handwriting. I constantly misunderstand people because I don't process what I'm hearing very well, I misread things and I get my words muddled up when I speak. I couldn't even do data entry because I would be doing stupid things like transposing one column of information into another column (because I didn't 'see' the column I was sposed to be inputting) and I would be unlikely to even realise I had done wrong until someone pointed it out, imagine the damage I could do to a company!! Argh.
Argh, gngngngng. The reason I came off Income Support was because I was up for review and I'm tired of having to exaggerate my physical condition the way I do. Even though I've been told to do so by Citizen's Advice, I hate it. It feels like lying and I felt like a scrounger.
........... I talk too much. Sorry. I'm just so bitter and twisted about the help I am not receiving and finally being around folk who are like me just means it's all coming out. Dam breaking. I usually don't think about my difficulties, I try and ignore them because I hate them. Now I'm thinking about them I feel like I'm about to explode with emotion. Urgh.
Dammit. I feel so stressed thinking about it. Do NOT want!
Unfortunately that now means I have to get a job. I'm 23 and I have had one summer job at New Look when I was 17. Nothing since then, I've been switching between Jobseekers Allowance and Income Support the entire time, tried applying for Disability Living Allowance because of my insability to prepare food (I live off ready meals). That failed, probably because I have no diagnosis and no medical specialist on my side. I was claiming Income Support because I have bad joints, not because of the dyspraxia, though to be honest I considered that the dyspraxia was the reason I wasn't working.
I'm terrified. I have no confidence in my abilities having been told I am useless and abnormal all my life. I don't know what I could do and anytime anyone makes a suggestion, I counter it with "Well I would struggle with that because..."
I couldn't work in a shop if I had to be on tills because I'm clumsy with small change, I'm not strong enough for manual labour, my organisation is abysmal, my short-term memory is shockingly bad, I loathe handwriting. I constantly misunderstand people because I don't process what I'm hearing very well, I misread things and I get my words muddled up when I speak. I couldn't even do data entry because I would be doing stupid things like transposing one column of information into another column (because I didn't 'see' the column I was sposed to be inputting) and I would be unlikely to even realise I had done wrong until someone pointed it out, imagine the damage I could do to a company!! Argh.
Argh, gngngngng. The reason I came off Income Support was because I was up for review and I'm tired of having to exaggerate my physical condition the way I do. Even though I've been told to do so by Citizen's Advice, I hate it. It feels like lying and I felt like a scrounger.
........... I talk too much. Sorry. I'm just so bitter and twisted about the help I am not receiving and finally being around folk who are like me just means it's all coming out. Dam breaking. I usually don't think about my difficulties, I try and ignore them because I hate them. Now I'm thinking about them I feel like I'm about to explode with emotion. Urgh.
Dammit. I feel so stressed thinking about it. Do NOT want!
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November Rain
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Re: Job status
I'm currently a full-time student looking for work in the evenings and/or Saturdays. I'm doing a paper round atm and get EMA, but I'm finding it quite hard to survive on my current income, hence I'm looking for new work.
Re: Job status
Hi
A bit of update from me, still out of work but looking very hard (had one or two interviews but not much luck.)
I am fairly scared what the government are talking about to get people of job seekers etc.
I hate being on the dole.
I want to work certainly, but I do not really want to be put in a position where I could hurt myself - but anywhere I will keep on looking.
I have thought about placements.
A bit of update from me, still out of work but looking very hard (had one or two interviews but not much luck.)
I am fairly scared what the government are talking about to get people of job seekers etc.
I hate being on the dole.
I want to work certainly, but I do not really want to be put in a position where I could hurt myself - but anywhere I will keep on looking.
I have thought about placements.