Trials of Finding New Job

[ToothbrushMan]

fridaypassion said:

You have to go to 3 sites for one of the jobs. And?

Earlier in the thread you complained about spilt shifts on what was probably a reasonably well paid job. It does appear you put obstacles in the way. Do you actually really want or need to work?

What are your qualifications and background? This is tough love from all of us but certainly where we are you could get a job in the same day either via an agency at one of the jungle of distribution centres or numerous local businesses actually have boards outside advertising vacancies.

Any English none mouth breather would fall straight into employment.

Nobody owes you a job so it's it an attitude in interview or something like that? Its just hard to understand how something hasn't come up in 12 months. Are you going for jobs over or under your experience and skill set?

We are all rooting for you here I'm sure but there must be something wrong in the approach or execution. The suggestion above of finding a brutally honest friend could do some good. Surely you must know someone that does some hiring and firing you could ask?

the threads not just about me so I wont get into every why and wherefore about personal choices. I didnt start the thread for the fun of it and if I didnt want or need to work then I cant see any sane reason for starting it. There does seem to be an element here creeping and implying certain things about me. Please dont or take this request as being hostile or a possible blocker to my success. It really isnt.

[ToothbrushMan]

i have been mulling over starting my own venture. No idea about costs in terms of renting a small industrial unit or whether it could be started from the garage at home. I am looking into equipment.

where can you buy good secondhand garage type equipment apart from the obvious ebay?

Looking at getting into Media Blasting however I have had some advice already suggesting I still try to get a job then build the business up until it can pay its way so keeping all options open......

[ToothbrushMan]

agree. going to make some local enquiries on cheap premises possibly unused outbuildings on farms doing nothing.......

has anybody got experience of being interviewed by borough councils? do they have set ways of doing things or should I treat them like any company?

[ToothbrushMan]

MYOB said:

Where's toothbrushman disappeared to? He was a prolific poster during his search for employment but has not been seen for a while.

I dont drop in half as much as I used to now as there was too much negativity beginning to seep into the thread from some quarters........

[ToothbrushMan]

BrabusMog said:

deckster said:

BrabusMog said:

If a plasterer is self employed he can easily earn £80k a year. One of my best friends is a plasterer in SW London, runs a team of two other lads and casual labourers when required for bigger jobs. His missus doesn't work, he supports the whole family and drives an E63 Merc and a family X3/X5 (not sure which as they all look the same nowadays!) - he will be pulling in well over £100k to fund that.

It's not easy to earn at that level, and your mate's not a plasterer - he's a business owner.

Nobody's disputing that trades can earn really good money, but to pretend that it's easily done and possible without a lot of hard graft and serious effort to build up the business is both fanciful and disrespecting those who have poured their life into their work.

Who said earning decent money is easy? It isn't, if it was then everyone would be. When I said "easily", I meant anyone that is prepared to graft - you can't just expect the world to fall into your lap.

sorry but i'm going to cut in here. i was a plasterer for 8 years 3 of which were good for non London wages BUT and lets get this right when it comes to whether earning decent money easily or otherwise....me and my 2 oppos were putting in 7 days a week to try and build up contacts and repeat custom,,,,,no 9 to 5 days for us...at weekends or non workdays we were walking the streets carding neighbourhoods or writing to other trades to generate business. workdays it was out by 7 meet up then sometimes straight to the customer or the builders yard then to the job a full day sometimes a late finish and we were clean and did a good job then you might have some quotes to go to in the evening but I still despite charging around £100 a day each never cleared even 25k a year. one year i might have scraped in 30k. we even branches out into other areas too. so when people say if getting good money was easy " everyone would be doing it" you need to grasp the basic premise that most people who work for themselves are pushing their roe out to earn as much as much as they can whether it comes easy or not is neither here nor there. to simply say "everyone would be doing it" is the bleedin obvious but no less patronising to those that go out and try and run their own business. as we couldnt put in 8 days a week there was little more we could do to improve our financial situation. proof that you can work your nuts off and still not find financial freedom. dont kid me otherwise that it was due to a lack of graft.

i dare say those same people will now say I should have "worked smarter, not harder"........poppycock. you aint gotta clue how hard it is to earn even a national average level of income as far as the UK is concerned today. no idea at all.

[ToothbrushMan]

NoVetec said:

Depends on the exact job plus any regional variances.

......and now he mentions it/backtracks. Kind of puts a totally different context on his first post when he mentions "charity". Best say what you mean straight off the bat to avoid skewing opinions......