Job Centre

My experience at Wembley Job centre I am 47 years old and have never claimed a penny in benefits in my life. I have worked since I was 17 only taking 6 months maternity leave for each of my 2 children. When I was made redundant on 6th July 2008, the last thing on my mind was signing on for job seekers allowance. However as time went on and it was clear I was not going to be able to get another job that easily I realised I would have to claim job ...
...see an advisor at Wembley Job centre on 17th September. As I walked into the building in St Johns Road, Wembley, I immediately felt very uncomfortable. It is a very large building full of empty space. There are 2 floors and it is not at all clear when you walk in which floor you want. Anyway, I found my way to the correct place and told a very unfriendly, unsmiling person that I had an appointment. I was told to take a seat and someone would call ...

CEAssociates 23.01.2009 · Read full review
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I have dealt with Job Centre Plus on three separate levels and thought I'd discuss two levels here, the third level being inappropriate as I worked with them as in a partner business so morally I feel it might be unfair to disclose information gained about their practices here. So the two areas I'm going to look at are about my experiences: 1. As a job seeker claiming benefits and trying to find work 2. As an employer trying to source potential ...
...on with the Job Centre many years ago (mid 80s) before it was called Job Centre Plus and it was literally for a month or so between full time education and starting full time work. It was in Chiswick in West London and I remember you had to turn up at your allotted time, stand in a queue, get to the counter, the job centre employee would pull out a card which had your signature on and you would sign on for the date that you attended and then leave. ...

anonymili 22.09.2006 (30.09.2006) · Read full review
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...ironies of recession is the job centre has to start laying people off just as they get busy, the governments loss of income tax revue through high unemployment meaning they have to cut its public spend across the board. In fact over 250 Job centres have closed in the last three years alone. Once the public service job cuts begin in full in 2010 the unemployment rate will seriously rise, the Job Centres stretched even more. The public service under ...
...stick on dooyoo for the Job Centre now we are in a serious recession and in some ways I can understand that. It's not the most hospitable place and since the government combined the dole with the employment part the clientele has rapidly gone down hill fast. But what we are really seeing on here is middle-class type having to contemplate something they never thought they would have to- sign on and then go for jobs 'beneath them'. Only 9% of all people ...

thedevilinme 30.11.2009 · Read full review
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...and enjoyable relationship with the job centre. Actually you can substitute necessary and tolerable for happy and enjoyable. After 16 years with the same company the opportunity to get a nice redundancy package and the chance to change career path was too good to refuse as it also gave me the chance to have a year away from the work environment. Jobcentre plus as it is now known is where you have to go to register for unemployment benefit now called ...
...claim your benefits with a job centre advertising vacancies makes perfect sense as it's primary aim is to get people back to work as quick as possible therefore in assessing whether it carries out the role well then it needs to be assessed on how efficiently it handles it's part of the claim process combined with the facilities it provides to help get people back into work. Claiming The important thing to remember is that you must phone the job ...

atticusuk 12.07.2006 · Read full review
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...redundant the thought of the Job Centre plus being helpful no longer exists. As a mortgage holder and family with two school age children my husband was only entitled to Job Seeks Allowance (JSA). This was paid for 26 weeks and then after still not successful in securing employment, this was stopped. Because I work more than 20 hours a week (I am still only part time) I am expected to support the family and bills. My husband has never been asked ...
...it does exist. The Job Centre is very heavily manned by security guards and most of the staff are in-equipped with the knowledge required to help those genuinely looking for work. Although no longer receiving JSA, National Insurance Contributions are paid on your behalf as long as you sign on every two weeks at a time specified by the centre. During these appointments, you must prove that you have been actively looking for work by showing them ...

barberanna72 28.10.2009 (11.11.2009) · Read full review
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*~*HISTORY OF THE JOB CENTRE*~* The Job Centre was originally the vision of Winston Churchill (President of the Board of Trade) and William Beveridge in 1908. In the early days Job Centres were known as Labour Exchanges (Labor had set them up to help with unemployment). The idea was to combine these offices with a scheme where unemployed people could claim an unemployment benefit. The number of these exchanges grew and in 1916 they were renamed ...
...based Jobseekers allowance. Today the Job Centre is still able to give out money in the form of Contributions-Based Jobseekers allowance or Income Based allowance. The process can be long and tiring but if you are desperate for work and a bit of help its worth it. *~*INTRODUCTION*~* I know this review will make a few people angry; I too used to get wound up at people who 'couldn't be bothered to work'. I understand your views but please don't ...

leofluffy69 10.09.2007 · Read full review
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The Job centre sends shivers down my spine - and not in a good way. It's like walking into the roughest pub in town what with the security guards, obvious smack-heads and general burberry wearing oiks. Now, I'm not a snob. I wander round happily in my hoody and have been known to go Tesco in pyjamas (getting dressed is such hard work) but when I enter the aforementioned hell hole, I feel like the queen. Maybe it's because I wash my hair or have clean ...
...the minority - my latest job centre interviewer commented that he wished everyone was like me - all I'd done was fill in seven boxes about what I'd done to find work and most of them were "looked on website, found nothing". but anyway he was happy. It worries me slightly that any less effort would have been nothing. Ah well. Each time I've used the job centre - purely for the free money, they've never found me a suitable job. They've made me attend ...

rolletrog 29.02.2008 (14.06.2008) · Read full review
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Job Centre: The Website Right from when I first left school and needed a job for the summer until sixth form, and then after sixth form until now, the only job hunting place I've ever really used is the Job Centre. I've tried a few others too, such as Reed (but was told this was only for office work and I had no experience, so was turned away) and a local one in Colchester (but they had NO permanent work, only temping, which I had no interest in ...
...Job Centre. It's easy enough to find. Type in 'Job Centre' on Google and it's the first link. The website is easy enough to navigate around, you just need to find the Search button, and then you can type in some specifics to what you're looking for. Type of work, location, perm/temp, wage bracket, days/evenings/weekends. You just select what you're looking for, or click 'No Preference' if you're after anything, and the next page is full of jobs. ...

Stephoohla 23.10.2009 · Read full review
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...first sign up to get Job Seekers Allowance you need to agree to a contract on how you are going to go about finding a job. One of the questions you will be asked is about the hours in which you are willing to start/finish work everyday and how far you will be willing to travel. I was told that I had to agree to travel up to an hour and a half to a job which offered minimum wage. To me this seemed monotonous as most of the money that I would be earning ...
...Jobseekers I was offered a job within 2 months. This job was applied for through the JobCentre. Unfortunately, the job did not turn out well and my manager ended up being a fraud. I spoke to the Jobcentre about this and asked if there was anything they could do so I could receive the wages I was owed from him. They said that they do not get involved with employer and employee and there was nothing they could do about it. However, I could report the ...

Charleyk89 27.08.2009 · Read full review
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...and jobs depended on the job market will be abundant of top quality white collar positions; which true Brits will be fly fishing for; but it isn't. Top draw positions are not dependant on performance. That is fact. - To prove my point; the President of Europe position last week didn't even have to have a job interview. It was elected by 27 people, who had to be reminded who he was. The Foreign Minister for Europe is now a horsy faced Baroness Ashton ...
...speak Polish, part of the job description. Menial work requires a mental demise into your own nationalized status, due to the immigration laws that this government has surpassed to it's lost classes. Estates within big structured cities haven't seen a lick of paint since Bobby Sands died of Hunger strike in 1981. Rubbish tips in corners of these demographic forgotten impoverish car parks harbor the truth of what Labour is. Labour is the Old Tory ...

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...I was looking for a job but then my exams came closer so I thought I'd leave it until after uni. I graduated and we moved into our flat. After a month of frantically looking for a job and being unsuccessful (I had 2 interviews, one I didn't get, one was too far) I decided to apply for job seekers allowance to help me out financially. I filled in the online form and a bloke called me a few days later when he asked me loads of questions. I was applying ...
...time to go to the job centre to set up a Job seekers agreement. So I went along, signed in and took a seat. I was eventually called over and checked the form I'd filled in over the phone. Then I was told that the "letter from university or something to prove I was a student" wasn't good enough, I couldn't find a letter so bought in last years loan assessment form. Apparently it had to be this years one, though nobody had told me this on the phone. ...

spinklespoo 02.09.2008 · Read full review
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...look like they are trying to keep themselves busy with little things! If you are out of work, this is great to get some extra cash to help you out, but don't expect mcuh help from the staff here for actually finding a job or giving you advice! ...

kiss_me2070 10.03.2009 · Read full review
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...I have recently lost my job (good old credit crunch!) so I have been using the jobcentre website and the jobcentre visiting centre (store just isn't the right word is it "hello, i'd like a job please) and this review is based on the jobcentre in Harlow, Essex. To sign up for jobseekers allowance I had to ring an 0800 number and get asked a number of questions (including pregnancy information - i'm not, gender, nationality, do I have the right to ...
...They will go through a job search with you using the machines provided in the jobcentre the first time you visit and then in future when you attend to sign on it is expected that you will use the machines and print out job details etc for positions that you would like to apply for. Generally they aren't particularly interested and just go through the motions each fortnight when you go back to "sign on" to say that you still have no job, paid or unpaid ...

katyeverett 08.06.2009 · Read full review
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...what the idea of the job centre is is starting to make me question why I'm still here, theres nothing, and nothing potentially opening, which is making life a lil hard to be honest. I was quite open last week (read my "Oh god, oh god, oh god yes Doomee") about how much I was making on here (over the weekend I can't remember coming on at all, and still managed to get something like 16 rates on Sunday alone). Managing anywhere around the 100 rates ...
...buses. Which means my nearest Job Centre is now 40 mins train ride (Barrow-In-Furness) so now every Monday I trawl 40 mins each way, get told "We've only 2 jobs that fall into your codes" (Which include Retail and Factory work) so call up these numbers/email these address/send a CV to this address etc. So fair enough I'll trudge off feeling a lil...empty at the lack of opportunities but what the hell there is a job there right? Well no, not usually, ...

iamasadlittleboy 02.03.2009 · Read full review
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My Job Centre Review My review is about the time i was on Job Seekers allowance and what kinda help i recieved.The first time you visit Job Centre you think it would help you greatly and i am sure everybody else feels the same way. Customer Service The advisers in Job Centre in the town i live in are just full of attitude,you come on time ten mintues early and you will stay be made to wait for another half and hour and if you dont come early even ...
...everybody who comes in to Job Centre as a person who claims is a so called "Street Thug". What they offer you? Job centre offer all sort of support to people out there people looking for jobs with Job Seekers Allowance and also give other benefits out there such as Child Benefit,Tax Credit and housing benefit with other various benefits. Claiming? I claimed for Job Seekers allowance which basically any one who is looking for a job can claim money ...

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