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Inspiration and motivational stories from famous Job seekers

Most Jobseekers find themselves discouraged and in need of motivation.

The Stories you find below I hope will encourage and #motivate you.

Why not share this with someone you know what is searching and having a hard time of it.

The article was featured on The Guardian

To the million jobseekers out there, I'm imagining you're on your sofa, lying on your face, lifting your head for the occasional perusal of a still-empty inbox – an understandable reaction to the crushing despair of unemployment.

It doesn't help to see dismal employment figures, commentary on why the younger generation is doomed, and absolutely nothing to make you feel better about it.

So I'd like to attempt a short-term remedy, a mixture of inspiration and schadenfreude – five down-and-out jobseekers who clawed their way to the top.

5. Ricky Gervais

Gervais was a failed pop star and an unsuccessful manager long before he was a super successful writer, director and actor. At university he couldn't afford two types of soap – he had to choose between washing his clothes or himself (in the end he did both; Daz, he informs us, is "quite a good exfoliate").

In his 30s he landed a job at the radio station XFM, where he realised he didn't understand radio and hired Stephen Merchant to "do all the boring stuff". In 1998, they were both made redundant.

Luckily, Merchant cast Gervais in a short film about a "seedy boss" for a BBC production course, which we now know as The Office. It became the most successful British sitcom ever.

4. Jim Carrey

The Canadian funnyman was a high school dropout, working as a janitor and security guard to help pay the family bills. They lost their home and were forced to live in a van. He then moved to LA to struggle on the stand-up comedy scene before going into the out-of-work-actor business.

While, yes, it sucks to get rejected with the robotic line, "Due to the high volume of applications…", at least most of us don't have to spend weeks watching the guy who got the job beam at you from the side of a hundred buses. Before Carrey got his big break on the TV sketch comedy show In Living Color, he was rejected from leading roles in Saturday Night Live, Sixteen Candles, Bachelor Party, Legend,Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Back to School and Edward Scissorhands.

But it was worth the wait. Now, aged 52, he's estimated to be worth $20mn.

3. Walt Disney

The man behind children's stories had a rough time on his way to billionaire status. When he dropped out of high school at 16 to enlist in the army during the first world war, he was rejected for being too young. At 18, he started drawing political caricatures, but they didn't catch on and he was fired by his editor because he "lacked imagination and had no good ideas".

Disney started a business with a cartoonist, and it failed, as did his second business. In fact, he went bankrupt five times before he found success with Disneyland, which was also rejected by the city of Anaheim, Orange County, because it would "only attract riffraff". At one point Disney was so skint he survived on dog food.

He also faced a lot of ridicule. His project of turning Snow White into a feature-length animation, was called "Disney's folly". He even ran out of funding during production, and had to show loan officers a rough cut to secure enough cash to finish it.

His pitch for the much-loved character of Mickey Mouse was rejected too – he was told it would never work because a giant mouse on the screen would "terrify women". Despite enduring rejection and ridicule, between 1932 and 1969 Disney won 22 Academy Awards and was nominated 59 times – more than anyone else in history.

2. JK Rowling

Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter novel at rock bottom: "I was jobless, a lone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless." She survived on benefits, sometimes going without dinner so she could feed her children.

The first manuscript was rejected by 12 publishers. The 13th publisher accepted it at the behest of the only person it seems had actually bothered to read it – the chief executive's eight-year-old daughter.

The books did rather well, and Rowling was the first female novelist to become a billionaire – although now, after a spate of charitable giving, she's back to being a humble millionaire.

1. Abraham Lincoln

In his book, Emotional Equations, Chip Conley notes how Abraham Lincoln had a rough time too, almost drowning, losing his mother when aged nine, his fiancée and sister when he was 26 – not to mention getting malaria, syphilis, smallpox, and kicked in the head by a horse.

Lincoln failed in business aged 21. Two years later he ran for state legislature, lost his job and was rejected from law school. He bounced back and started a business on borrowed money, but was bankrupt within a year.

At 28, he was defeated as a speaker of the state legislature. He ran for the US House of Representatives and lost at age 33. He tried again at age 39, and lost. Not to worry – at age 45 he ran for the US Senate and lost again. He also lost when he ran for his party's vice presidential nomination at age 47. And again at the US Senate at age 49. But at the age of 51, he became the president of the US.

So, how's your job hunt going?

It may seem like these superhumans, these titans in their field, these "absolute legends" are nothing like the young people of today, who seem to be educated to the eyeballs but lack opportunities. But if we can learn anything from their stories, it's not that success comes from sending as many CVs and cover letters as you can in a day. It's identify what you love, then bang away at it like a relentless idiot until something brilliant happens.

Training courses in U.K

DWP Training Provision

DWP for many years has sent Job seekers on training courses to boost their C.V's  but also to create employability options

The more common training courses have included

• Basic Food Hygiene Course
• Manual Handling
• First Aid

Many have been encouraged to check out Safeguarding and other related training courses. Often this was purely to put something on a CV

This used to take some planning to get these qualifications. Often they were not accessible.

However, the provider's market has changed. 

Providers

I was contacted by David Stephenson this week. He is a Director at the Digital College

His company produce many of the key courses that DWP required recently and allow for the claimant to undertake the training through the internet. No longer is there a requirement to attend a building at a set time for training. The internet allows the Job seeker real options

The internet is opening many doors allowing us to provide training support through the internet. 

Be Inspired's Managing Director Lisa Duffy also shared with me the work that her company is doing. Be Inspired is working with clients to provide them with solutions that overcome barriers 

Having identified many of the issues that we have featured on our site's she has like ourselves provided individuals with assessed solutions. 

The services her company provides are services that many really keen Job seekers will welcome.

As a job seeker in the U.K if you need help you need to ask. So that we can provide you with some solutions

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Linkedin

Linkedin

Linkedin

Linkedin really didn't appeal to me initially.Until I saw it's potential. Linkedin allows you to share who you are and what you about almost as if you were in the same room with other key people. You can share your CV and what makes you tick with others. You can join groups and read about what is really going on and ask the questions that you want to ask in a way that you cannot within all the other forms of social media. In many ways its more open than a website and more approachable than calling a company as you might have done some years ago If you are looking for work in a certain industry it's a great solution to look at the Recruitment within the industry and to see what the decision makers are saying within that sector. There is a Privacy option however, there is a great opportunity as a Job seeker to promote yourself.

Talk about your Passion

An excellent way of using Linkedin without being pushy. Wise words on personal marketing

The Linkedin profile

The Linkedin profile provides an excellent opportunity to allow recruiters and potential employers to see your CV, Employment history, Interests and your ability to put your Skills and knowledge across without having to push. Instead contribute.  

 Linkedin Posts

Linkedin Posts

Linkedin Posts[/caption] Linkedin Posts are an opportunity to share your skills and knowledge on a subject that you might be passionate. Keep it relevant. Think before you post. maybe its worth seeing what others think of your posts As I write this page I regard myself as something of a novice on Linkedin, so my views and experience is limited. However, I feel that it's worth looking at .

Skills and Endorsements

LinkedIn provides the opportunity for others to endorse you. To vouch for you. Almost like a reference. This is a particularly usefull tool for Recruiters and employers. You can choose those key words and others can endorse you. In today's employment market that is an effective resource.

Jobsearch support form a £1 a day

Job search for Job seekers with support from a £1 a day

Support including

• Registering on Job sites
• Uploading of CV ( Resume)
• Cover letters
• Job Filters
• Application forms

Unemployment-Jan 2015 stats

Unemployment 20150 rather the last of last years stats. There are however very clear aspects that sanctions targets as well as the unemployment figures
There are many that have struggled and searched and have been sanctioned
however there are those that  inspire

Key Points for September to November 2014

• Comparing the estimates for September to November 2014 with those for June to August 2014, employment continued to rise and unemployment continued to fall. These changes maintain the general direction of movement since late 2011/early 2012.
• There were 30.80 million people in work. This was 37,000 more than for June to August 2014, the smallest quarterly increase since March to May 2013. Comparing September to November 2014 with a year earlier, there were 512,000 more people in work.
• The proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 in work (the employment rate), was 73.0%, unchanged from June to August 2014 but higher than for a year earlier (72.0%).

• There were 1.91 million unemployed people. This was 58,000 fewer than for June to August 2014, the smallest quarterly fall since July to September 2013. Comparing September to November 2014 with a year earlier, there were 418,000 fewer unemployed people.

• The unemployment rate was 5.8%, lower than for June to August 2014 (6.0%) and lower than for a year earlier (7.1%). The unemployment rate is the proportion of the economically active population (those in work plus those seeking and available to work) who were unemployed.
• There were 9.09 million people aged from 16 to 64 who were out of work and not seeking or available to work (known as economically inactive). This was 66,000 more than for June to August 2014 and 41,000 more than for a year earlier.
• The proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 who were economically inactive (the inactivity rate) was 22.4%, slightly higher than for June to August 2014 (22.2%) and for a year earlier (22.3%).
• Comparing September to November 2014 with a year earlier, pay for employees in Great Britain increased by 1.7% including bonuses and by 1.8% excluding bonuses.

Overview of regional labour market published 21 January 2015

The employment rate estimates, for those aged 16 to 64, for the three months to November 2014, compared to the three months to August 2014, showed very few large movements for the regions and countries of the UK.

The largest increases in the employment rate estimates were for the West Midlands, at 1.0 percentage point and the North East, at 0.7 percentage points. For both regions, the employment rate estimate for three months ago was low, compared with other recent estimates, with the general pattern much flatter than suggested by the latest estimates.

The largest decrease in the employment rate estimate was for London, at 0.6 percentage points. This followed an employment rate estimate for three months ago that was unusually high, compared with other recent estimates, again with a relatively flat pattern suggested by recent estimates.

For most regions, the general picture has been for employment rates to be increasing or close to flat, with all but one region having employment rates higher than a year ago. The exception is Wales, which has been falling from record highs since late 2013, with the latest estimate 2.2 percentage points lower than a year ago.

Employment rates remain higher in the East of England and South East, both at 76.6% and South West, at 76.3%, than the rest of the UK.

The employment levels for the North East, East Midlands and Scotland, are all at record highs, with many other regions close to record highs. Despite this, the rates are below previous records, due to increasing population levels.

Regional estimates for the unemployment rate are quite volatile, which needs to be allowed for when considering the pattern of change over time.

The largest increase in the unemployment rate estimates for the three months to November 2014, compared to the three months to August 2014, was for Wales, at 0.6 percentage points.

The largest decreases in the unemployment rate estimates for the three months to November 2014, compared to the three months to August 2014, were for the West Midlands, at 1.2 percentage points and North East, at 0.7 percentage points. These decreases are consistent with the increases in the employment rates in these regions, partially due to estimates for three months ago that were high, compared with other recent estimates. The general pattern has been for a much slower rate of decrease.

All regions are showing decreases in the unemployment rate, compared with a year ago.

The unemployment rate for the North East remains the highest in the UK, at 8.5%, followed by Wales, at 7.0% and Yorkshire and The Humber, at 6.8%.

The Unemployment Stats produced today The Claimant Count for December 2014 compared with November 2014, is showing decreases in the count for both men and women across all regions of the UK.

 Employment by nationality and country of birth, changes between July to September 2013 and July to September 2014, not seasonally adjusted

Employment by National Birth

makes interesting reading and viewing

 Changes in the number of people in the labour market,

 seasonally adjusted

Probably the starkest stat from the 

graph ius the Unemployment ( aged 18+ )that has the minus stat

Twitter -Job search

Twitter job Search

Introduction

Twitter has in the last two years become a significant way of searching for work. In this article we look at how Twitter is being used as a mechanism by DWP and recruitment companies in the U.K to promote Job opportunities. We look at how your Search through Twitter may work

DWP JobCentre plus & Twitter

In the last year most of the Job Centres throughout the U.K have started Tweeting out job adverts on a daily basis. There are a number of ways you can search.
One method is to go to twitter and search by typing out the name of your local U.K DWP Job Centre and follow the job centre on your own twitter account.
This does not mean that the local Job centre will look at your Universal Job Match account and say wow Mr Smith you have followed our "Twitter account " Therefore you have completed your Job Search and all is well. Rather, it provides you with the leads and you follow them up. its a faster way than the weekly or daily local newspaper in producing the Job leads.
However, there is also often a need to be registered with the recruiters advertising the job. However, Key word may be of use. Certainly is a relatively new method of Job Search.

TwitJobSearch

 Tweet job search Certainly Twit Job Search has the advantage of providing information quickly and can be found on many Job search. Many companies use Twitter as a suitable method of communication and thus we can see on the map the location of the map. Very hands. Again there are options for looking at the town and as with all search options looking for the key words that may work with the type of work we are seeking.

Key Words on Twitter

Each Job advertised may have key words included in it. If you can find the type of Job you are seeking then look for the key words that are being highlighted and see if these are the key words being used by Twitter or Google etc. Key words may be the future for your Job search in the Search engines.




 Written by John Fairest Written BY John Fairest John Fairest author I am writing this post to support those wondering how they can use twitter for Job search and their future emplyment