I had the experience of
being and seeing what could be called life in the jobcentre today. My
'job' adviser said to me I have not stuck to their list of applicant
jobs. Being unemployed is bad enough but being unemployed and having
Autism/AS is a huge problem not for them but for me. I am not usually
critical about the situations I am in but for this I will make an
exception.
The jobcentre staff are
not helpful at all. There is no point in giving 'jobs' that do not
exist there should be only proper jobs. My 'job' adviser said I
should stick to their made up list of 'retail, admin and warehouse'.
I have sent and applied and emailed for over 300+ jobs and it is
driving me into the pits of despair.
There is no point in
putting people in these horses for courses. An example of this is the
Action For Employment, if they want action for employment there is no
point in putting people in a room made to feel infantile about how to
write a curriculum vitae
There is no point in me
using an old system where it will prove useless to me. Secondly what
is with all this lost paperwork crap in the jobcentre from the staff?
If you want to keep things organised just buy a folder and you will
not lose your most important documents. Thirdly what is the point of
all of these old jobs, they should be advertising new jobs it is not
like I don't know The Stone Age where there are jobs from 5/7 years
ago you so called 'job' adviser. I do not like it when there are
charities that are affiliated with the jobcentre, I think they should
do some homework and research which charities are for people of
different disabilities and then forward it to their
clients/customers. That is another thing why I despise the jobcentre,
you are not known by your name just by your national insurance number
it is just like that television show The Prisoner. The word adviser
has lost all meaning since this organisation came in with its King
Kong sized footprint. Volunteer work does not give me any appetizing,
it is the ultimate oxymoron volunteer which is equal to no pay.
In conclusion I think that
the staff at the jobcentre do not understand 18-25 people especially
those who have different disabilities. There is no backbone in that
place because they are all running around like headless chickens,
even the management is just so bad. I bet even the unemployed can do
a better job running the place than the staff on a given day.
