AIBU to think the JOB CENTRE should help people looking for a job even though.....

[monkeyandcheekychops]

....I've got one?

I was in today to see if I could have a look through their touch screen computer thingys and was told at the front desk that as I was not claiming benefits I was not allowed to use this service!

I laughed and asked her if she was joking, at which point she said no, shoved a card at me and then moved on to the person behind me, I was gobsmacked!

AIBU that I had to spend 20 minutes on a phone call from home when she could have let me in to use computers that were not being used and looked like they cost a lot of TAXPAYERS money!

I think their website has all the same info on it.

www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/Internet/setLocale.do?country=GB&language=en&page=/initialise.do

jobcenters were so easy to use years ago.

I checked out the website when I came back in but they had no application details and so I still had to phone up to get phone numbers, adresses, etc.

Its crazy!

it's not the best designed site is it

Nope!

Think I'll stay with Monster and S1 Jobs.

Anyone know any other good job sites?

(I'm in retail management at the mo and qualified in complementary therapies)

When my ds1 was claiming Jobseekers Allowance he was asked to change the time of a Job Interview because it clashed with his signing on time. They couldn't/wouldn't change the signing on day. Madness!

The ones in our Jobcentre are by the windows as you walk in, so I just use them.

if you still want to work in retail you can use retailchoice otherwise your local paper website job page is sometimes good, as you cut out the middle agencies (how i hate them)

My dp loves your name MaryHinge!

Never heard of that retail one before thanks Southeastastra x

I couldn't believe it when the Jobcentres removed all their local adverts and made people go in and use that cr*p computer system. If your search comes up with more than 100 results you're stuffed, and at least half of them are useless cons/nationwide sales positions. By the time you've ploughed through that lot you've almost run out of your hundred allowed results!