Can't get any job

[Desperatetime]

I'm so upset with everything please go easy on me.
My dp has been in the county 12 years with no work permission and has recently obtained his leave to remain so now as the right to work we have been together 6 years and I have been struggling along to support us both and I have also been using a inheritance to get by as well but now money has run out and we have nothing. I'm not in the best health either and we dont have enough money to cover house expenses currently we haven't a penny until the 30th of this month when I get paid low income by the way.
Since dp got his right to work he has applied for job after job only to suffer rejection after rejection this is most likely due to no work trail here in the uk so massive gap in cv which is impossible to produce. He didn't really have any skill back in his home country either. He can't get references nothing so we are stuck.
We are both in deep depression with no money I have left messages with training providers and nobody ever responds and we don't have money to pay for training he has signed on with agencies and they are not forthcoming with anything I'm not sure what to do but has anybody got any suggestions because we are heading into poverty.

Unless he is in a major urban area lack of transport for shift work like cleaning, warehousing, hospitality, care etc could be limiting.

Not driving won't help. He need to get though his test asap, could this not be done while waiting for right to work?

Off the top of my head,funeral directors need temp staff in the winter, care work, bank/agency at a psychiatric hospital ( my last place of work, always desperate for staff), security, ( onsite, event, store), street waste collector, bin man.

OP I can relate my daughter went to uni in September and has 4 years experience between supermarket work and hospitality. She initally struggled to find work, was applying for everything until last weekend I told her to send me her CV, I rewrote it and added to it as it was pretty bland. She submitted it for a vacancy the following day and now has secured a job within a week.

I would defiantly seek support on CV and application help

Residential care homes are crying out for staff and give full training after DBS checks. My DD started off doing 2 months of nights until a full time day position came up in her care home.

OP there's lots of good advice on here. I'm sure you're DH can find something very soon.

Ask people around you to take a look over his CV, and see what you can do to enhance on his current skills/hobbies ie if he enjoys building things or putting things together that would translate onto a CV as 'have a good eye for detail and enjoy working on projects from start to finish. Employers will want to know what he has been doing the last few years so there needs to be a positive explanation for no employment. Has he volunteered anywhere? or joined a hobby/club? that could help get him references, and also something to talk about on his CV and how the skills he uses there can be applied to the workplace. Make sure to mention in 'additional skills' all languages spoken and written he can use, whether he drives, and if he is first aid trained or would be willing to be first air/fire marshal trained.

I have a Ukrainian staying with me. Their English is very, very poor ATM. They had a professional, office based job in Ukraine but cannot work in that field due to their lack of English. They have been determined to work and started as a kitchen porter (pot washer) and in 6 months has taken on additional responsibilities and is now earning nearly £15 an hour and is being trained to become a chef. Your DH is fooling you. There are plenty of jobs out there for those prepared to work.

I've seen your previous posts and my opinion remains the same.

He is taking you for an utter mug.

This. I can't believe this is still going.

Care work - industry is screaming out for more staff and training will be provided.

This. Every word.

Factories will take anyone with a pulse. Round where I live ( deprived) they are crying out for workers and have taken all the Ukrainians they can get. They usually don't advertise. Just phone them up and ask if they have vacancies

Cleaning or kitchen work. I find it hard to believe he couldn't get a job in either of those areas.

Asylum seekers can volunteer. In most towns and cities there is help with language skills, and certainly with help to find work if they get refugee status.

Volunteering is a great way for those without a work history to get experience and references! DH was self employed for years, after a serious illness, and after three years not working, he had to do something. Not just for the money, but to relieve the tedium! So he volunteered for a charity for a year, they gave him good references, and he got a fairly basic job that was within his reduced physical abilities.

Everyone round my way who posts on the 'Next Door' app offering to clean houses or tidy gardens gets replies straight away asking for their rates. They usually settle on around £12 an hour.

Many of them are immigrants and are very astutely building up work history, references, networks ... as well as a bit of money.

Agreed. This doesn’t sound like a person who wants to work. He has been here for 12 years and has done no training or volunteering and still can’t write in English. What on earth has he been doing with his time?

I think you need to cut him loose OP.

McDonalds is your best bet. They prefer a blank slate so as long as you’re hardworking and have a good attitude, you should be fine.

This man doesn't want to work and doesn't want to make the effort to build a life in the UK.

He's been here 12 years and still doesn't have decent enough English to be able to communicate effectively?

He's not signed up for any English classes, not done any volunteering, not been able to find any cash in hand work?

He's taking you for a mug. You're in the West Midlands, not Outer Mongolia. There are plenty of things he could have been doing to build his CV, earn money and learn English over the past TWELVE YEARS.

Using waiting for right to remain as an excuse to sit on your arse for over a decade tells you everything you need to know about this person.

Do you want to continue carrying all the weight of housing, feeding, clothing and chivvying him for the rest of your life? I would suggest getting rid before he drags you even further down with him.

Join the facebook group for your locality and ask if anyone has any work on there. Whenever people ask on my local page, there's always several people come forward looking for workers.

I have worked for charities for over 20 years and managed quite a few employability projects for people who are disadvantaged/vulnerable, had mental health issues, a history of addiction or a criminal record. So basically people who found it harder to get employment.

We usually had training courses where people could access free IT and ESOL (to improve their English) training as well as training in things like catering, child minding, gardening and so on and gain basic qualifications.

We also helped them get work experience through volunteering or work placements, often at the community centres where these projects were delivered helping at reception, the kitchen/cafe if there was one or with admin tasks. We also worked with local adult education providers to find them other courses if needed.

This meant they had positive things to put on their CV and we could also provide them with a reference for employers.

I would advise you to look at what similar projects are run by local charities, community centres or the council that could help your partner improve his skills, get some experience and build up his CV/references now that has sorted is immigration status.

As other people have already said the easiest jobs to get are usually hospitality/catering, construction, removal/delivery, cleaning jobs.

Kitchen work - my nephew had no GCSEs and has worked up to a supervisor role on a good wage, but he started with pot washing. It’s not pleasant wirk, but there are the jobs available

Is this the same poster and deadbeat who used to expect her to cough up for a hotel room for sex ?

Please stop encouraging OP to suggest care work to her partner. We don't want people working in care who can't be arsed to work and think it's an easy ride and an easy job. Care needs to be done by people who do genuinely care, want to help and make a difference and can communicate properly with elderly and disabled people. It should never ever be thought of as just job any one can do because they can't do/can't be arsed to do anything else.

Go to your council. There should have some sort of Into Work service. Your H will be given a mentor who will discuss his work goals with him and should be able to pay for basic training and qualifications to help him to get a job and will be able to help with accessing volunteering as well as job search skills, and encouragement and confidence building. I have evaluated a lot of these schemes and they are excellent.

There may also be a job scheme for you. There are lots of different employment projects (and they change all the time) and there may be one that helps people in low paid jobs to change jobs/ advance in their current career.

Good luck OP. There are a lot of employment support projects out there (lots of charities/ third sector agencies have them too) but the council ones tend to have the best budgets and better qualified and experienced mentors.

Funnily enough I work for a job centre and assure you he can get a job. Does he claim UC and have regular appointments?

for example, we recently had direct job interviews for a working from home customer service role -just had to pass the company your contact details for them to schedule a job interview. No CV or application form required. Hundreds of people got jobs off the back of that.

we also have regular jobs fairs where employers are in attendance with jobs on offer and again, job interviews on the day.

There’s CV health checks, skills/courses (ESOL perhaps for his writing?) There’s also tailored support for certain demographics. And the restart scheme which is the most intensive support. He can get a job.