Finding a job

interested 1 · (#1 (**permalink**))

Is it me or does anyone else find it hard to find a reasonable job were the wage is not so bad. I'm saying this because I go to places and ask if they have any vacancies, they say yes, then I get an application form and fill it in. But once I've done that I don't hear from them and I see some next people who work there which didn't work there before..

Now I'm tryingnot to think its the colour of my skin....as I see other black people (but not much) working in various places.....but nearly all my white friends find it easy to get jobs.

Isit justme or does anyone else have this problem?

Nuff said........ower

The Watcher · (#2 (**permalink**))

Black_power wrote:

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try not filling out the equal opps section... works wonders for me.

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LOL!

Prince Hakeem · (#3 (**permalink**))

Times is rough and tough like leather....I've got a good career behind me and even I'm finding it difficultgetting something new. I've been doing my job for a while now and although I get to work from home sometimes it can be boring as watching grass grow. The jobI do is quite unusual so maybe that's why.

What I find is that a lot of people outside London think that jobs just fall into your lap and they can't fathom why anybody will struggle to find employment. It nuh go so!

Soulstarr · (#4 (**permalink**))

Black_power wrote:

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try not filling out the equal opps section... works wonders for me.

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This is possibly a very silly question but is this actually true?

Mezmerized · (#5 (**permalink**))

Soulstarr wrote:

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Black_power wrote:

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try not filling out the equal opps section... works wonders for me.

niceone.gif

This is possibly a very silly question but is this actually true?

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It doesn't make any difference. When you get to the interview, it would be ovious that you are black. And what about us whos got African names? Wheither you fill it in or not, if its meant for the bin, thats where it will be.

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Quite frankly i don't understand whats going on.....even agencies are dead, its like there is a secret code out there to only employ the newly arrived Eastern Europeans....and give them a few years when they will get degrees and you can bet it would be just as hard for those jobs that requires qualifications. Soon i will be pulling my hair out...lol

MarcusGarveyLives · (#6 (**permalink**))

interested 1 wrote:

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Is it me or does anyone else find it hard to find a reasonable job were the wage is not so bad. I'm saying this because I go to places and ask if they have any vacancies, they say yes, then I get an application form and fill it in. But once I've done that I don't hear from them and I see some next people who work there which didn't work there before..

Now I'm tryingnot to think its the colour of my skin....as I see other black people (but not much) working in various places.....but nearly all my white friends find it easy to get jobs.

Isit justme or does anyone else have this problem?

Nuff said........ower

Ask your "whitefriends" if they have something that you don't.

Justavoice · (#7 (**permalink**))

Yep it is getting much harder, and the agencies are coming up with some new excuses, such as "the job is on hold".

None of the agencies that have said this to me, have come back saying, it is no longer on hold and now they company is reading through cv's.

I do believe that the agencies are screening it candidates and it makes sense because companies when asked about equal opp's can possibly say they are not getting black or ethnic minority candiates through from the agencies for interviews.

Shemsi en Tehuti · (#8 (**permalink**))

Black_power wrote:

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try not filling out the equal opps section... works wonders for me.

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I do the same thing. I never put my race/ethnicity in or anything identifiable such as names of clubs with "black" this or that. I let my credentials speak for themselves. However, if I had an African name then I suppose it would be harder for me.

urbanorder · (#9 (**permalink**))

Black_power wrote:

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try not filling out the equal opps section... works wonders for me.

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Spot on...................

Tip from what my brother once said...................."when your in the work place joke and act just like them but when you go home get back to being black".

Justavoice · (#10 (**permalink**))

8 hours a day of joking and acting like them can take its toll on a black man/woman. I hear what your bruh is saying though, kind of like, when in Rome do as the Romans do.

conscious sistah · (#11 (**permalink**))

Im trying to find a summer job, and i can't even get that! its really frustrating, because this is going to be a looooong summer for me, and i need somethnig to ocupy my time with. I don't even mind volunteer work as i do that a lot.Doingnothing from now untill October, is absolutelyridiculous!

DSP · (#12 (**permalink**))

How does unemployment work over there in the UK?

interested 1 · (#13 (**permalink**))

conscious sistah wrote:

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Im trying to find a summer job, and i can't even get that! its really frustrating, because this is going to be a looooong summer for me, and i need somethnig to ocupy my time with. I don't even mind volunteer work as i do that a lot.Doingnothing from now untill October, is absolutelyridiculous!

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I see were your coming from......and they wounder why some black people start shotting drugs n that!!!! I mean we try and go the legit way (no matter how shit the money is)but its so hard to get a job.............I mean why wait when you can make in an hour than in a week.....?