I never got around to asking them why I had to fill out the same details twice… Or why I have just done it on the computer and why they just couldn’t didn’t print themselves off a copy. Hell, it was all in my CV anyway. I was then assigned a and the first question I asked my “Case” Officer “Case” How are you going to help me get a job? Officer was… From I guess not many people ask that question. her reaction… She told me, they have so did I. computers… She told me, they have I read them all everyday on my newspapers… – computer. She told me, they can help me write a I already have resume/cv… several and cover letters also all on my computer. – At my age, if I write both, I have a job. can’t probably shouldn’t How ironic is that? To cut a long story short, they never sent me to a job interview, or found any sort of job for me. I had to attend monthly for an interview and prove I was looking for a job. Apparently in Stream 1 they help you find a job. don’t Mind you, when I graduated to Stream 2 nothing much changed at all. It was at this time I was desperately running out of money in my bank account and had to sell my Apartment, the strata fees were killing me. The mortgage much better. wasn’t So they transferred me to an NGO that was closer to where my new residence would be. At the new NGO, I filled out some forms and had a short interview. They had computers and newspapers and wanted to see my CV. I showed them one. They were reasonably impressed. One thing I noticed was the office was filled with lots of young people, mostly looking for apprenticeships or their first job. Many doing in-house courses about how to write CVs and how to dress for interviews. I was beginning to this quite the right place for me after think… maybe wasn’t all. Eventually they transferred me to another NGO… The spiral down to the gutter continued.
I never got around to asking them why I had to fill out the same details twice… Or why I couldn’t have just done it on the computer and why they didn’t just print themselves off a copy. Hell, it was all in my CV anyway. I was then assigned a “Case” Officer and the first question I asked my “Case” Officer was… How are you going to help me get a job? From her reaction… I guess not many people ask that question. She told me, they have computers… so did I. She told me, they have newspapers… I read them all everyday – on my computer. She told me, they can help me write a resume/cv… I already have several and cover letters – also all on my computer. At my age, if I can’t write both, I probably shouldn’t have a job. How ironic is that? To cut a long story short, they never sent me to a job interview, or found any sort of job for me. I had to attend monthly for an interview and prove I was looking for a job. Apparently in Stream 1 they don’t help you find a job. Mind you, when I graduated to Stream 2 nothing much changed at all. It was at this time I was desperately running out of money in my bank account and had to sell my Apartment, the strata fees were killing me. The mortgage wasn’t much better. So they transferred me to an NGO that was closer to where my new residence would be. At the new NGO, I filled out some forms and had a short interview. They had computers and newspapers and wanted to see my CV. I showed them one. They were reasonably impressed. One thing I noticed was the office was filled with lots of young people, mostly looking for apprenticeships or their first job. Many doing in-house courses about how to write CVs and how to dress for interviews. I was beginning to think… maybe this wasn’t quite the right place for me after all. Eventually they transferred me to another NGO… The spiral down to the gutter continued.
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