Why is it so hard to get a job here? I almost give up in everything, would like to back home. I've been here almost 4 months but still cant get a job. What should i do? I was applying in loads of jobs, got some interview but i failed, loads of co. i was apply for didnt contact me back. Well, anyone with this experience, anyone who still cant get a job, anyone would like to advise me, so please please share your story and ideas which would be benefit for me and the others.

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Can't understand your difficulty. II wonder if perhaps you are being too ambitious? There are plenty of jobs in the retail industry. ie working in shops/supermarkets. It may be that you have to start with a low paid job, but you can easily get promotion if you impress. Also with Christmas fast approaching many shops desperately need temporary staff to cover the rush. The better temps are often offered a permanent job in January.

August is a particular difficult month to get work as all the students are at end of term and look for summer jobs, but these go back to college in the next two weeks and employers will need to replace them.

Please don't give up just yet.

Peter

I was surprised how difficult it was for the missus to get a job when she moved in with me after living up in the Newcastle area for more than a dozen years, but she previously had a very patchy employment history, and her cv didn't look very good. Despite all that time in the UK her written English is very poor, which is a disadvantage, but yours isn't bad, judging by your post - but what sort of job are you looking for?
In Pongsai's case she was only up for kitchen/ cleaning jobs. She had a period of casual working at a local Thai restaurant, with the inevitable drawbacks, but she also got a regular part-time job doing lunches 2 days a week at a club where I am a member, so that was by personal contact. That was enough to get her a reference when she applied for a full-time job, and she's now a commis chef at the Holiday Inn - they'll be putting Thai dishes on the menu soon! But it took about 10 months to get to that point. And yet a pal who'd only arrived in the UK a short time ago got a job more or less straight away as a chambermaid at another hotel, but maybe her husband knew somebody there.
So a lot comes down to personal contacts. Use any that you have to get some sort of job, anything, because it seems to me that it's a lot easier to get a job if you already have one.
Our experience of employment agencies was that they're a waste of time - you send them cvs and they don't bother to reply. I found the Holiday Inn job on the Jobcentre website, which is quite user-friendly.
Just keep trying. You'll get there in the end. Good luck

Gorjusniki, what sort of job are you looking for?

My wife Nat currently has three jobs, one full-time and two part-time. The two part-time jobs were both obtained by being pro-active ... not seeing a job advertised ..... just emailing her CV to them and asking if they had any vacancies. Indeed they both said yes and after interview the formal job offers were made.

So dependent upon the type of job you hope to do, don't hesitate to be pro-active and send your CV to a company you think might want to use your skills.

Nat's two part-time jobs obtained in that way? Teaching Thai Language at the Brasshouse Language Centre here in Birmingham, the UK's largest specialist language centre ... and teaching Thai Cookery at an Adult Education Centre on the outskirts of Birmingham. Neither job would have been obtained without Nat making the first move.

Nat is rather busy these days! As well as those jobs she is also just about to start the second year of a 2-year part-time Masters Degree course!

thank for all sharing ideas. well, for me i'm looking for any jobs ,especially in sales, retails, business even about art. I dont think im too bad about my jobwise experience and also my education background. I have studied in int' school in bangkok and graduate from international university in bachelor of law and political science. the point is even i applied for easy job like waitress, or sales advisor/shop assistant, i stillc cant get it. anyway i live in gloucester if anyone live near by maybe we can meet sometime. feeling so lonely and boring here, really stress about gettin job.

I think really you are gonna have to forget your 'Thai qualifications' for now as they wont always mean the same in the UK as they do to you in Thailand. Unless you are a skilled worker with good written & spoken English you're best off looking in the unskilled job market. By that I mean some retail/factory/eat-outs/warehouse/hospital domestic/cleaning work. I understand this is probably not what you are aspiring too but it is a foot on the ladder & certainly a sector of the job market that 'most' people should be able to find work in 'if they want to work'. You are experiencing the same job problems here in the UK as most of us skilled/semi skilled workers would experience if we moved to Thailand to live & work. Obviously having friends in 'high places' can help.
I would suggest you ask your husband/partner to print you off a c.v in relation to your Thai education/skills & take that with you to job interviews. You will get a job....everybody who is fit enough to work can find work if they persevere....it will just depend upon how flexible you are willing to be. Keep trying & good luck.

Gorjusniki, what sort of work did you do in Thailand? Or put it another way, what actual practical skills do you have, as compared to paper qualifications?

Casey Jones posted :-

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I think really you are gonna have to forget your 'Thai qualifications' for now as they wont always mean the same in the UK as they do to you in Thailand.

I don't think that is necessarily the case. But it might be a case of adapting those qualifications and skills, rather than trying to get exactly the same sort of job.

For example, in Thailand Nat was a teacher ... at a technical college. Did she teach Thai Language? No! Did she teach Thai cookery? No! But that is what she is doing now. Or put it another way, she is using her skill of teaching ... the technique of teaching ... to teach subjects in the UK that she did not teach in Thailand.

well, john. In thailand I worked just for part-time because i have to studied. My duties in my previos job as an Export dep&Marketing officer, Officer for law firm, Telemarketer for italian retails food, customer service in hotel, sales executive. I tried to serching for job which match my skills then I thought it will be better if im looking for all kinds of job. So, I was apply a lot of jobs even work like a cleaner or kitchen assistant but some said i'm over qualify even i tried to tell them i dont think it'es a matter i can do it but they said i will get better jobs than this and they dont want to lookin for new staff if i quit the job just in couple week

Hello G,
My wifes having trouble getting an interview; never mind a job!
Shes an accountant,but has been applying for 'lowly' jobs...as everybody has said,starting at the bottom is better than nowt.....but like youself is having trouble getting 'the chance' to be employed
I have even tried to use my contacts in the 'retail' trade...but nothing has happened yet.
What confuses me is that poles etc are getting all the jobs(even in my neck of the woods);so maybes the availability of jobs isn,t what it used to be
My mates G/f(British,young 19yr)even had a job(getting a job)..it took her about 4 mths to get a start at the local Asda.
Just gotta keep perserving G,..it can,t go on forever...I hope

It might be because you have no experience working in the UK before. But it is not impossible to get a job. Try anything. Try the employment agencies maybe (Adecco, manpower, they should be on the high street) to get a part-time job in admin/secretary etc. This might be useful to prove that at least you can work in the UKenvironment...Anybody in the UK you knew from your past experience at work in Thailand that can recommend you any part-time jobs at their offices..?

The reason I suggest part-time jobs because employers are more likely to employe you and you can put that in your CV as your UK work experience. For other jobs (cleaning etc.), as you said they are less likely to take you on as you are over qualified. If you cannot get anywhere, how about voluteering work at charities, contacting them if they need help especially on admin, sales..So you can put this on the CV to help you get a paid job.

Good luck! Keep trying.

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Originally posted by gorjusniki:
I tried to serching for job which match my skills then I thought it will be better if im looking for all kinds of job. So, I was apply a lot of jobs even work like a cleaner or kitchen assistant but some said i'm over qualify even i tried to tell them i dont think it'es a matter i can do it but they said i will get better jobs than this and they dont want to lookin for new staff if i quit the job just in couple week

I would have thought it patently obvious if you are going to apply for 'less-qualified' jobs then you don't tell them you are a graduate in Political Science. Tailor your CV to suit the job and forget the idea you are going to impress all prospective employers with your education. You have to sell yourself to the employer which means emphasising the qualities you have relevant to the job and omitting what is not relevant.

Where we live, the Polish communitty are large, and becoming larger, the agency work is being taken by the Poles, so the people who were working the agencies prior to the poles have moved into other area,s which poreviously they might not have wanted, like Part time working at Morrisons. so everybody has had too move along the chain.
Mot has worked at Morrisons for nearly 3 years, and some Thai friends of hers have recently applied for jobs there,they didn't get the jobs, but the more qualified white girl who speaks perfect English who went to school down the road, got the job, a job that she would not have considered doing if she could have done some part time agency work ( the girl is at university and wants to earn a few bob in between classes) The job market is getting harder for our Thai spouses because of the above reasons.
When you do eventually get a job look after it.
regards

The large influx of migrant workers from the expanded EU has indeed made it harder for UK residents to find work, particularly in the retail and service areas. Noi works for Primark. When she first started most of her colleagues were school leavers or, like her, mums working part time. Now, most of them are from Eastern Europe.

Chris's comments on being over qualified are also very valid. Employers are often reluctant to take on someone who they feel is overqualified as they assume that you are only using them as a temporary job until you find something more suited to your qualifications.

Gorjusniki,
As Mol says, have you considered voluntary work, a charity shop for example? It doesn't pay, but it will occupy your time and give you some work experience in the UK which will look good to potential employers.

Gorjusniki posted :-

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Officer for law firm

Can you be more specific? What were you doing there?

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customer service in hotel

Even if you have not seen them advertising, send your CV to the Human Resources Department at all of the 3 star, 4 star and 5 star hotels within travelling distance of where you live. Well certainly all those that you have not already applied to.

Even if they do not have any current suitable vacancy they might well keep your CV on file and contact you if anything does come up in the future.

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voluntary work

this can be a great way to get started.

voluntary work shows

- commitment
- provides a reference

and can be the start of a (new) career