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My daughter has signed on with 2 employment agencies who keep promising her work and when she turns up at the factories (which arent on the doorstep) they tell her that there is no work and tell her to go back the next day only to be sent home again. She is getting really frustrated with the whole process. She has applied for hundreds of jobs over the last 2 years only to be told she has no experience etc. How is she supposed to get the experience without the job. sue c x

Sue, get her to speak to the agency that is sending her places, as I am sure they are breaking all agency regulations by sending her somewhere that she isn't expected or needed!! Diana xx

Oh Poor thing how awful that they dont give you a chance to prove yourself, hope she soon finds work Lil

sue thats where she goes to apply for all the other jobs she has joined a job club too but no luck yet she could do with a bit of good luck she is not a lazy person but people tend to judge her because she signs on fingers crossed for her she has just got an interview this morning from one of the local shops we are waiting now to see if they bother letting her know coz alot of them dont sue c x

not sure whether they are breaking any rules but they send about 20 of them every day and about a dozen of them get turned away will look into it though thanks sue c x

I think there must be a confusion somewhere. If she signs up with an 'Agency', they will (or should) only send her to a job that is expecting her. She would have to go for one interview with the Agency and then THEY will find her an appropiate job, as and when they come in, and send her to somewhere that is expecting her and her only for each position they need filling. The Job Centre will send her to apply for jobs or tell her to complete an application form etc... My daughter now works for an Agency .... and has been with the same company for nearly 6 months now - although she is expecting to be laid off sometime soon, as she works for a Boiler Manufacturer Call centre, and in the Summer months, not many people phone in because there boiler has broken down. Thats the only thing about Agency's, you go where you are sent if you don't have a position. Elaine ;-)

Sue - in that instance sweetie they aren't breaking any rules - I'm guessing your daughter is told she may not get used!! Does she have a CV - can i help her create a CV - sometimes even if it says very little a company/shop/factory will be impressed that she has tried. PM me if I can help and as with everyone else I have helped - its FREE, I'm just trying to feel useful!! xx

i know thats the way it should be DD but this has happened 3 times now the agency say they are sending the the people that the firms ask them to send but when they get there they send them home coz a line has broken down or an order was finished early or some other excuse its really getting her down she is changing her agency to see if that helps sue c x

thanks for that Pinkella the job club has helped her with a CV and she sends a copy of it to employers when she applies for a job im sure she will get something soon sue c x

Sue - i have PM'd you!! Let me know if I can help at all!! xx

thankyou Pinkella and Christine for your PM's i will pass the info on to my daughter im sure she will be very grateful sue c x

Why not get your daughter to make up a list of companies she would like to work for, and send them all a copy of her cv. with a covering letter saying she is trying hard to get work but needs to get experience and is there anyway they could help her. My friend did this and was commended for his iniative and offered a job, which he is still in some years later. Hope she gets something soon, it is soul destroying to be turned away as she has. Wish her luck from me. Liz