So let's get this clear,
I do not envisage a life on benefits I remain optimistic, and will never give up.
The reason I am on Jsa, is this, the company I use to work for, a home automation and control systes company in which I was a sales co-ordinator and on a very high salary, had no choice but to close, due to the recession and because builders and developers were not buying and they were making no money, also biggest developer stopped building.
I was given redundancy package, after a few months of not working and I decided to go to the job centre, as my previous career was niche to say the least, to my astonishment they were prepared to pay me 64 quid a week, and council tax relief, to which no one would say no.
And the reason I am on it for a while now, well on and off really as I do work when it's avaialbe, I last worked in March 2010. Is because I am struggling to find permenant work, esp in the field I worked before. And also that there are not half as many applicable job's to an individual as you think, yes there are lots of job's I do not disagree, but you do need experience for most of them, and qualifications.
I applied for RBS and AXA but failed the psychometric, I am about to hand in an application for Tesco in which i got my sister to do the psychomeric bit, fingers crossed I will get a job there, earn some money and start my own business.
Thank you