On 04/08/2012 4:19 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 04/08/2012 04:11 PM, Stephen wrote:
>> On 04/08/2012 2:44 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

>>
>> Even if they did you would not get one.
>
> You don't think so?
>

No I don't. Unless you're doing a career change, those job descriptions 
are for people in there twenties. Aero is right, you are aiming too low.

>> How many juniors or trainees are your age?
>
> I don't know; I've never met anybody who writes software for a living.
>

Do you? I thought that you were syst admin.

>> Graduate means just graduated, straight out of education with
>> little or no experience. At your age you are expected to have moved on.
>
> Sure. Anything that specifically says /graduate/ is unlikely to be open
> to me at this point. But I would have thought "trainee" would be fine...
>

How long have you been working? You should be trained by now and if you 
are not then who would employ someone who is not trained after ten years?
I am not slagging you off I am giving advice. (As have a lot of people 
here.)

>> So if there is no suitable work in Milton Keynes and you don't want to
>> be on the dole for the rest of your life, follow in Dick Whittington's
>> footsteps.
>
> Like I said further down, I tried a different site, and it seems to be
> finding boatloads of jobs; more jobs than I can actually apply to!
> (Well, without losing my sanity...)
>

Finding a job is a full time job. And that means that you have to work 
at it. Most people do not like working and have to force thenselves to 
do it.

> Whether I will actually get to interview for any of these is another
> matter. So far it's not looking so hot.

It never does until it happens.

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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