Reply to: Can someone please give my son a job!

[milanbenes]

My son is 19 years old. He has his City & Guilds Electrical Installation certificates as well as CSCS card.
We have tried for 2 years to get him an apprenticeship for an electrician.
He has had a few short term jobs and one so called 'apprenticeship' with a company in London that laid him off due to the economic situation!
He is gagging for an apprenticeship Industrial or Domestic.
I have advertised locally and offered to pay his salary for a short time, but nothing!
He needs a good company or a mentor to give him confidence.

Failing this, he has been doing a little labouring work, as he is very strong.
He is reliable, keen and willing to work unsociable hours.

Is there anyone out there near Chelmsford or in London that can offer him something-Please!

Otherwise I wonder where our future construction workers will come from?
Most probably Poland! My son went to the Olympic site and was told he had no chance 'cos it was 95% full of Polish workers!!

send him to Belgium or Holland

I have friends who have done that, in similar situations/trades

they found work easily and had a great time

Milan.

[TheFaQQer]

PM me

Newbies don't have PM rights unless admin enables them. If you have something that would help, DA, then you might want to send admin a message asking him to do the needful.

[d000hg]

Do you even know what spamming is ?

Better than you it would seem, if you don't think this counts.

Let's assume that the bloke saw the word "contractor" and made a mistake.

I bet CUK gets hundreds of new members trying to offer services/advertise, but they don't get through. Maybe one of administrator's friends


The OP would be better trying over at http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk

[mudskipper]

Let's assume that the bloke saw the word "contractor" and made a mistake.

To the OP, good luck.

So OP is Wimslow?

[fullyautomatix]

Let's assume the bloke joined CUK purely to spam us. Although maybe not, admin did let the post through...

Do you even know what spamming is ?

[bobspud]

Good luck with it. I too have a 19-year-old in a similar position so know your frustrations. Keep at it though, something will turn up.

Why are you not employing him yourself? after all, you own a company and have a right of substitution... Nothing says you cannot put a suit on him and make him take notes for you or do menial tasks until you build him up enough to take on more of your skills sets...

[Mich the Tester]

At 19 he should be out at some University getting himself a proper degree ( like meeja studies ), getting a big loan from the student loan company, getting pissed every night drinking value lager, having drunken orgies with fellow teenagers and getting too stoned to attend classes.

Gordon Brown.

meedjah studdeys

[OwlHoot]

Tell your family and friends to vote UKIP then. No more Polish workers. Sorted!

WHS

[fullyautomatix]

At 19 he should be out at some University getting himself a proper degree ( like meeja studies ), getting a big loan from the student loan company, getting pissed every night drinking value lager, having drunken orgies with fellow teenagers and getting too stoned to attend classes.

Gordon Brown.

[shaunbhoy]

Let's assume the bloke joined CUK purely to spam us. Although maybe not, admin did let the post through...

You Holy Joes. Always assuming the worst. Tsk tsk!

[Mich the Tester]

Yoof of today eh. They think they have a right to work just because they're qualified, hard working, motivated and doing everything they can to get a job; they've never 'ad it so easy you know. In my day you couldn't avoid getting work; if you had a functioning cardio-respiratory system and could switch on a PC you'd be dragged down to an office in a suit, stuck behind a desk in an air conditioned office for a day or so of training, then sent off to a customer in a shiny new car to press Ctrl-Alt-Del and reboot the system, with no choice as to whether you wanted to sit at home and be lazy. I only got to be lazy after 5 in the afternoon! Yoof of today, they should count their blessings!



sorry I can't help on this one, but best of luck!

[Churchill]

Let's assume the bloke joined CUK purely to spam us. Although maybe not, admin did let the post through...

Let's assume that the bloke saw the word "contractor" and made a mistake.

To the OP, good luck.

[d000hg]

Let's assume the bloke is trying absolutely everything he can for his lad? For now.

Let's assume the bloke joined CUK purely to spam us. Although maybe not, admin did let the post through...

[Lockhouse]

My son is 19 years old. He has his City & Guilds Electrical Installation certificates as well as CSCS card.
We have tried for 2 years to get him an apprenticeship for an electrician.
He has had a few short term jobs and one so called 'apprenticeship' with a company in London that laid him off due to the economic situation!
He is gagging for an apprenticeship Industrial or Domestic.
I have advertised locally and offered to pay his salary for a short time, but nothing!
He needs a good company or a mentor to give him confidence.

Failing this, he has been doing a little labouring work, as he is very strong.
He is reliable, keen and willing to work unsociable hours.

Is there anyone out there near Chelmsford or in London that can offer him something-Please!

Otherwise I wonder where our future construction workers will come from?
Most probably Poland! My son went to the Olympic site and was told he had no chance 'cos it was 95% full of Polish workers!!

I know it's not a lot of use but I've been in the same boat with one of my kids. Good luck to you and I hope he finds something soon.

[MarillionFan]

Good luck with it. I too have a 19-year-old in a similar position so know your frustrations. Keep at it though, something will turn up.

But your boy is covered in tattoos remember. He may never work.