The welfare state

[Ronin]

No, definitely worse. He comes to "our" country mocks "our" natives and then lives off, of our welfare.

Kettle.
Pot.
Black.

you mean

Kettle
Pot
Indigenous Person

[Str8 Jacket]

you mean

Kettle
Pot
Indigenous Person

ha, clever, I see what you've done there.... KPI = target!

[SMOKEU]

That's just bullshit mate ... there are plenty of bridging programmes to get you into the qualification path ... You're just like those lazy Māoris bludging off the welfare state you're always on about .. no better, no worse

Easier said than done.

No, definitely worse. He comes to "our" country mocks "our" natives and then lives off, of our welfare.

Kettle.
Pot.
Black.

NZ does not have any native people.

[Woodman]

Funny re young guys coming in looking for jobs.

The first thing I do is ask them to bring in a cv. That generally means that I won't see about half of them back cos they can't be assed. Some argue the point about the necessity of needing a cv at all, FAIL. Some try to dictate the terms of their employment before they even get an interview. Some tell me that they want a job here because they can't find anything else. Some just look like shit. I even had one that didn't even know what a cv was and when I explained it to him then asked where he could buy one from. Had one that asked me if we do random drug testing because he would definitely fail.

I could go on and on and on.

This is why I now employ older people

[Str8 Jacket]

NZ does not have any native people.

Such a shame that. They would've quite literally eaten you.

[Banditbandit]

Such a shame that. They would've quite literally eaten you.

Kaore. Skinny white and tasteless ...

[Str8 Jacket]

Kaore. Skinny white and tasteless ...

Well people tell me that all the time, however....

SmokeU, you are a dick. I have been working since I was 15 (worked part time during 5th and 6th form while on the Independent Youth Bene) and have absolutely no qualifications. I also have all the excuses under the sun as to why not but at the end of the day as soon as I left high school I got a job and have never been on a benefit since.
Sure, it sucked working at the $2 shop then eventually Burger King but I worked my way up to bigger and brighter things by WORKING to gain experience in low paying jobs. I now work in a very interesting job that normally requires a degree. However they saw that I had gained real working life experience and proved that I was willing to work hard.
No matter who you are, you get to choose what path you take.

Shut up and do it.

[SMOKEU]

Well people tell me that all the time, however....

SmokeU, you are a dick. I have been working since I was 15 (worked part time during 5th and 6th form while on the Independent Youth Bene) and have absolutely no qualifications. I also have all the excuses under the sun as to why not but at the end of the day as soon as I left high school I got a job and have never been on a benefit since.
Sure, it sucked working at the $2 shop then eventually Burger King but I worked my way up to bigger and brighter things by WORKING to gain experience in low paying jobs. I now work in a very interesting job that normally requires a degree. However they saw that I had gained real working life experience and proved that I was willing to work hard.
No matter who you are, you get choose what path you take.

Shut up and do it.

Looks like you got lucky, but it's not that easy to find a job these days without qualifications. If it is as easy to score a job as you say it is then I would have certainly gotten one by now.

[Str8 Jacket]

Looks like you got lucky, but it's not that easy to find a job these days without qualifications. If it is as easy to score a job as you say it is then I would have certainly gotten one by now.

I did not get lucky. I got off my arse and just got a job. Calling working full time at the $2 Shop or Burger King, or working 3 partime fish and chip jobs is not, and I repeat NOT LUCKY. I worked hard and I took any job I cold get. I also quite happily worked for and with any type of ethnicity that would offer me a job. I also lived in shitty hovels as that was what I could afford. I also lived off $20 a week for food for quite a few years. Oh yeah, I also got kicked out of school in 7th form because I couldn't afford to pay my school fees and they were sending debt collectors to my flat.

What part of that is LUCKY?

[scumdog]

Looks like you got lucky, but it's not that easy to find a job these days without qualifications. If it is as easy to score a job as you say it is then I would have certainly gotten one by now.

Expand your horizons.

Move around the country, try jobs you previously wouldn't have thought of.

Like labouring at vine-yards, tree plantin, working for a shearing gang (or are you scared that you might be working with too many Maori?), give virtually ANYTHING a go.

[Virago]

Looks like you got lucky, but it's not that easy to find a job these days without qualifications. If it is as easy to score a job as you say it is then I would have certainly gotten one by now.

Time spent posting on KB could be better spent looking for a job. Job hunting is a full time job - do it.

Door knocking can reap dividends - it shows initiative, and a genuine desire to work. There's no shortage of doors to knock on - if you're really keen to work somewhere go back and hassle them again, let 'em know you're keen and willing.

Job hunters don't "get lucky" - they get what they deserve.

[Str8 Jacket]

Door knocking can reap dividends - it shows initiative, and a genuine desire to work. There's no shortage of doors to knock on - if you're really keen to work somewhere go back and hassle them again, let 'em know you're keen and willing.

Job hunters don't "get lucky" - they get what they deserve.

Hell yeah, I used to print out one page resume (really crap now I think about it) outlining who I was and what I could do etc and go round EVERY business in town and drop them off till I found a job.

[Ender EnZed]

Looks like you got lucky, but it's not that easy to find a job these days without qualifications. If it is as easy to score a job as you say it is then I would have certainly gotten one by now.

Here's a career plan for you.

Step One: Training

Step Two: Job

Step Three: ????

I'll leave the rest up to you.

[Maha]

Time spent posting on KB could be better spent looking for a job. Job hunting is a full time job - do it.

Door knocking can reap dividends - it shows initiative, and a genuine desire to work. There's no shortage of doors to knock on - if you're really keen to work somewhere go back and hassle them again, let 'em know you're keen and willing.

Job hunters don't "get lucky" - they get what they deserve.

Just over 30 years ago I walked up to a Carpet Layer and asked '' can you teach me to lay carpet''....he said '' bring a cut lunch tomorrow and meet me here at 8am''.
The rest as they say... is history.

[Swoop]

...and when polytech don't want me.

Better be gettin' in quickly. Polytech's are being selective now since they are required to sort the wheat from the chaff. Simply "doing a course" is not up to standard. You need to have a desire, a calling or a passion for your future, to get an entry.

Polytech's are not looking at "bums on seats" any longer. Thank you National.