Well as the title says, improving your job prospects does not work or pay dividend, ask someone who know, like myself.
I am currently studying a level 3 Personal Trainer diploma course to improve my chances of getting into work within the fitness industry, as many of the jobs in this industry ask for a Level3 qualification/ equivalent or above or even start my own business, so I should be congratulated for doing this, well that is not exactly the point as I have been punished for it.
What do I mean by being punished, well as I am classed as in full time education I have had my Job Seekers Allowance stopped, well as you can see it is the governments way of punishing people for getting off their backside doing something to improve their chances of getting back into work, re-training as they say.
This is the governments way of manufacturing the unemployment figure, so under their rules I am quote "Technically in work" which is not the point as I am in College studying, thus meaning I am under their rules unable to work, lets put it this way I am in college 15 1/2 hours a week, so how can I not be able to work or even be classed as in full time education and this where they fall down with their rules, from what I can gather full time means anything over 20 hours per week, with the average working week being 40 hours or more, yet the DWP rules state that 16 hours is classed as full time.
So why is it that people who re-train and change their skills to try and get back into employment are punished or should that be discouraged from doing anything to help themselves, just sit at home do nothing, claim all the benefits they can and do nothing, yet the people who do something to change their prospects of work get new qualifications to do this get given no help.
This is the situation I now find myself in no money, threat of eviction and no Job Seekers Allowance, although you are still expected to look for work and give up you college course if you find a job.
What sort of incentive is it for someone to re-train if they are going to be punished for it, stopping you money, housing benefit and council tax benefit, yet some people do nothing to enhance their chances of employment sit on their backside and do nothing claim what they can.
I can apply for a Job Seekers Hardship Allowance, but only if I have asked family or friends to help me out, they want you to do what? Yes you read right they want you to ask family and friends to help out, yet I have paid into the system for well over 10 years and now I am being told I have to ask other people to help me out, yet it is the government who have put me in this position, they want you to work, want you to improve your chances of work and then stop your money because you do, double standards, instead of stopping you from enhancing your employment prospects, they should encourage you, by giving you an allowance to re-train or go back to college, well you are helping yourself and the government by improving your chances of employment, thus getting into employment and paying back into the system via national insurance contributions and income tax, so they would be getting their money back for helping you, it is simple economics, you speculate to accumulate, because your are either going back into employment or go self employed and employ other people.
This is something the government don't see, all they want to do is punish the simple man, who is doing everything to improve their chances of employment.
SO WHY PUNISH THE HARDWORKING PEOPLE WILLING TO CHANGE WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO IMPROVE THEIR CHANCES OF EMPLOYMENT.
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