Thread: Unemployment is rising
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Old 15-03-2012, 09:56   #50
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Re: Unemployment is rising
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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
How much in actual figures, rather than non-specific generalisations, please?
It depends on where you live, for example how high house prices and rail fares etc

The money to live a comfortable lifestyle on is higher in London and the Southeast than lets say the Northeast of England

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Originally Posted by MarkC1984 View Post
I'm paying the price for not working for 3 years because of looking after a relative who was ill. As soon as I got back into a job, I tore cartilage and ligament in my knee which has meant I now cannot do warehouse work again. I've applied for every job going, but with a big 3 year gap for when I looked after my relative I am getting nowhere.

I'd settle for a job that pays just over minimum wage.
Even those types of jobs are in short supply
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