15th September, 2022.
That’s something I felt I should mention.
Restart put me up for a job.
Or, to be clear? They emailed me about a potential position: working from home for an outsourcing company with a contract with a major supermarket.
For the second time, I should add: it’s the same position they offered me, not long after I started the course.
I should also add that Restart is supposed to fund things I need for a new job.
The first problem? I wasn’t too sure where the training was: although my (junior) Restart worker assured it would be at home.
The second? Was a repeat of the one I faced the first time I discussed the position with Restart.
I’d need a computer for it.
Please remember, I’ve got two functioning Macs in the house, and a (PC) laptop running a version of Ubuntu.
But? Going by the spec sheet I got given?
A computer would need to a PC — desktop or laptop — running Windows 10 or later, with a 1.8GHz processor, twenty gigabytes of spare hard drive space, and at least four gigabytes of RAM. You would also need an extra monitor.
The spec sheet added that a computer running ChromeOS could not be used.
And that I should refer to the attached table for a list of Mac requirements.
A table that was wasn’t included in this version of the spec sheet: in the same way it wasn’t, last time.
As I’ve not got the required machine?
I asked about funding.
After checking on the prices on Amazon*.
And got politely turned down.
Again.
Frankly?
I’m not surprised.
Either that I got offered the post in the first place: Restart’s many agents don’t necessarily always read the notes about a client.
Or that I got turned down for funding.
I’m disappointed by this.
And, when I go to my next Job Centre meeting, planning to raise it with them.
I’ll try and let you know what happens.
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