If you want to buy the book ‘Oh no; I’ve lost my job. What am I going to do? there are two options:

You can buy it as a download from this site; if you prefer a hard copy you can order it on www.thejobseekersunion.com

Note the adress in The Irish Times for the Job Seekers Union was wrong. It should have been www.thejobseekersunion.com

If you haven’t already dones so, please join the Job Seekers Union; it is completely free to join and you don’t have to be unemployed to register.

Hope you enjoy the book. It would help circulation if you could ask your local book shop and public library to stock it.

I will try to reply to all comments left as quickly as I can.

Many thanks to everyone.

DAVID

Hi folks, trust you are all well.

Book is doing well and going to print next week. A special thanks to everyone who downloaded a copy.

I’m now setting up The Job Seekers Union. This is a not for profit organsisation with a postive approach to unemployment.

The objectives of The Job Seekers Union are:

• To represent the unemployed and lobby Government for positive action on job creation
• To provide an opportunity for Job Seekers to get together to provide practical support to each other
• To help Job Seekers help themselves to find and create work through local job clubs and worker co-operatives

The Job Seekers Union is not a forum for whinging about benefits; it is a positive, forward thinkng, campaigning organisation for people genuinely interested in improving society. This is a ‘for the people, by the people initiative’. It doesn’t have any ties to political or business interests.

You can see what we’re doing by going to www.thejobseekersunion.com. The site is still in its infancy but it will show what’s intended.

To bring this project to the next level, I am now looking for key people to create a structure we can build upon. I am looking for a National Co-ordinator and 5 x Regional Co-ordinators. Initially these will need to be voluntary posts, but as soon as the project is revenue generating salaries will be available. In other words, we  have to create these jobs and make them sustainable by securing sponsorships, grants and generating advertising and subscription revenues. We also have to show to our potential membership that we’ve something to offer them.

The National Co-ordinator will be responsible for creating the overall structure of the organisation and for working with public bodies and industry to secure sponsorships and grants.

The Regioanal Co-ordinators will be responsible for establishing the Job Seeker Unions in their regions and for appointing up to 40 Local Co-ordinators to organise the local activities within local communities across the 32 counties.

This is not a formal recruitment process; I believe the right people will arrive at the right time. If you think you have what it takes to bring a major project like this from conception to completion, if you have a genuine desire to make a positive impact in society, if you are familiar with using on-line networks as a way to create momentum; above all if you’re ready for a challenge and are prepared to work on the basis that success has to come before reward, then please send me brief details setting out why you think you’re the right person for these opportunities.

Thanks folks; I appreciate you taking time to consider this initiative.

David