I fear about never getting a job, can I get an entry level job? (UK)?

Question

Hello, I am 19 years old, 20 next month. I live in Cambridgeshire which is in England. I have never had paid employment, but I have got 18 months of work experience (Voluntary) I have worked at the Co-Op and at Tesco's. I have just recently started as a volunteer at Oxfam, and I have just very recently started a level 2 maths qualification. I fear that I will never get a job, not even an entry level job. Here is the full list of my qualifications, please tell me what you think and if you think I can get an entry level job with them?

The qualifications I gained at school:
* The FA Football Development Programme, Junior Football Organisers Course
* Edexcel, Entry Level Certificate subjects, English Entry Level 3, RE Entry Level 2
* AOA, Entry Level 3 in Science
* OCR, Entry Level 3's in, Information And Communication Technology, and Physical Education
* Edexcel, GCSE Certificate grade E in Art And Design
* OCR, GCSE Certificate in Mathematics grade G
* Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award
* Trinity College London Bronze Level 1 Award in the Arts

Qualifications gained at college
* FE Level Up Award Bronze
* OCR, National Skills Profile, Retail
* Young Lives, Certificate of Achievment, as a Vinvolved volunteer with the Prince's Trust Team
* OCR, Level 1 Certificate in Adult Numeracy
* City & Guilds, Certificate of unit credit towards Personal Development and contributing to the community, Entry 3 planning for prpgression, Entry 3 Community project, Level 1 Career planning and making applications, Level 1 Supporting others, Level 1 Work- based experience
* College course learner of the month award
* City & Guilds Level 1 Certificate in Adult Literacy
* City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Adult Literacy
* Edexcel, Certificate of unit achievment, Level 1's in Applying for a job, Preparing for an interview and Interview skills
* Nocn, Credit/s Awarded, Entry Level 3's in, Developing skills for use and maintaining garden tools, Introduction to propagation of plants, Induction to College, Developing an awareness of soil types, Introduction to garden horticulture, Developing skills for sowing and growing plants.
* City & Guilds, Level 1 iTQ Certificate for IT users
* City & Guilds Certificate of Unit Credit Towards, ITQ for IT Users, Level 1's in, improving productivity using IT, IT User Fundamentals, Using Email, Using mobile IT devices, and, Presentation software.
City & Guilds Functional skills qualification in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Entry Level 3
* City & Guilds Functional skills qualification in Mathematics at Entry Level 3
* Edexcel BTEC Entry Level 3 in Workskills
* Edexcel Notification of Performance, Entry Level 3's in Managing Your Own Money, and, Planning An Enterprise Activity

Other certificates and qualifications:
Level 1 in football coaching,
FA Emergency First Aid
FA Safeguarding Children

I am also hoping to start a English GCSE in September. I do fear that I will never get a job with those qualifications, my brothers say that my qualifications are rubbish and that I will never get a job with them and that I wasted my time at college. With my qualifications would you consider giving me an interview? And more importantly can I gain an entry level job with these, such as shelf stacking, being a customer assistant etc?

Thank you soo much in advance for all of your help and advice, I am very grateful.

Answer 1

You have a lot of qualifications, a bit of everything, but you need to ask yourself what you really want to do. I would try and get at least a C in GCSE Maths, English and Science first, and maybe a qualification related to what you want to do. You have enough work experience which is good, after you get those things, I'd say you would be fully equipped to going along to a job interview. Maths is pretty important though, even a D would be better than nothing

Answer 2

There may a small grain of truth in what your brother says as you have what employers really dislike about the current education system pointless non qualifications that have little value than just rack up pass marks in league tables. It's very obvious you struggled at school and i'm guessing the job centre referred you to working for oxfam as work experience. Work with your advisor as they will find you something you are going to get a fresh reference from it and experience.

Answer 3

You seem to have quite a lot of qualifications, but don't know what you really would like to do or be. However you seem to be going about it in the right way. That is getting voluntary work and studying. Get your Job Centre to send you for career guidance or talk to H2O ( Highway to Opportunity)

I wish you good luck with your hunt for jobs.

Answer 4

Just lie on your application and make a fake resume. That's how millions of people get their jobs. I've lied on every application I've ever filled out. They don't check your background unless you're applying for a government job.

Answer 5

don't listen to what your brother tells you by what you wrote down on your education you sound and seem like a very knowledgeable person I would take my time to interview you and offer you a job