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Originally Posted by Anonymouse
Anyway, having a job with a dreadful commute is better by far than spending 35 hours a week looking for work, which is the primary criterion for Universal Credit. It's ridiculous in this day and age of mostly online searches; you can't spend 35 hours p/w doing that because it simply doesn't take that long. But it's that or fail to qualify, so...
At least this time I was only out of work a couple of weeks; last time it took me a few years to get a steady job. 
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How do they expect you to search for a job effectively 8 hours a day?
When I worked I rarely worked solid, I would have gaps where I did SFA, even more so before I was furloughed, then made redundant.
I have 15 online agencies on the go which email me alerts once or twice a day.
I go through the e-mails and check the jobs when I get up, of which many are way outside the area or job title I selected.
Then do a double check on the sites, that takes 3 hours tops, I then check when I get alert emails.