{"id":16424,"date":"2015-08-19T11:26:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T10:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=16424"},"modified":"2015-08-19T15:13:56","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T14:13:56","slug":"the-madness-of-the-job-centre-at-boomtown-fair-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-madness-of-the-job-centre-at-boomtown-fair-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The madness of the Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-01.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of my favourite parts of Boomtown was the Job Centre\u00a0in the Old Town.<\/p>\n<p>Substantially enlarged since last year, the new Job Centre was fully kitted out with advisers, interview booths, waiting areas, white boards, photocopying machines, watercooler and more.<\/p>\n<p>The attention to detail was fantastic and the chaos inside the centre was a joy to behold.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-02.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Job seekers wait to be processed. Note the xylophone.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Boomtown Jobcentre was successfully unveiled to Old Town last year, with our dedicated team of mindless drones processing many feckless layabouts and moulding them into productive citizens.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-03.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-04.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In depth interview in progress.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-05.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two more applicants take their place.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-06.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-07.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Questions are asked.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-08.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Job seeker posters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-09.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Warning notice.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-10.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An applicant tries to fill in the questionnaire with water colours.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-11.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Busy scenes at job seekers wait their turn to be interviewed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-13.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A situation breaks out in one of the interview booths.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-14.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Security takes care of the disturbance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-16.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This fella perhaps got a little too &#8220;in character&#8221; in his role as a G4Life Security\u00a0chap.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-15.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A couple more scenes inside the Job Centre. Sadly, I missed their Christmas party on the Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/boomtown-job-centre-12.jpg\" alt=\"The Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015, Winchester, England, August 2015\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16437\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-madness-of-the-job-centre-at-boomtown-fair-2015\/job-centre-boomtown\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/job-centre-boomtown.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The madness of the Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/job-centre-boomtown.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/job-centre-boomtown.jpg\" alt=\"The madness of the Job Centre at Boomtown Fair 2015\" width=\"620\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/job-centre-boomtown.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/job-centre-boomtown-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Job Centre at night.<\/p>\n<p>More:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/festivals\/boomtown-fair-festival.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boomtown Festival stories, photos and features<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/boomtown-2015.328971\/\" target=\"_blank\">Discuss Boomtown 2015 on the forums<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favourite parts of Boomtown was the Job Centre\u00a0in the Old Town. 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