travelling
I left England in 2006 to work travel and work abroad, worked in Australia for nearly 2 years worked in South Korea, travelled South America twice, and Asia.
Upon my return to England I find myself unable to apply for jobs such as the police, solicitors, any government job such as customs, can't even receive a bursary to study nursing,
because
I haven't lived in the UK for the last 3 or in some cases 5 years.
I'm a full UK citizen,born here, lived here for 23 years, worked for 7 of them, paid taxes, have a degree here, but because I went abroad and worked and saw some of life I can't work here?
guilty of lack of funnies m'afraid sports.
(tom.joad, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 18:24, 5 replies)

That's rubbish
Bad show from the government there
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 18:29, closed)

is there more to this...
are you sure about that? I've worked abroad, and come back and worked no problem; i've also gone to uni after being away, and had no problems. the former mrs 2 shoes left the uk for 16 years and came back - again, no problem with finding a job.
are these jobs specifically barred to you due to having left the uk - what was the wording, or where did you get this info from? Some jobs may have entry requirements about being resident, but that's not the same as "i can't work here"
(micky2shoes has more shoes than feet, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 19:00, closed)

The trick is
to keep a UK address for a bank account or something and then that can count as you 'being in the UK'. That said, I've had issues too - mainly with credit reference checks. It totally screws you if the job requires it, especially when it appears to require it for no particular reason.
( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 20:07, closed)

Handy way of getting rid of student loans too
apparently.

Depends what job you go for. I was gone for 8 years. Can't wait to go back again.
(Wagane, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 23:51, closed)

Same goes for Ireland
I went back to do a postgrad and discovered I was a sneaky forrin type, despite being born and living for 27 years there. So they made me pay as much money for uni as a non-EU person.
(knackerz is skinning up, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 6:18, closed)