Smartleys Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 This is quite a straight forward question really, peolpe who can and want to work should be in work as there are jobs out there. I work for an organisation in Sheffield helping the non workers (don't like using unemployed as it is a label)back into work. We are not an agency and my job is to find employers wishing to take people on work trials for a period of 2 weeks to get substainable employment. If i can find on average 10-15 employers per week wishing to do this and commit to giving PT/FT jobs at the end of two weeks then if i can do this then so can the really keen job seekers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenand8285 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 This is quite a straight forward question really, peolpe who can and want to work should be in work as there are jobs out there. I work for an organisation in Sheffield helping the non workers (don't like using unemployed as it is a label)back into work. We are not an agency and my job is to find employers wishing to take people on work trials for a period of 2 weeks to get substainable employment. If i can find on average 10-15 employers per week wishing to do this and commit to giving PT/FT jobs at the end of two weeks then if i can do this then so can the really keen job seekers. I agree, when I left college at 18 I wanted a clerical job in an office but I had studied science and had no office experience so found it hard to find someone to take me on. So I registered and did temp work at an agency, it would be a day here and maybe 4 days there and at best two weeks at one place, mostly doing reception cover and a bit of admin. But I would always get placed at least one day a week with a company. I did this for 4 months and it gave me great experience, seeing differnt organisations. Even with one day a week, the pay was not far from what I would have got on JSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fake Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 This is quite a straight forward question really, peolpe who can and want to work should be in work as there are jobs out there. I work for an organisation in Sheffield helping the non workers (don't like using unemployed as it is a label)back into work. We are not an agency and my job is to find employers wishing to take people on work trials for a period of 2 weeks to get substainable employment. If i can find on average 10-15 employers per week wishing to do this and commit to giving PT/FT jobs at the end of two weeks then if i can do this then so can the really keen job seekers. A lot of the professional agencies I know of are struggling to find the 4 week placements as part of the New Deal mandatory work related activity. Also are you making sure that these people are insured while on the work trial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishcake Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 A lot of the professional agencies I know of are struggling to find the 4 week placements as part of the New Deal mandatory work related activity. Also are you making sure that these people are insured while on the work trial? JC+ wouldn't be sending them if they weren't insured. Can you imagine the press that would generate otherwise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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