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28/10/2009
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THE number of jobless people left to look for work largely by themselves - with almost no help from taxpayer-funded job agencies for three months - has grown to 250,000 since Labor's overhaul of the job network.
But the new system, which redirects help to the most disadvantaged unemployed, has placed more than 5000 of the hardest cases.
In its first three months of operation, the new network steered more than 65,000 people into jobs, with more than 25,000 of them in the two categories of greatest disadvantage, according to data obtained by The Age.
Employment Participation Minister Mark Arbib said that trend proved the new system was delivering for those most in need.
''The new incentives were designed to ensure that job service providers weren't simply helping the more job-ready job seekers, but also focused on people who had greater barriers to employment,'' he said.
''The old system was a conveyor belt - you got training for training's sake - not the skills you needed to get a job. You were recycled through programs and providers focused on the more job-ready clients.''
But Opposition spokesman Andrew Southcott said the results showed the most job-ready were ''languishing'' under Labor's new model.
''There is no early intervention for these job seekers and no incentive for providers to help find them a job,'' he said.
''At this rate, they will only place around 260,000 job seekers over the first 12 months, compared with their budget forecast of 450,000, and this is well below historical levels for the Job Network.''
Figures provided at a Senate estimates hearing last week revealed there were 764,400 job seekers in the new system by October 9. About a third - 252,130 - were in the low-service Stream 1, where they qualify only for one face-to-face meeting to help them update a resume and get information on local jobs.
Agencies are paid only $63 to help Stream 1 job seekers in the |
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| Has anyone unfortunate enough to have had dealings with Centrelink or any of its associated entities, satellites or Job placement organizations ever encountered any sign of intelligent life ?? |
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