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Quantity over quality approach means employers bombarded with inappropriate applications, wasting time and resources
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People with good qualifications and work experience forced to apply for ‘any job’
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IPPR calls for a complete overhaul of Jobcentre support services to offer upgraded work and career coaching to all who need it
Employment support services for people claiming benefits aren’t working for employers or jobseekers and need to be reformed into a new universal service, according to a new report by IPPR.
Services run by local Jobcentres to help people into and on in work are based on the principle of conditionality – a threat that financial support will be reduced or stopped if requirements aren’t met.
