Submitted by Paul Convery on Fri, 12/03/2010 - 3:39pm
Jobcentre Plus vacancies are now available to jobseekers using handheld devices like iPhone and Google phone. Sound like a gimmick for geeks? No it's actually a pretty useful little gizmo.
Submitted by Paul Convery on Sun, 07/03/2010 - 4:36pm
A rash of news stories last month were prompted by DWP research which (seemingly) reviewed the response by Jobcentre Plus to the recession. Commissioned from the Policy Studies Institute, the report was largely ignored for several weeks after its publication. Then Conservative Party researchers got to work on it ...
Yesterday I met with Jim Knight MP in Parliament to talk about a number of topics surrounding the welfare to work industry. A very pleasant, well-informed and open interviewee, the Employment Minister found time to answer a number of questions put to him by readers of Indus Delta. The following is not in direct quote form, but a summary of what the Minister had to say on each topic.
As someone new to the welfare to work industry, Claire is travelling round providers across the UK, recording her impressions and seeing how they're coping with Flexible New Deal and the recession. This week's visit was to Working Links in Nottingham.
