Following reports of the issue being raised at last weeks closed meeting of the Parliamentary Party in Tullow, Labour Party TD’s are now issuing press statements questioning the way in which JobBridge positions are being screened. Ged Nash TD (Louth) this afternoon has called exploitation of unemployed people on the scheme ‘shameless’. He called on [...]
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Nothing seems to have changed in the vetting of advertisements for internships in the JobBridge programme. But members of the public are fighting back and vetting the adverts themselves – if you spot an advert which appears to be the provision of free labour to a private enterprise or replacement for a previously paying position [...]
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RTE broadcast two features on news programmes yesterday on Job Bridge. The first was an interview on Morning Ireland and the other was a report later in the day on RTE TV saying that the Government was now going to review eligibility criteria for the scheme. The interview with the employer on Morning Ireland set [...]
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Oman Removals in Kildare have advertised (Updated Link here) for a web designer intern on Job Bridge. If you have a look at their site you might see why they are in need. (PS I’m not sure if Continuum who did design work for Oman in 2008 are responsible for the current design.) Now if [...]
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I saw the invitation for guest posts on this, one of my favourite, blogs & I asked if I could send in a rant about media treatment of the social welfare system. The lovely blogger agreed. Life intervened and the piece which was about half written (in my head) was delayed. Then the UK riots [...]
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On July 18 Ladbrokes advertised for a full-time paid position as Graduate Building Surveyor on Irishjobs.ie. The advert has been taken down but is cached here. We are currently recruiting for a full time Graduate Building Surveyor to be based in our Dublin Head Office for a one year fixed term contract. Key Responsibilities: To [...]
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Last week a company trading as Mr. Binman were fined €40,000 for breaches of health and safety legislation concerning the death of one of it’s employees. This week Mr. Binman advertised on JobBridge for a Health and Safety Officer Intern. Yes someone dies, they admit breaches of legislation and are spared a large fine to [...]
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The Department of Social Protection have announced that the Government today agreed €65 million in savings in the areas of fuel, telephone, gas and electricity allowances. By savings they mean mainly cuts. The payments are made to many older people, carers and people with disabilities. Lone parents and those on unemployment payments are also in [...]
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Following up on the development of JobBridge an interesting find sent in by a reader. Uniphar advertised on Jobs.ie for a Warehouse Supervisor last week. A few days later an advert for a Warehouse Supervisor appeared on JobBridge.ie – exact same job, no pay and no contribution to the wages from Uniphar. The farce [...]
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Today was JobBridge day. The National Internship Scheme announced as part of the Jobs Initiative was launched by Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton and An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. The new programme is not dissimilar to the Work Placement Programme which I commented on last month, apart from the extra €50 payment to interns. Even [...]
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