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Danielle Smart writes:

I am a fourth year Trinity College student currently doing research on the experience of Job seekers with the JobBridge Scheme. I am investigating the various skills that JobBridge allows a person to develop and how relevant and practical these skills are as a way of assisting job seekers back into employment. There is very little research completed on the JobBridge Scheme and so I am anticipating that it will be an original and useful addition to existing literature focusing on unemployment in Ireland as I know that Broadsheet is an avid follower of developments in the JobBridge scheme.
It is completely anonymous and should only take 10-15 minutes. The only requirement is that the participant must have taken part in, but not necessarily finished, the JobBridge Scheme at some point.

 

To complete the survey click here

 

Meanwhile, In The UK:  Blow As Court Says Government Back-To-Work Scheme Is Unlawful (Telegraph)

Anon writes:

Anybody else find it more than a little bit odd that LinkedIn (yes, that job-finding, end of the recruitment industry, “network for professionals”) is advertising for JobBridge positions?

Legal Assistant, Linkedin  (JobBridge)

ConcernedArchitect writes:

So, I was job hunting on Thursday night and came across this travesty (above) on the FAS site Why is this such a travesty?

Because while looking into the company behind it, I found this –

The exact same job, but for 25-30k PLUS commission.

Ah.

Land Mapping Engineer (JobBridge)

Vacancies (CommercialEnergy.ie)

 

And so the state-sponsored exploitation continues…….

EMC² corporation.

A company with revenues of over $20 billion and profits of $3.44 billion seeks to recruit a recruitment co-ordinator.

And the cost of JobBridge to the company in question, $0.

Nice.

Recruitment Coordinator (IrishJobs.ie)

 

This is the entire  Irish Times report on an independent review of the JobBridge scheme to be published today.

Impressive, right?

Not so fast.

The story lacks one fairly important detail.

59% of JobBridge applicants left their placements early, according to the independent review.

Fifty nine per cent

6,608 of the 11,200 JobBridgers to date.

Over Half Of Interns On JobBridge Find Work (Tim O’Brien, irish Times)