Employers taking up recruitment subsidies

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Nestor Healthcare Group, the Royal Mail, Poundland and Dunelm Mill are just a few of the 142 national companies working with Jobcentre Plus to discuss take up of the Government's recruitment subsidy, which will help unemployed people of six months or more into employment.

The pioneering programme, which went live only last week, is already proving a hit with employers large and small, and gives businesses access to a recruitment subsidy of £1000 and training typically worth £1500 if they take on jobseekers who have been unemployed for six months or more.

Today James Purnell, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, will visit Kidd's Distribution in Paisley, one of the employers taking up a recruitment subsidy.

James Purnell said:

"Employers have been swift to link-up with Jobcentre Plus to discuss how they might take up this offer.

"The economic downturn is making it hard for many employers to plan for their future employment needs. We are very pleased to be able to offer a package of support which will not only help employers fill their vacancies, but will also help jobseekers find sustainable work so it's a win-win situation."

Orla O'Connor, Head of Recruitment and Retention at Nestor Healthcare Group, said:

"We look forward to working in partnership with Jobcentre Plus through the recruitment subsidy scheme. We'll be launching this in all our branches - around 100 - and will encourage all our managers to advertise recruitment in Jobcentres if they haven't already done so. We are actively seeking care workers and branch staff across all areas of the UK given the successful growth in our business."

Maurice Harbottle, Head of Recruitment Services at Royal Mail, said:

"Royal Mail already enjoys a great working relationship with Jobcentre Plus. Giving our support to the recruitment subsidy scheme is just a logical extension of that work.

"With Jobcentre Plus' support we can focus our recruitment efforts on those candidates who are more likely to be disadvantaged in the current job market; unemployed for six months, or more, and claiming Jobseekers Allowance (JSA).

"Targeting and employing this group of people brings benefits to everyone; Royal Mail gets a committed employee, the individual gets the security of a steady paycheque and the economy gets money from taxes and employee spending."

Sonia Sharples, Head of HR at Poundland, said:

"The recruitment subsidy will enable us to encourage all of our store managers to offer more people jobs.

"We will continue to recruit into our new stores, for which we have at least 30 planned for this financial year - creating approximately 1200 new jobs."

Louise Barltrop, Head of Marketing and Public Relations at Dunelm Mill, said:

"Dunelm Mill have long supported the active recruitment of candidates who are claiming JSA, having worked closely with Jobcentre Plus over the past few years.

"We see the recruitment subsidy scheme as an excellent extension to this and are keen to encourage those who are long-term unemployed back into work as they have proven to be a great asset to Dunelm Mill.

"Not only will we be recruiting via this scheme but we will also be looking at offering suitable candidates the ability to develop their skills further, by helping them to work towards the Retail NVQ."

[stokes11eg]

I said a few weeks ago, the reason we were classed as 'unskilled' was so employers could get subsidised, and it is not new--from the eighties companies could claim 'training' allowances'hence our downgrading. they also get added tax allowances.

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Dunno about that.

Thatcher bitch stopped tax breaks and allowances for training early 1980s when she was in, and that's why apprentice-trained skilled workers under 45 years old a now almost a rarity, although the numbers have risen again in the last 10 years or so.
The low wage subsidy idea was to get people out of the old poverty trap; nice in principle, but encourages employers to only pay the minimum so we (the rest of the working population) have to subsidise these employers.
That said, why would any employer pay more for unskilled bottom-of-the-heap labour than other employers?

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The pioneering programme, which went live only last week, is already proving a hit with employers large and small, and gives businesses access to a recruitment subsidy of £1000 and training typically worth £1500 if they take on jobseekers who have been unemployed for six months or more.

It's a good idea if it gets long term unemployed back into work, but Royal Mail might
get prosecuted for obtaining money by deception if they get a subsidy for training.

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http://www.abeceder.co.uk/newsarticle_4264.php

The pioneering programme, which went live only last week, is already proving a hit with employers large and small, and gives businesses access to a recruitment subsidy of £1000 and training typically worth £1500 if they take on jobseekers who have been unemployed for six months or more.

It's a good idea if it gets long term unemployed back into work, but Royal Mail might
get prosecuted for obtaining money by deception if they get a subsidy for training.

That's the problem though. In the past with these schemes. most Employers only took staff on a temporary Basis.
once the subsidy for that person ran out, they just took on new staff, and got more money.And. lets be honest, on the one hand they say our job is unskilled, and suggest we are fit for nowt else! what happens with the trainess when their six months or so are up.?I can see the same situation arising that we had with our casual workers, many of them burst a gut trying to prove themselves,having been told there was a chance they would be kept on,none of them were.