Universal Job Match at http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk

Sorry, perhaps if I post direct links to the photos you will be able to click on them and view them? It was the handout they gave me about registering for Universal Job Match.

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Remember where this has come from & attitude of government.

New much harsher sanction regime was introduced in last month.

It's a surveillance database & surveillance system.

Electronic communications can be treated like letters/phone calls for sanctioning purposes.

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

So they are making everyone load up a CV and set up an account plus you have to give another manual copy of your CV to the job centre.

Plus theyare saying that you have to make your profile PUBLIC so unknown companies andall sorts can see your details

Then they go on to say you will not need to bring a job search with you anymore as it will be online

Are they really serious? All job searching and all jobs you apply for will be on this site only? That’s only if they the GOV has access to EVERY single job advertised onthe net, companies own web sites etc and I doubt that very much.

What if you see no jobs on this new site to apply for but apply for 20 jobs on others like Reed, Monster and Totaljobs? How are you going to show these to the JC? I think this is a badly thought of idea and I bet if I ask at the job centre nextweek they will have no idea.

I really don't see what the big deal is, if you don't want to use universal job match don't sign up its not mandatory! Continue to bring in your written job search.

I personally don't see the big issue it's no different to using a visited like Reed, total jobs etc!!!

Oh and you will be able to write other activity you take into the portal so that your advisor can see it if you choose to sign up.

People like you will always look at the negative rather than the positive, I've never heard someone moan so much!

It's simple really if you don't like the conditions you have to meet in return for recieving the benefit....you have a choice, sign off!!

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

So they are making everyone load up a CV and set up an account plus you have to give another manual copy of your CV to the job centre.

Plus theyare saying that you have to make your profile PUBLIC so unknown companies andall sorts can see your details

Then they go on to say you will not need to bring a job search with you anymore as it will be online

The Jobcentre/DWP are chancing their arm.

It's easier for them to say you need to do this, to give them this, evidence this, than ask you & explain/discuss what they are doing, because that's the way they have always treated 'customers'.

They don't want people to have choice, to question what they say or have an opinion.

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

I have just looked at all the photos the other posted linked on here and one it says you have to sign up and we can look at your job searches there (all jobs) and never need to bring in the job search again then on the last page it says if you tick a box (not sure what box) then the DWP can see your details but this is not mandatory. Very odd indeeed.

Remember, it's early days how it will end up working.

The Jobcentre is trying to modernise & move things to the internet to save money, automate things, probably cut staff in future.

It's very important for them to get people to adopt & sign-up to using the internet & dealing with them electronically.

The language they use is you need to do this, they don't want people messing around & querying new system. They want to push everyone over, get everyone signed up in bulk.

Yes, people have option to allow Jobcentre to see the account, then they can automate & deal with people electronically, which is what DWP/government really want. But then they can automate & sanction people electronically.

But there are privacy, data use & data protection issues on all this.
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