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

Jerry_Mander

GMbabies wrote: »

I'm not going to tell you how...those that can figure out has already been doing it.
http://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/universal-jobmatch-a-scammers-paradise/

That's a pity. I thought you knew what you were talking about.

Jerry_Mander

The_ICT_Engineer wrote: »

The main items being.
1/ Login problems
2/ The way that applications are handled on the site, Namely the requirement to login to examine any applications, other sites email the details direct.
3/ Poor format of the Job Centre designed CV's and no cover letters with applications.

It's hardy surprising that companies are posting direct links on the Job ad's

Whichever side of the UJ argument you fall there's one thing that's certain...the UJ website is an ill thought out, poorly implemented pile of cack!

GMbabies

SJ32116 wrote: »

I can understand the petition but you're !!!!ing in the wind really. There's no chance of the government scrapping UJ, the opposition would crucify them and for a start they see nothing wrong with it. Same with the work programme/workfare etc.

I've had the same experience as an earlier person as well where I've sent off about 8/9 CV applications through the site yet only 1 of them is showing as even viewed. The rest just say received.

I take your point. There are just as well people who thinks nothing of killing someone.

GMbabies

Jerry_Mander wrote: »

That's a pity. I thought you knew what you were talking about.

I do. I'm sorry that you only have an ability to skim the surface I did help. Never mind.

Lip_Stick

I went for a group session talk for lone parents this morning. The UJM site came up and you could tell the advisers doing the talking weren't impressed at all. They kept saying 'what can you say, it was set up by Monster.'

Jerry_Mander

GMbabies wrote: »

I do. I'm sorry that you only have an ability to skim the surface I did help. Never mind.

No, helping is giving a brief answer to the question I asked. What you did is point me to a web page that has an article and 484 comments and I'm presumably supposed to find my answer somewhere amongst that lot. That's called being a !!!!!! (and indicates you don't know the answer yourself)!

Thanks a lot!

AP007

Lip_Stick wrote: »

I went for a group session talk for lone parents this morning. The UJM site came up and you could tell the advisers doing the talking weren't impressed at all. They kept saying 'what can you say, it was set up by Monster.'

But the DWP paid them to do it!

andy2004

ok Signed the e-petition on scrapping the UJM

ok finally got an email today from the tech and my locked UJM account.
telling me i got 2 options in a PDF file.

I've copied it and pasted below. the headig I used was LOCKED ACCOUNT and yes i wrote it in capitals as the SUBJECT.
sent to them on 11/02/2013 and I get a reply today.
This is the reply email + PDF text copied.

email they sent:
You recently contacted Universal Jobmatch about your Government Gateway / Universal Jobmatch account.
The instructions attached to the bottom of this email will help you to solve the problem you reported to the Universal Jobmatch helpdesk.
In some cases you may have been in contact with the service by a different route and had an answer to your question. You may still find the attachment helpful as well as the advice you have already received.
To solve the problem that you reported is complicated, so you will receive a second email within the next three weeks telling you what to do next.
You can ignore the second email if you have already had your problem sorted, either before receiving today's email or because you have followed the instructions attached to today's email.
This email, and the second email you will receive in the next few weeks, form part of an automatic process introduced to solve the problem you reported
Please do not report this problem again until you have received the second email and followed the instructions contained in it.
Should you then still have a problem with your account please use the Contact Us process shown at the bottom of this email.
Please DO NOT reply to this email as it is from an unmonitored outgoing email address.

from PDF file see below:
Case reference: Jobseeker Access Incident
You recently contacted the Universal Jobmatch Helpdesk regarding your Government Gateway / Universal Jobmatch account.

You told us:
You have a user id and password problem which is preventing you from getting in to the account you set up on Universal Jobmatch.

The following instructions will help you to correct this.
Start here:
The Universal Jobmatch service uses your email address as part of the secure verification process
and will not allow it to be reused. Therefore the service will not allow you to set up a new account
using an email address that has been used before in Universal Jobmatch.

The Universal Jobmatch service has recognised that this may cause problems for some people.
The service now runs a regular ‘fix’ within three weeks of this mail that clears the email addresses
of people like you who have told us they cannot get into the service. All people who have reported
this problem will receive an email notificationadvising when the ‘fix’ is about to take place. If you
have taken option one below you can ignore that email notification.

You now have two choices:

One:
If you have a different email addressavailable, or can set up a different email address, you
may setup a new user id on the service now by starting the new registration process again.
Your new account on Universal Jobmatch must use this different email address.
When you have created your new account you can ignore the email notificationdescribed above.
(Please note: The DWP cannot advise you on creating a new different email addressas there
are numerous providers on the internet that can assist you with this).

Two:
You can continue using the service using the standard jobsearch which does not need you to log in
to your account.
When you receive the email notificationdescribed above you can set up a new user id on the
service by starting the registration process again and reuse your existing email address.
When you set up your new account it is important that you look for the verification email
from [EMAIL="gateway.confirmation@gateway.gov.ukin"]gateway.confirmation@gateway.gov.ukin[/EMAIL] your email account (check your spam
folders too) and take the option to verify your email. This will allow you to recover your user
id or reset your password in the future.

AP007

So much chat about the UJM but I have not been told about it at the JC or the WP. In fact no one has mentioned it to me at all.

blackburn_w

I have been just to use it and write down what i apply for as its not working great