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Universal Jobmatch - Mandatory from next year

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  • csmw
    csmw Posts: 579 Forumite
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    AP007 wrote: »
    You arent made to join the other sites though, are you? You arent also made to apply for jobs thats someone else sees fit yet may not even be a real job and then you have to fight to not get sanctioned maybe for not apply to a bent job advert!

    Your also not recieving jsa from the other companies though. Matched vacancies ie those your mandated to apply for only stand if they match what's on your jobseekers agreement...
  • 'Not value for tax payers money'....thats funny coming from those looking for any excuse to not look for a job.
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    csmw wrote: »
    Your also not recieving jsa from the other companies though. Matched vacancies ie those your mandated to apply for only stand if they match what's on your jobseekers agreement...


    Your're!!!

    So they are going to load the agreements to the profiles we job seekers create?
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  • red_eye
    red_eye Posts: 1,211 Forumite
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    What i am saying is that you can apply for jobs however you like, but dont be surprised if you are sanctioned, as you should be, for not doing as you are told
    so I should not be suppressed if i pass a job like https://jobsearch.direct.gov.uk/GetJob.aspx?JobID=588873&JobTitle=SMSTS+++IOSH+++NEBOSH+Trainer&rad=20&rad_units=miles&pp=25&sort=rv.dt.di&vw=b&re=134&setype=2&tjt=&where=&q=&AVSDM= no contact details just the apply button to send my CV to who?

    a job which I have no grantee that it is legitimate so get sanctioned or have my id stolen.
  • csmw
    csmw Posts: 579 Forumite
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    red_eye wrote: »
    Ujm is not designed to spy on people at all, like we have the time! Exactly how could your job search activity be used for identity theft?
    not activity, jobs like this if we dont apply we might get sanctioned if we do we might be a victim to id theft you plum https://jobsearch.direct.gov.uk/GetJob.aspx?JobID=588873&JobTitle=SMSTS+++IOSH+++NEBOSH+Trainer&rad=20&rad_units=miles&pp=25&sort=rv.dt.di&vw=b&re=134&setype=2&tjt=&where=&q=&AVSDM= how do we know if this is legitimate? we hit the apply button who get the CV? can you put your left testicle on the table to smacked with a lump hammer if this a fake job???? also these sanctions can be given by a computer program but that's no different from a job advisor they both have no soul

    for an DWP employee your not really value for tax payers money are you?[/QUOTE]

    1st of all there is no need to be so rude!!! Learn some manners i wasnt derogitory yo you!!!! I am dam good at my job Thankyou very much. 2nd of all when you use any other site out there how do you know if a job is legitimate, can you guarantee that they are????
    3rd the computer will not be matching you and advisor will and we can match you to any job on any website do long as it matches what you agreed to on your jsag.

    Sanctions cannot be given by a computer program that is just ridiculous!
  • GMbabies
    GMbabies Posts: 1,395 Forumite
    csmw wrote: »
    [QUOTE
    Jobmatch is designed to spy on claimants in order to find excuses to sanction people. There’s also the fact that it’s an incredibly badly-designed site and could very easily be used for identity theft.

    Ujm is not designed to spy on people at all, like we have the time! Exactly how could your job search activity be used for identity theft?[/QUOTE]
    The website is badly built and they have already said they cannot guarantee that any third party might be able to gain an access to your details. Hackers paradise I shoud say.... your details sold on etc
  • AP007 wrote: »
    Your're!!!

    So they are going to load the agreements to the profiles we job seekers create?

    I think you should look at your own grammar and punctuation before you criticise others.
  • csmw
    csmw Posts: 579 Forumite
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    AP007 wrote: »
    Your're!!!

    So they are going to load the agreements to the profiles we job seekers create?

    Correcting people's grammar is just petty!

    No we would not do that why?
  • GMbabies
    GMbabies Posts: 1,395 Forumite
    Biggest fear i can see is privacy / cloning of ID - a LOT of fake jobs are still being posted, despite what DWP say., and applicants sometimes have no way of telling why their personal info (not just cv!) may end up, as the 'employers' often withhold their info, or hide behind shell companies...

    Also, having jobs 'selected' for you by a total stranger (at JCP, others?), who may have no idea / interest in what your situation is, and then facing hefty sanctions if you dont apply, is just WRONG.

    I can also see any 'rejected jobs' being counted against claimants.

    I search and apply for plenty as it is. Whats next? Telling us what JSA can be spent on?

    This is how scammers might work...
    They'll post a fake jobs therefore they are able to harvest any applicants' details, then your information will be sold on.
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    csmw wrote: »
    Correcting people's grammar is just petty!

    No we would not do that why?
    So how would the jobs get matched to the agreements?
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