Labor pours cold water on increasing jobseeker – leaving progressive voters scratching their heads

You have know idea about employment services by your comment. I’ve work in employment services for over 5 years and worked 35 yrs of my own life. I worked under both contracts of the disability sector and work force Australia. I serviced 100s of job seeker/participants. And I will tell you the stats for JS actually wanting to work is 5 out of 75 JS. FIVE…. We get interviews for JS, which they never show up, don’t get out of bed. We set them up with clothes, life skills and educate them on employment. We assist them in getting licences, trade tickets cert III and the services pay and they don’t complete the course!! The excuses from the JS are so ridiculously and far fetched. Remember only 5 out of 75 want to work!! They are aggressive towards my colleagues, abusive and out right rude. We’ve been spat on and threatens with knifes. But we continue to seek out employment for them, go to local businesses and job tailor for them so they get a fair go!! We get them the job and they don’t show up for their first day!! Yes some JS get their own jobs but they have been out of work that long they fall out of work. We don’t get bonuses in my company and we are one of the biggest it Australia. We have huge targets to reach we are an unrealistic expectation for the amount of money we get paid each week!! Your ignorance astound me!! I do it because I love seeing the clients who want to work, achieve their goals and turn their life around. Remember 5 out of 75… and the individuals we support respect us and they thank us every day for our support and assistance. We don’t make a red cent other than our low income wage!

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