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Courses for the unemployed

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Rambling

Rambling Report 12 Nov 2010 09:59

No sorry Robin, but I do know someone who did one of the courses recently and there were a lot on it, whether they were all unemployed I don't know...some may well have been there sponsored by employers as a relative was when he took the food hygeine and first aid courses.

Conan

Conan Report 12 Nov 2010 09:34

Just out of interest Rose ................ did they give any indication what the take-up rate had been ?

Rambling

Rambling Report 12 Nov 2010 09:10

At present the unemployed can get up to 8 weeks of training ( courses in IT, first aid qualification, food hygiene, that kind of thing) to enable them to learn new skills which may increase their chance of finding work.

According to the job centre this will cease in March. So with more people unemployed and the job centre banging on about broadening your search to include other occupations, ( eg moving from bricklaying to 'care', from aircraft engineer to meter reader...advice overheard) they are now also cutting the courses which could lead to a different career 'direction'.