March 26, 2014
Did we celebrate too soon?
Scam-Ridden Universal Jobmatch Just Fine Says Monster Boss As He Laughs All The Way To The Bank
Monster Inc CEO Sal Iannuzzi
http://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/scam-ridden-universal-jobmatch-just-fine-say-monster/
100 Ads For the Same 5 Jobs
http://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/over-100-advertisements-
for-the-same-four-or-five-jobs-on-universal-jobmatch/
First Nail In the Coffin
http://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/universal-jobmatch-falls-apart/
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/mar/25/jobcentre-newsletter-sanctions-targets
‘11,000 fake jobs were recently removed from Universal Jobmatch due to just one scammer uncovered by a Channel 4 News investigation.’ Common Sal UJ not fit for purpose – who are you trying to kid.
Johnny Void maintains ‘that Universal Jobmatch was not developed to help people find work, but as a means of enforcing ‘conditionality’ for unemployment benefits on the cheap. Iain Duncan Smith had hoped that claimants could be remotely monitored for 35 hours a week as they pointlessly clicked through the range of spam, scam and spoof vacancies that the website is so famous for.’
The Void carries some good advice for those who need to know their rights regarding UJ. eg ‘Under data protection rules you cannot be forced to tick the box giving the Jobcentre access to your account and due to laws on cookies, you can only be forced to use the website on Jobcentre computers (PDF)*’
UPDATE
27 March 2014