Monday 6 April 2009

Awww, They Just Missed April 1st….

…because this is an April Fool. Isn’t it?
Long-term jobseekers will take part in an Easter egg hunt to win prizes helping them back into work.

The game will be held by JobCentre Plus contractor Skills Training Centre UK (STC) in Borough.
I wonder how much they are paid to come up with schemes like these….?
Centre manager Catrina Lynch said she could not remember where the idea for the Easter egg hunt came from.

She said: “It is not meant in a demeaning way.

"My idea has always been to show people that there are jobs out there.

“There is a lot of negativity going on at the moment. It’s going to be fun.”
It’s really fun, and not demeaning, but she can’t remember who came up with the idea…?

Yeah. Right….

4 comments:

Ross said...

"She said: “It is not meant in a demeaning way. "

Sometimes these things are just effortless.

Sue said...

That's just awful. How totally demoralising for someone that's desperate to find work. To be treated like a child looking for easter eggs for clothing vouchers.. I can't think of anything more demeaning!

Why doesn't she just stick to her own job and retrain people?

Anonymous said...

And when the next game is pull the P45 from where a jobseeker has fitted it to her during the pointless Easter Egg Hunt, well it is not demeaning...
I suppose any sentence vis-a-vis the GBH committed as a result will be reduced due to the obvious mitigating circumstances.
"The creep had it coming!"
TTFN :)

JuliaM said...

"Sometimes these things are just effortless."

It is like shooting fish in a barrel, sometimes, isn't it?

"Why doesn't she just stick to her own job and retrain people?"

That probably isn't her job. In fact, that probably isn't anyones job at the 'Skills Training Centre UK'...

"And when the next game is pull the P45 from where a jobseeker has fitted it to her during the pointless Easter Egg Hunt, well it is not demeaning..."

Now, there's an idea ;)