How do the DWP check up on your job search?

[Jeunet]

I am currently signing on and have been on JSA for 10 months now. I have been applying for jobs and not had any luck. I am volunteering and trying to get something in my field or maybe go self employed but have been applying for general jobs as well. Some I do want but others are just to put in to make my job search diary look full.

 

I applied for a retail job the other week thinking I'd never get called for interview but they have just sent me a letter inviting me to interview. I really don't want this job it is too difficult to get to and not enough hours.

 

I don't want to go to the interview or take the position. This is not a job that the job centre "job matched" me with although I did get it off their website and wrote it down in my job search diary. I would like to just call the company and tell them I can't make the interview or that I have already found something.

 

I think that the job centre only really check up on jobs you apply for which they have matched you with but I am worried that they might check up on this job.

 

I could go for the interview as then at least I would have had an interview but I am worried that then the job centre will call up the place where I had the interview to get feed back and they might find out I turned down the job if I'm offered it.

 

Anybody know if they check up on allthe jobs you apply for?

 

I do want a job really just not this one!

[MARTIN3030]

By going for the interview it does not mean that you will get it.

There are probably lots of people who would love the chance.

These days there is less choice available.

The Job Centre may find out they may not,you have to ask yourself the question as to whether you think it is worth the risk.

It is not for anyone to tell you what you should do,and neither will I.

But I do know many would be glad of the opportunity,and it could be a stepping stone to something better suited to you.

[seen this before]

the jobs that your at risk of sanction are the ones that you are submitted for,brought up by the adviser and a print off of the details,these are the ones you have to watch.always apply and keep proof you did.

 

papers exe your ok,if you didn't give the job centre any mention of this then you should be ok too,but there is always a risk if you've been given an interview and say didn't turn up but chances are your ok,jobs that are hard to get to means there is only a certain amount that can realistically apply,lots of people apply for anything just to keep to the agreement numbers required this can be passed of as broadening job search even if there no chance of success.keep to the agreement 100% with records as they are using anything as a chance to sanction.

 

the only other time any job applied for is checked if your on a government programme and a folder is kept of your applications,this happened on the former new deal where the provider would literally check up on someone did they attend/get the job on every occasion even trough the papers .

 

i dont want this to sound as tips on playing the system but its good advice that will keep out of the spotlight and importantly keep your money during a difficult time.

[PinkPixy]

I think it's the ones that the Jobcentre have matched you with that are the ones they may follow up but there's always a risk. If you don't go for the interview and the employer is a bit put out, they might ring the JC and complain that someone they feel the JC sent didn't attend (I know it's a long shot but just trying to think of all the possibilities).

 

I think that if you and this job are incompatible in terms of getting there and the hours on offer then this would come out in the interview anyway. It might be worth going just for the interview experience and you will be up against people with retail experience who are desperate to get it in which case it's more likely to go to them. And if you maybe did get it, it might turn out to be better than you thought or a stepping stone to a new career? But I think you probably need to attend mainly so you don't have the worry hanging over you,

 

Pixy

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[stan80]

go for the interview just for the experience. If you really dont want the job just do something that would not make you a good candidate!

[flumps1976]

You will only be checked on the jobs that you are "matched" to at the present time.

Yoy applied for the job thinking that you woouldn't even be offered an interview but you have been so the company have obviously seen something they like in your application. It would be good interview experience at least if you attend the interview both you and the company will have a better idea on your suitability for the position.

[Elliebes]

the job centre have no control over what you put on your CV. or cover letters and such things, they have no control over how you interview. If you dont want the job then interview badly and you wont get it. )

[flumps1976]

The JCP office do not have any control over the content of your CV and/or covering letter, however if it is deened that it is not suitable to be submitted fas an application then the client is referred to a provider to help improve the content, if the client refuses to do this then they can be referred for consideration of a sanction as the majority of jobs are now application with a CV and if you deliberately use a poor CV can be deemed as refusal of employment. (I don't make the rules!)

Also the JCP can contact employers and ask how people interviewed and again if you perform badly once again you can be referred for a sanction.

 

I'm not saying that it routinely happens but it does happen and quite recently in the office where I work.

[seen this before]

"matched" means that the vacancy is identical to the information supplied on the jobseekers agreement,a little window appears on the screen and is ticked as a match,however i have seen this ticked as matching when it is not.it all depends on the person.always keep proof of applying for these submitted vacancies'.

 

they will use the slightest against you,true or false,being forwarded to the provider means you legal rights are being signed away,equally its a breach of the equality act for disabled people as the action of A is detrimental to B the person by its business practices which B is a disadvantaged person.

[seen this before]

its always the same,it was on new deal "why am i being treated like this" get off the dole then the reply.someone is being described as being in training when all that is happening they are being abused and confined all day.

 

unfortunately unemployment is here to stay, i was reading yesterday how harold macmillan lectured mrs thatcher in the summer of 1980 about the course taken.

 

in an 11-page memorandum, Macmillan warned that while her programme of cuts may give a ''sense of exhilaration'' to her supporters, they were heading for industrial collapse and ''dangerous'' levels of unemployment.

 

really this sums the whole situation up.its quite clear that taking all this out on the results is a totally fruitless exercise.

 

as these schemes fail to provide jobs the attention then falls on sanctioning.

Edited July 7, 2011 by seen this before

[seen this before]

avoid doing anything that might arouse a claim from the dwp that you spoiled your application and face a sanction.submitted job centre applications are prime examples.

Edited July 8, 2011 by seen this before
updated.

[ErikaPNP]

This thread has been edited and some postings removed owing (yet again) to inflammatory postings and highly questionable 'advice' which, if taken, could result in the OP having a sanction applied. A sanction is an appealable decision however, as some of our members are aware, an appeal does not put food on the table. There is an option of applying for hardship when sanctioned however this is not available until two weeks have passed, during which time there is no other funding available from the government which can have severe consequences for our more vulnerable members. It is always advisable to try and avoid getting a sanction rather than taking a risk if it is at all avoidable, particularly so when there is nowhere else to turn if funds get stopped for a period of time. There will always be circumstances where an over zealous official will sanction a claim where there are no reasonable grounds to do so. We can help people prepare their case for appeal when this happens. However to advise someone to deliberately take a course of action which is likely to jeopardise a potential jop offer by sabbotation, thus leading to a sanction, is irresponsible and will leave the member with little cause to justify their action in an appeal.

 

As the query has been answered by several members and the OP has not been back, I have also closed the thread.