Promising signs of employment upturn in North East Lincolnshire
GRIMSBY is a good place to find work, according to a jobs expert – whose message came as the number of people out of work in North East Lincolnshire fell this month.
Although the Humber and Yorkshire region continues to have the second highest unemployment rate in the UK – second to the North East according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics – in August there were 6,450 unemployment benefit claimants in North East Lincolnshire, down from 6,655 in July.
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JOB SEEKERS ASSEMBLE: Visitors Flock to Grimsby Town Hall to the jobs fair in search of that new opportunity. Picture: Sam Russell
Nationally, the figure was down by 0.25 per cent.
The news comes as a jobs fair at Grimsby Town Hall yesterday attracted scores of job seekers, and more than 500 in the first hour and a half.
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There, JobCentre Plus district manager Stuart Griffiths said: "Unemployment falling is a sign for optimism.
"We are not saying it is the end of the recession. These are promising signs however, and it is a good message that Grimsby is a good place to find work. People here want to work. They have come to the jobs fair with their CVs and have dressed in suits and smart clothes."
The successful fair saw employers offering work and training to successful candidates, and the biggest demand for information was about the renewable energy sector.
Adrian White, a balance-of-plant engineer for Renewable Energy Sources, told how his firm moved to Grimsby nearly three years ago.
He said: "We were right at the start of the offshore wind farm industry.
"We have had a massive response from a massive mixture of people. Some looking to work offshore and those wanting to work in the industry in the support industry.
"There is a big buzz in Grimsby, with 64 turbines just off Skegness and 75 more planned. That is just Centrica and E.on, and RWE have major plans. There is going to be a massive infrastructure needed."
Dave Clayton, 54, formerly of Synthomer, said 71 of his colleagues were made redundant last year.
He added: "I like to think we can get a lift from the jobs fair. I am interested in Centrica's plans."
Programme manager for employment course CatZero, Sean Cahill, said all his students had received a boost at the fair.
He invited unemployed young people in the Immingham area to contact the Job Centre, in Kennedy Way, to join the next CatZero course.
As reported, it is starting in the town this month following a successful course in Grimsby, which saw young people take part in various activities and sail a boat the course is named after.
At the fair, there was a display by Premier Inn, which is planning a new hotel near Meridian Point, in Cleethorpes.
Sergeant Tony Saxton, of Army Careers, said there had been an increase in demand for information about the Forces.
He said: "The attraction is for the younger generation for whom employment is tight and they have the chance of more than 1,000 different jobs in the army, not just frontline fighting, if they are eligible."
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by leanne1989198
Thursday, September 13 2012, 12:41PM
“7) Tips: Email, Telephone, CV and Job application tips that help protect your privacy.
(8) Sharing your information: Be aware all Work Programme Providers and their Subcontractors are DWP Jobcentre Data Processors, which means they share any personal information you give them with DWP Jobcentre, without the need for permission/further consent. Personal information you share with the DWP Jobcentre is also shared with all Providers and their Subcontractors for delivery of the Work Programme, without the need for permission/further consent. The Work Programme referral letter states the DWP Jobcentre only shares your "contact details", in fact they share considerably more.
"Providers receiving any SAR requests are required to notify DWP and provide us with [all] the personal data they hold to enable the Department to meet our legal obligations."
Source: DWP Central FoI Team
"In addition, in order to carry out their functions under the Employment, Skills and Enterprise Scheme, the Work Programme provider may need additional personal information from the claimant. If the claimant does not wish to [consent to] provide this information it may be the case that, with the provider, they can investigate ways in which they can still participate in the Scheme, without the additional information being provided."
Source: DWP Central FoI Team
(9) What is a Third Party?: Consider telling your Work Programme Adviser to place a formal note on your Action Plan or DWP Jobcentre Adviser to amend your Jobseekers Agreement (ES3JP) so they both state you do not consent to your personal information they hold being shared with and obtained from any third party without your prior written approval. Include a comment that states you are happy to disclose personal information to any Third Party, on the condition that you do it yourself, for purposes of applying for a job or to undertake training to assist becoming more work ready.
"…if a provider wanted to share your personal data with a non-contracted organisation [third party], that does require your consent. In these circumstances the provider will ask you to sign a consent form. Should you choose, you can refuse permission."
Source: DWP Central FoI Team
"You have requested that A4e would not share information about yourself with third parties. I can confirm that no information or data will be shared with anyone without your consent form with the exception of Job Centre Plus and DWP as per our contract."
Source: A4e letter
Note: According to page 1 of the Jobseekers Agreement (ES3JP) Jobcentre Plus claim they can contact an employer for feedback, without the need for further consent, about any job they have told you to apply for.
Tip: You can of course tell any employer (in advance and in writing is best) that you do not consent to them giving the DWP Jobcentre or any Work Programme Provider or Subcontractor any feedback on either a job interview or job application.
(10) Fully informed and freely given consent?
"Consent obtained under duress or on the basis of misleading information does not adequately satisfy the condition for processing."
Source: Information Commissioners Office
"Conditions relevant for purposes of the first principle: processing of any personal data…The data subject has given his consent to the processing."
Source: Data Protection Act (1998) Schedule 2
"For consent to be fully informed and freely given you need to tell the customer exactly why you need the information, what you are going to do with it and whom you might share it with. We cannot put any conditions on a customer to try and persuade them to consent."
Source: DWP Jobcentre policy on Consent”
by grimsby123
Thursday, September 13 2012, 12:26PM
“Are you a DWP Jobcentre Customer, on a Welfare to Work(fare) Programme or worried about a referral?
Then you need to Protect YOUR Personal Information!
(1) Do not sign: Beat the bully, as you do not have to sign any Work Programme:
Template consent form: Never sign this Data Protection waiver when you attend any Welfare to Work Programme appointment.
Action Plan (aka Employment Plan)
Agreement
Data Protection declaration
Check out the dedicated page on the fact that you do not have to sign many other Jobcentre and Work Programme documents or forms to acknowledge receipt of Jobcentre, provider or subcontractor letters , attendance at induction sessions.
Hot tip: When attending any Welfare to Work(fare) induction or initial appointments you can say you need to take home any documents before your sign them, as you need review them and get independent advice. This idea helps remove the pressure to sign when given the documents and should make it easier to exercise a decision not to sign.
"I would advise you that the signing of a Work Programme provider's action plan and/or agreement form are entirely voluntary and no sanctions would be applied to any claimant who refused to sign them…The signing of the above mentioned forms is not classed as such an activity*."
*IE: A Mandatory Activity
Source: DWP Central FoI Team
"…you do not need to sign the consent form, I can confirm to you that you do not need to sign it and you cannot be penalised for not signing it, hence no sanction doubt can be raised. You can refuse to sign the Employment Plan and Work Programme Agreement forms; again without any further consequences such as a sanction doubt being raised" (original emphasis)
Source: A4e letter
"Claimants bullied into signing an agreement to supply prospective employers' details, for the provider to claim a job outcome payment."
Source: National Audit Office
(2) Withdraw consent: You can use this standard letter to withhold or withdraw consent and secure your Data Protection rights.
(3) Your CV: Remember that you do not have to give either the Jobcentre or any Work Programme Provider or Subcontractor a printed or electronic copy of your CV to keep. Though it might be reasonable to provide evidence of your ability to create, maintain and make use of one, which could mean only showing them a version of your CV, do not give them a copy to keep.
If you are pressurised to allow a Work Programme Provider or Subcontractor to retain a copy/copies of your CV, It is strongly suggested you only provide a printed copy and one with a copyright 'watermark to prevent further distribution.
If you have already given your CV to the Jobcentre and agreed to the Jobseekers Agreement (ES3JP) section allowing "Jobcentre Plus retaining" your CV "and sending it to "prospective employers by the most appropriate method", you can withdraw your consent to stop such sharing. Jobcentre guidance on use of your CV confirms "no action" should be taken if you do not wish to use it's Job Broking Service.
Sample of a CV and tips that can help protect your privacy.
"There is no legal requirement for a Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) customer…to supply their provider [or DWP Jobcentre] with a CV…, an e-mail address or a telephone number. "
Source: DWP Central FoI Team”
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Thursday, September 13 2012, 12:22PM
“well there was alot of people there but not many jobs.
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well i have looked into this even if you didn't go they couldn't do any think about it as it wasn't mandatory which if you got a letter to go and it didn't say that on it need not worry.
and when you sign some things at the jobcentre NEVER SIGN THE DATA PROTECTION WEAVER there know sanctions for not signing. It means that means they can put you on any course and any job. plus the woman who does it gets a bonus for finding you a job or even if she didn't find one and you got one she still gets a bonus
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