Jobseekers Forced to Seek Jobs Outside Their Chosen Field of Work

SANCTIONS - Jobseekers are going to be forced to look for jobs outside their chosen field of work 

According to the BBC, from Thursday, people will have to look outside their sectors after just four weeks, rather than three months, or face sanctions.

Ministers want 500,000 jobseekers in work by the end of June.

Job vacancies hit a record high of 1.22 million between September and November.

As part of the jobs push - called "Way to Work" - claimants will have to widen their job search outside their previous occupation or sector after four weeks, rather than three months.

A percentage of their benefits could be cut if they are deemed to not be making reasonable efforts to get a job, or if they turn down a job offer.

ABC Note: This is a policy to suit the government not the jobseeker. In work it is actually much harder to get the job that you want as you don't have the flexibility to attend interviews. The pointlessness of going to college to train for a career and then find you are forced into doing something else menial is not missed. 

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