The new one stop service for Jobseekers in Ireland is called INTREO and it provides access to information on job vacancies in Ireland through the website www.jobsireland.ie. This replaced the old FAS Jobs Bank or Jobseeker website. JobsIreland.ie is an online marketplace where Jobseekers and Employers can find information and profiles about prospective jobs and […]
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Intreo.ie New Jobseekers Service
Intreo is the name for a new agency to support Jobseekers in Ireland. The name seems to come from the fact that it is supposed to be an INTegRated One Stop Shop for Jobseekers. Or it could be to do with the Irish for “Direction” – which is “Treo” . The general idea is that […]
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FAS Can Make Unemployment Worse
In Ireland a report into how State agencies encourage and assist the unemployed to return to work has found that they can have the opposite effect . The report,by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) says that those who are assisted by the State while on the dole were less likely to return to […]
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Changes to FAS Work Placement Scheme
We wrote about the FAS Work Placement Scheme that was launched back in June 2009. Some changes to this scheme were announced recently – which will make it accessible to more people from December 1st 2009. For unemployed participants the following criteria have been amended: Recipients of most social welfare payments, including Job Seekers’ Allowance […]
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