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ITEM EX19
- ANNEX 2
EXECUTIVE
– 19 APRIL 2005
PARTNERSHIP
ACCORD WITH JOBCENTRE PLUS
Services
Jobcentre Plus can provide and some examples of progress that other councils
have made:
Standard
services:
- receive all vacancies
- advertise the
vacancies on the internet Job Bank and Jobpoints
- provide named
local contact who can handle the vacancies
- provide local
labour market information
- coordinate recruitment
campaigns
Additional
services:
- handle enquiries,
issue application forms and carry out the initial sift
- make available
interview and reception facilities within Jobcentre plus
- offer opportunities
to participate in Jobsfairs
- identify, design
and implement bespoke diversity employment initiatives
Luton
Set
up a Council desk in the Jobcentre – nearly 40% of their jobs were filled
by direct referrals from Jobcentre Plus.
West
Lothian
Targeted
hard to fill vacancies in the care sector – 46% improvement in the number
of vacancies filled.
Northamptonshire
County Council
Home
care support workers had a customer-centred, tailored application and
short-listing process which cut recruitment time by 5 weeks.
Stoke
on Trent
The
recruitment of casuals is managed by Jobcentre plus.
The
Metropolitan Police
Experienced
a lower drop out rate from BME groups when the Jobcentre plus promoted
vacancies in their groups. It also services all telephone responses to
newspaper advertisements.
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