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Wednesday July 10, 2013 22:19

by dave

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Converting paid work into unpaid work..

It seems like everytime I view the Fas website more and more real jobs are dissapearing from it and being replaced with free labour internships. When I search for specific sectors now all I seem to find are internships. This scheme is absolutely sickening me as it has potentially destroyed several thousand entry level jobs. I can't believe that Joan Burton and the labour party have completely ruined the youth labour market with a scheme which is:

-replacing real paid jobs with "internships"
-exploiting the jobless
-wasting tax-payer money to provide companies with free labour
-putting underqualified/inexperienced/unvetted people in jobs with far too much responsibility(working with kids etc...)
-distorting our unemployment figures
-putting existing paid jobs at risk
-being used to makeup for a shortfall of skills in the public service due to the recruitment embargo

Related Links: www.ScamBridge.ie | ScamBridge: How the Scam Works | RBB of People Before Profit TD, challenges Minister Burton on outrageous abuse of JobBridge Scheme by private waste company with state contracts
Indy Links: Job bridge converting paid work into unpaid work,and the massaging of dole figures... | Job bridge or exploitation scheme

Here is an example of a paid job that is now nullified and advertised as a job bridge job..

There are curretnly 5543 people on internships - that is probably the good guts of 5543 jobs being taken up by free labour schemes, converting paid work into unpaid work..

Have a look at the job bridge website also it is :http://intern.jobbridge.ie/

Telesales Representative
Based in CARLOW TOWN
Ref. INTE-774032

Description
The intern will gain practical experience in selling a range of IT products and services - telesales, sales, marketing. The intern will receive formal/informal training in the following arranging sales meetings for the Sales team from a list of targeted customers. On completion the intern will have attained skills in working as part of a team; communication skills and telephone skills.

Skills Requirements
The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills (especially over the phone), be eager to learn, able to work on their own initiative and be well presented.

Please Note:
This is an Internship. An allowance of €50 per week will be paid in addition to your current Social Welfare payment.See eligibility criteria above.

Department
Sales

Mentor
The Organisation will assign a mentor to support you during the Internship.

Duration
6 Months

Days, Hours & Start Date
Days per week: To be Advised
Hours per day: Not specified
Hours per week: 35
Start Date: TBC

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Comments (124 of 124)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	the irish job scam of the century..	andrew	Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:36
2	(contd)-an example of abuse of the scheme one worker pushed out of her paid job only to be replaced by free labour workers.	andrew	Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:46
3	Job Bridge is welfare for business	T	Tue Jul 09, 2013 14:58
4	FAS Internships. Equitable yes but no exploitation	Comyn	Tue Jul 09, 2013 16:17
5	re:comyn - forbes article	seamus	Tue Jul 09, 2013 16:49
6	People Before Profit TD, challenges Minister Burton on outrageous abuse of JobBridge Scheme by private waste company with state contracts	andrew	Tue Jul 09, 2013 17:00
7	JobBridge is not being "abused" by employers	JoeMc	Tue Jul 09, 2013 22:46
8	monitoring	Joe Mc	Tue Jul 09, 2013 22:58
9	jobbridge	ciara	Tue Jul 09, 2013 23:01
10	RBB is not a fan of jobsbridge	listener	Wed Jul 10, 2013 00:31
11	@listner	JoeMc	Wed Jul 10, 2013 01:10
12	Ok, lets email him and ask first before making a divisive attack publicly	listener	Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:44
13	not any sort of attack	Joe Mc	Wed Jul 10, 2013 17:07
14	joan burton getting heckled in dundalk at a ''jobs'' plus fair..	dave	Wed Jul 10, 2013 18:58
15	no I don't agree with scambridge	listener	Thu Jul 11, 2013 03:37
16	Also a increasing problem in Germany	Sanuk	Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:06
17	jobbridge .. another money eating quango	Mick	Thu Jul 11, 2013 13:47
18	clarity please	JoeMc	Thu Jul 11, 2013 14:22
19	Jimmy Kelly	Radagast	Thu Jul 11, 2013 16:19
20	Thanks for that Radagast	JoeMc	Thu Jul 11, 2013 18:02
21	exploiting the desperate	John	Thu Jul 11, 2013 20:30
22	Troika are in town. FAS Trade Unions. Vested Interests!	Comyn	Fri Jul 12, 2013 16:33
23	more corporate externalities	fred	Fri Jul 12, 2013 18:21
24	FAS pensions...	gary	Fri Jul 12, 2013 18:26
25	SWP response	Joe Mc	Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:24
26	Interns=Dept Social Protection Pay but deal is employer=value added & support to get work	Comyn	Sat Jul 13, 2013 15:54
27	new monitors v. old monitors	JoeMc	Sat Jul 13, 2013 18:16
28	What a waste of talent ?	Jhakas	Sat Jul 13, 2013 20:46
29	ecdl fas course	mary	Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:31
30	Grassroots need to say No to this Culture that fosters waste of human resources	Comyn	Sun Jul 14, 2013 16:00
31	Job bridge to nowhere ,and the stagnation of the jobs market	John	Sun Jul 14, 2013 22:12
32	there should be a pre requirement to taking on free labour staff..	dave	Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:24
33	Are we going to be silent victims of Fas schemes" like a sheep just" BAAAAAAAAAAAAA"	Jhakas	Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:57
34	once again: free labour is the whole point of JobBridge	JoeMc	Mon Jul 15, 2013 14:29
35	'Worth reading article in Forbes magazine. 14th June 2013. 'Is the Unpaid Internship Dead?'	Comyn	Mon Jul 15, 2013 16:31
36	Internee Ministers for Scams	Jhakas	Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:19
37	instead of expensive politicians, replace them with internships	InternMyHole	Tue Jul 16, 2013 20:24
38	job bridge who it benefits?	mary	Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:21
39	Enda Kenny launches the latest series of attacks on welfare recipients	fred	Thu Jul 18, 2013 18:30
40	job creation ...enda? No its job exploitation..not a real paid job in sight ..	ciara	Thu Jul 18, 2013 18:45
41	five seperate quangos	Notanotherquango	Thu Jul 18, 2013 19:07
42	enda lies to the nation about job creation..	ciara	Thu Jul 18, 2013 19:27
43	Kenny targets the weak for harassment. Some of the responses	fred	Thu Jul 18, 2013 22:03
44	where are the actual jobs???	dave	Thu Jul 18, 2013 22:12
45	re:fred	notanotherquango	Thu Jul 18, 2013 22:35
46	kenny mentioned private companies getting involved	fred	Thu Jul 18, 2013 22:43
47	hi fred	ciara	Thu Jul 18, 2013 23:03
48	hi ciara	fred	Fri Jul 19, 2013 07:02
49	an unemployment union	ciara	Fri Jul 19, 2013 09:58
50	re:fred	ciara	Fri Jul 19, 2013 11:44
51	thx c.	fred	Fri Jul 19, 2013 19:20
52	Organise a union of the unemployed?	fred	Fri Jul 19, 2013 19:30
53	this is about civil rights..the unemployed should be treated like human beings..not slave labour cattle when it suits big business..	ciara	Fri Jul 19, 2013 20:23
54	good ideas ciara	fred	Fri Jul 19, 2013 21:58
55	the unemployed masses are being attacked..	ciara	Fri Jul 19, 2013 22:42
56	agree with most of that C.	fred	Fri Jul 19, 2013 23:34
57	re:ideas	ciara	Sat Jul 20, 2013 17:23
58	cheers	fred	Sun Jul 21, 2013 02:24
59	re:not another quango	gary	Tue Jul 23, 2013 13:58
60	more exploitation link below	andrew	Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:20
61	INTO on holiday	JoeMc	Sun Jul 28, 2013 15:21
62	JobBridge	Comyn	Sun Jul 28, 2013 15:45
63	a culture of bullying lies with the top brasses in the labour party..	ciara	Sun Jul 28, 2013 18:24
64	State Companies Engaging in Cheap Labour	Hibernian Scribe	Mon Jul 29, 2013 08:56
65	Bullying is the entrenched culture; Bullyboys; teachers; politicians v psychotherapist?	Robin Hood	Mon Jul 29, 2013 16:39
66	bullying and intimidation - my own story	ciara	Mon Jul 29, 2013 18:44
67	Experience a great teacher. Identify who is boss and who is a leader?	Comyn	Tue Jul 30, 2013 16:42
68	"residential workfare" plans for the UK	JoeMcIvor	Fri Aug 02, 2013 17:10
69	free labour creates unemployment..	dave	Fri Aug 02, 2013 17:37
70	Executive summary of Recommendations for UK Residential Training Provision	JoeMcIvor	Sat Aug 03, 2013 14:34
71	reply to joe	dave	Sat Aug 03, 2013 20:54
72	harassing people off welfare	welfarian	Sun Aug 04, 2013 11:25
73	reply to welfarian	dave	Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:54
74	Life-long learning. Start now. Try Innovation DCU programme!	Comyn	Tue Aug 06, 2013 16:26
75	Jobbridge in Enterprise Ireland	Champage fan: Blue Nun Pay-packet	Sun Aug 18, 2013 17:11
76	Culture of Waste: Time to say Stop.	Comyn	Mon Aug 19, 2013 16:36
77	Internships Scambridge but time is now to opt out of emigration & Unemployment	Comyn	Mon Sep 02, 2013 15:52
78	Instructor	Agry FAS employee	Thu Sep 12, 2013 15:21
79	ve are only followink orders	gravy train	Thu Sep 12, 2013 17:29
80	Sacked because I wouldn't discharge Asbestos without Protection.	Hugh Murphy	Thu Sep 12, 2013 18:19
81	More nonsense!	Agry FAS employee	Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:52
82	to AngryFas on a big state wage and guaranteed pension	gravy train	Mon Sep 16, 2013 23:26
83	Anger - the emotion. Zero-hour contracts & pure exploitation	Comyn	Tue Sep 17, 2013 16:35
84	Where is the Corporate Social Responsibility.	Comyn	Fri Sep 20, 2013 16:21
85	JobBridge: Your social welfare + 50 euros to work as a teacher	Sarah	Tue Oct 29, 2013 16:40
86	Clarification: Headline today is 'Quinn dissolves scandal-hit FAS'	Outsider	Wed Oct 30, 2013 16:13
87	I benefited from FAS	Seoirse	Wed Oct 30, 2013 23:10
88	Education: 'Give Vision to the Visionless' - Jonathan Swift.	Outsider	Mon Nov 04, 2013 16:40
89	I endorse your suggestions	Seoirse	Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:51
90	the fas gravy train never benefited the poor..you talk utter bullshit	Quangos only help themselves	Sun Nov 10, 2013 19:41
91	FAS schemes different from JobBridge	Seoirse	Sun Nov 10, 2013 23:24
92	They dont need job creation schemes they need REAL jobs..	allthef*ckensame	Mon Nov 11, 2013 12:59
93	Dire economc times say opportunities must be taken: its about value content	Eleanor	Tue Nov 12, 2013 16:38
94	Can communities approach Solas with projects?	Seoirse	Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:35
95	STEM Week: 'Make hay while the sun shines' and today.	Eleanor	Wed Nov 13, 2013 16:31
96	Job-Bridge: Need to work out if its exploitation or opportunity?	Beagle	Sun Nov 17, 2013 16:35
97	'State back-to-work training is often worse than none at all'	Swiftian	Thu Dec 05, 2013 16:35
98	explotiation or oppurtunity,with no no at the end of these schemes - its clearly free job market exploitation	re exploitation or oppurtunity...	Fri Dec 06, 2013 14:47
99	Goodbye FAS: Hello Solas/Intreo but let's stop the cronyism; the focus must be employment activation	Comyn	Thu Jan 02, 2014 16:39
100	Boys from the brown stuff?	v for vendetta	Fri Jan 03, 2014 18:26
101	the problem is the middle class voting block which is why we may never get rid of FF/FG/LAB and have no real credible alternative to whats there..	concerned	Fri Jan 03, 2014 20:54
102	What you fail to mention is that there is over 950 million spent on these ''job'' schemes..	rua	Sat Jan 04, 2014 14:15
103	950 million spent on job schemes is not right..no jobs at the end of it,completely needless expense giving nothing back..	concerned	Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:14
104	Real Jobs with Real Wages	Comyn	Wed Jan 15, 2014 16:31
105	Figures dont add up.	Brian Flannery.	Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:06
106	angela kerins jaunt in saudi arabia with FG and other party members	jaunts	Mon Jan 20, 2014 12:50
107	There is another issue when dealing with the Saudis	PimFortuyn	Mon Jan 20, 2014 18:20
108	JobBridge intern aged 18 to 2 will effectively be working for 3.75 euros per hour over a 40 hour week.	Blake	Tue Jan 21, 2014 16:38
109	Cynical companies exploiting jobsbridge as expected by pro business FG	fred	Wed Jan 22, 2014 08:25
110	Just seen scambridge.ie job bridge expose on what should be paid jobs advertised	nct	Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:19
111	heard on the radio 1 channel about more jobbridge job exploitation	MSM Listener	Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:33
112	Internet and communication. If JobBridge exploits; target MNC's for opportunities	Comyn	Sat Jan 25, 2014 16:44
113	Implementation EU-wide Youth Guarantee scheme by Joan Burton's Department of Social Portection	Opportunities	Wed Jan 29, 2014 16:08
114	WHAT JOBS????	fred	Thu Jan 30, 2014 01:12
115	A bit insulting Fred did you read the full content.	Brian Flannery	Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:33
116	I may be a little rude occasionlly, but what the hell are you up to around here "Brian Flannery"?	fred	Fri Jan 31, 2014 02:30
117	JobBridge/ScamBridge but not Gateways Initiative!	Unemployed	Mon Mar 31, 2014 16:21
118	'Now Gardai will knock on dole cheats' doors'	Insider	Wed Apr 16, 2014 16:28
119	Waste of garda resources. Excuse to harass the poor	Welfarian	Wed Apr 16, 2014 20:27
120	the anglo story..and reality	Rua	Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:24
121	says it all....	fred	Tue Apr 29, 2014 05:02
122	Tired of Jobs Bridge	TiredZ	Tue Oct 21, 2014 16:22
123	Student	Sinead	Thu Feb 19, 2015 23:34
124	jobbridge experiences - scambridge.ie	Rua	Fri Feb 20, 2015 08:44

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