i was exploited by being made to work an extra 10 hours a week for an employer. i made an official complaint to jobbridge, who advised me to stop working for the company. i naturally thought this would be investigated but jobbridge did nothing and allowed him to take on another intern. joke.

An “internship” in the local garage shop im afraid is hardly benificial to the majority of graduates.
This scheme will only work if its policed correctly,which it is not, and not let employers gain staff for free rather than just advertise the job in the normal fashion

I am working now thankfully but last year I applied for one of these schemes with a well known consultancy. The position was relatively basic and required a BSc and some surveying experience. I had three years experience at that stage and have a BSc and a MSc. I felt at the time I was over qualified and probably not internship material. Guy in Fas office insisted I apply… or have my dole deducted, so I did. I didn’t even reach interview stage… the person who got the internship, who I know, has a phd and worked in consultancy for 7 years!! This person was better qualified and had more experience than her ‘ mentor ‘ !! She was running projects etc and not getting paid. She said she took the role as she was out of work and couldn’t bear to have a gap in her cv. Granted she got an excellent position elsewhere after 6 months… but just shows the exploitation some firms carry on with… taking on super experienced people under the guise of an intern. I reported this to the scambridge people but heard nothing about it. Yes I agree she was unemployed and eligible but both herself and this firm deprived someone like myself an opportunity to gain project management skills.

Yes there are pros and cons with the Job Bridge Programme, the main stumbling block in that it is too loosely run. It should only be for those in SME’s with skilled roles. It is eroding Graduate programmes in larger companies.
On the upside If those figures are indeed correct then that’s positive.

Well I’ll be starting a permanent job doing something i love and might never have tried without the scheme and I don’t have a glaring 9 month hole in my cv so I’m extremely grateful to the scheme.

Granted many employers have taken advantage but there are those that haven’t and its given people a chance when employers have needed staff but struggled to be able to pay someone with the economy. A the end of 9 months employers have a trained member of staff ready to go.

It’s not perfect but it has given people a fighting chance when employment prospects for even the most highly experienced and qualified people is next to zero right now – it’s a foot in the door and an opportunity to prove yourself.

spin. what percentage of jobridge starters are in paid employment now?

Everyone seems to be giving out about this. I am starting a job bridge internship in a fortnight in software development and I am over the moon about it, if I don’t get a job at the end at least I will have valuable experience for my C.V. Also I was informed in the interview that of the ten people on placement before me, nine of them got a full time contract.

So approx 60% don’t finish and only have of those that do get employed. Why don’t they just say that 80% of people do not benefit from this scheme?

Employed in their field of study???/expertise??? That’s very relevant

Jobsbridge is open to abuse,. I know someone got a 6 month internship and then after 6 months rather than hire him they advertised for another 6 month intership so he went off abroad you could say he got experience from it but they could easily have hired him after internship.was up

Every-time a JobBridge candidate gets a full time job, a bondholder is burnt. Not only that but Government Ministers get a bonus supply of Magic Mushrooms!

So almost half of jobsbridge finishers are still unemployed despite the employer taking advantage of them for 6 to 9 months.

scambridge is designed to exploit the unemployed and give employers a ready made slave to use for no pay. Then discard them after 9 months and take on another slave.

Half of them do get employed. Bloody phone!

Remember folks, we all pay for this scheme of bureaucrats to spin these numbers to us.

If we could lower taxes on these companies maybe they would hire more people

I’ve seen a couple of JobBridge intern ads for qualified veterinary surgeons. I can see why clinics are doing this, the veterinary profession has a tradition of offering internships, but you wonder what level of ‘training’ the interns will get. 50 quid a week over your dole here or a starting salary of E35k in the UK?

An “internship” in the local garage shop im afraid is hardly benificial to the majority of graduates.
This scheme will only work if its policed correctly,which it is not, and not let employers gain staff for free rather than just advertise the job in the normal fashion

Half

So the illegal reprehensible contemptible theft of private pensions (not public) was justified? I no more believe this claptrap than that mayo leprauchan on his bailout bullshit,have a nice week.

you get to keep your dole for working 40 hours a week with no pay, but you get to keep your dole!!!! job bridge my ass

That still doesn’t make the scheme successful.

I’ve had 4x interviews with Jobbridge, in 1 case the employer was looking for a graduate and I got the impression that a permanent position was a possibility. The remaining 3x all employers made it clear that the positions were temporary with no chance of being employed by those companies. A further 1 company wanted a graduate and the remaining 2 companies wanted more experienced people. I am not even a graduate. Since then, 1 of above companies has taken on a further 2 interns in my sector and several more in other departments, none are guaranteed a job at the end.