He returned to the employment office and was drafted to another mail room, this time at a well-known magazine.
Job seekers visiting the employment office in Ipswich found an unusual offering among the usual advertisements for waiters and nurses: a knife-thrower's assistant.
The local employment office was swamped with hundreds clamoring for work.
This figure recorded only those registered as seeking employment and receiving some sort of support from employment offices.
Attendance in the employment office increased by 100 per cent and job placements fell by 50 per cent.
Until now, an employment office has had to prove that an unemployed person is unwilling to work in order to be able to reduce or withhold his benefits.
Early last year she looked after John when his mother was at work in an employment office.
The definition of what constitutes a ‘reasonable’ job offer is to be made more ‘flexible’, increasing the likelihood that the employment office can withdraw benefits when such a post is refused.
Before graduation she went to the employment office at Cambridge and was told, ‘We have too many arts graduates like you.’