Select to expand quoteGizmo said..
The only problem with 'working for the dole'..... Lets pick a type of work ie; cleaning up street / road / parkland trees in council areas this then now has the stigma of a 'no skill' work with little or no value, do that for a couple of years & train people in the tree maintenance what you have? 'a worthless job'
What is REALLY needed is a way to inspire motivation.....Motivated people find themselves jobs, but then again motivated people wouldn't be on the dole in the first place...... So how do 'inspire motivation? Make the dole harder to get !!!!!!
This is like a dog chasing its tail !!!!!!
Stop paying people to sit on their arse, that should inspire & motivate them!
Give them a ****ty job & they might then want to improve themselves, at the end of the day it's up to them, you can't make people change if they don't want to.
Any work we can get out of them is a bonus if we are paying them, the downside is trying to supervise them.
Cleaning graffiti or picking up rubbish should teach them a bit about respecting other's property as well.
Select to expand quotebusterwa said..
My Mrs works in HR and when she posts a job ad she might get 100 + applicants and maybe 5 - 10 are suitable. Its time wasting and not fair on the person filtering through applicants. She would post an ad for a Boilermaker or Fitter with certain tickets / qualifications and Laboures or TAs apply. Why would you do that knowing that your not suitable? To get Centrelink Payments!
They might be hoping to get the break they need to move up & learn a bit more, become semi-skilled or what we used to call 2nd class as in welder or tradesman.
I know plenty of guys that started out as labourers & are now coded welders just through aiming higher & a few lucky breaks.
I was always taught to aim high, it's the only way you will move upwards.
Select to expand quotePaul Kelf said..
Stop paying people to sit on their arse, that should inspire & motivate them!
Give them a ****ty job & they might then want to improve themselves,
Cleaning graffiti or picking up rubbish should teach them a bit about respecting other's property as well.
I can't see any of that working, sorry.
