Finishing Seetec

you could be finished with them next week and get another letter to start again in 2 weeks time. You won’t have any peace from SW until you find a job.

no. Have you looked into the possibility that you’re on the wrong payment? Maybe there’s another payment more suitable for your circumstances?

If you are on a CE or TUS scheme , there is absolutely no obligation to engage with seetac, however until such time you are on one or unemployed, it's highly likely, your referral to seetac will be extended.

There is literally no such thing as a positive outcome with Seetac or Turas Nua for that matter.

honest question as I'm not informed about it: what is Seetec and Turas Nua and what are they doing?

There's nothing the social welfare can do about it though. A person doing a CE or TUS scheme is no longer on Jobseekers Allowance or Benefit, so it's up to the person themselves really what they want to do irrespective of what you think should happen.😉

The aim is to put pressure on a person to find a job. That aim is often achieved by "forcing" them to engage, not let them have it cushy and put some level of responsibility on the individual to get up and do something (be that a course or a job)

There should really be no need for a "third party" private organisation to do this (which is where my main issue with both is) as we have enough people in various government departments who job this should be already.

Indeed and totally agree - a pure scam - private companies doing the work of the State (as with many other aspects of Irish society.

It's fairly easy, if the stated wanted, to put more pressure on people to find work, reduce the payments. Now I get that certain people may never work for totally legitimate reasons, if so they should be on a payment reflective of that, not JA or JB.

I know, that's what I was trying to say.

Didn't do a great job of it however.

The aims whilst wonderful have proven over many years & two different Jobs activation programs to be an expensive failure & utter farce.

Lots of threads on the Topic .

So bad have they been, questions raised in the Dail. Bullying & questionable practices evident. Essentially all these schemes have done, is line the pockets of two private companies, one registered in the UK.

Currently just finished my second stint with seetec 52 weeks x 2 ! Done all courses and workshops , was kind of left alone once u attend apps. If u really want employment or advanced training u can get this with them its up 2 u and what u want. On the 2nd year. They talked about cutting dole etc if not actively seeking interviews then etc so I missed 2 apps and got reduced 90 euro until I re engaged . Then I was being watched by DSP so seetec warned me of a few things (nicely) my employment officer in seetec. If u get a nice one ur sailing. So I did. Twice.. but half way thru this 52 wk one, I got 10 hours. And to seetec I gained the world . To the social it wasn't good enough they want u having no dole... I pushed back...so stil learning...I do 2 days 5hrs and I keep full dole minus 10pw for each of the days . 1 day working 2.5hrs , minus 5euro dole.... so 2 days a week...10hrs ...minus 10 euro.... if I go into working 3 days any hours . . I automatically lose all dole and have to change to new payment with worse system than xs and os weekly declarations.... so the system is different for all I think and whatever needs u want

Maybe a basic course in English would've been more suitable....

I briefly engaged with them a few years back. I was appalled at the lack of empathy, training, professionalism and qualifications my 'co ordinator' had. I resented it a little that someone straight out of college, with no life/work experience was advising me (with over 20 years senior management experience) on how to apply for positions, interview techniques and how to write a c.v.

First chance I got, I went on IB which they can't touch you on, until I got another position. They continued to plague me with phone calls until I pointed out that they were in the wrong.

I think they may be of use to SOME people but I'd like to know how they're assigned.