TUS Programme

myneo wrote: »

Hi. I got a letter this morning to go on this tus thing. so angry. i mean really angry. was wondering what to do. so thanks for all the comments and posts and info. thank god for the internet.
it's great to read genuine and real and caring people in a world so full of crap.

What are you so angry about?

Joey555 wrote: »

Just got my "invite" for interview. Am looking at these words job suitability and taking it with a pinch of salt given the fact that any offer turned down is grounds to cut dole payments. As people have said here though it is a yellow flag. A look in the mirror at yourself and think wtf, can't believe I got to the stage where i became eligible for this kinda thing!. A feeling of shame to be honest. But anyway, my point is I really don't think these schemes help the unemployment problem at all and i'm wise enough to know that providing "work experience" in most cases really means free/cheap labour. If anything i think it would hinder even more the chances of real employment as these schemes when seen on a CV are looked down apon by alot of real employers. As everyone already knows this is spin by the government to make it look like the live register numbers are down and is in reality hurting real job creation. But anyway 12 months forced community service is gona look great on my CV, just above Data analyst and 3rd level Degree :P ........ Oh and Joan Burton is incompetent!

I agree that they don't really help the problem as at the end of your 12 months there's no opportunity to be hired on full time and the Tús office actually help you sign back on so you just get recycled back onto the dole until they decide you're eligible for another scheme.

You don't actually have to mention that you did the job through Tús, you can say you did it as an unpaid internship or something like that. I just have the name of the company and a description of the work I'm doing on my CV without any mention of the scheme.

It's not guaranteed that you'll actually get a placement through them either. Just go in and treat it like an interview for a temp agency. Tell them your experience, what you're looking for and what you're not willing to do. They had no problem with me telling them that I wanted a phone based role due to my background in customer service/sales and that under no circumstances would I work with children, the elderly or do any manual labour as they're not where my skills lie and a placement of that sort would be completely pointless for me.

Yes, it is annoying that people are being forced into this, further education or not but it's better than nothing in the interim and you're still free to take on part time work when on the placement once you're doing your 19.5 hours in your placement

Realtivity wrote: »

Where is this advice? Can you give us the posting reference number?

All I can find is a suggestion that one should appear "a bit thick" at the interview!

This is unlikely to influence an employer looking for someone to clean up litter!

Someone I know tried that when they got referred to Tús. It doesn't work, they'll cop on to the fact that you're just not serious about getting a placement through them and then write to SW telling them you're not serious about finding a job which will just get your dole cut

Got a letter too, no way am i going to this interview, I really want a job but do not want "help" from these people!! am signing off, figure the lack of money will be a motivator, worse case scenario I get no job and have to sign back on in few months, and hopefully therefore no longer qualify for this scam as i won't have been signing on continually for the last 12 months!

BILBOBAGINS wrote: »

Got a letter too, no way am i going to this interview, I really want a job but do not want "help" from these people!! am signing off, figure the lack of money will be a motivator, worse case scenario I get no job and have to sign back on in few months, and hopefully therefore no longer qualify for this scam as i won't have been signing on continually for the last 12 months!

If you are going to sign off - I would advise signing on just for credits so that it doesn't make a mess of your prsi contributions

Can anyone tell me if my Tus payments will be paid into my bank account just like my Social Welfare payments were? My payments have always been paid straight into the bank but now my Tus officer is talking about cheques/collecting from the post office etc?

I told them payments have always been made directly to my bank account so I'm just wondering if this will be the same.

The person I'm dealing with doesn't really make anything clear and right now I'm not sure if I'll have any money this week or where it will be coming from!

CarrieLee wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if my Tus payments will be paid into my bank account just like my Social Welfare payments were? My payments have always been paid straight into the bank but now my Tus officer is talking about cheques/collecting from the post office etc?

I told them payments have always been made directly to my bank account so I'm just wondering if this will be the same.

The person I'm dealing with doesn't really make anything clear and right now I'm not sure if I'll have any money this week or where it will be coming from!

They pay into your bank account.

Problem is, once they get you in their sights.....

mango salsa wrote: »

I am fairly sure it's upto the organisation that your Tus team leader is employed by - Tus is not centrally managed by DSP it is run by all the partnership companies

Hmmm...well they took my bank details and asked if I had always been paid directly into the bank. First of all they told me I would be paid same as normal into the bank but then this morning started mentioning post office and cheques. I'm totally confused now.

I did ask them to clarify but the person I was dealing with didn't really seem to know the answer. Which is strange since you would think they'd deal with this all the time.