From job search to web search
He added that JobCentres needed to "move into the 21st century" by embracing new technology.
Getting as excited as a middle aged mother discovering the joys of harassing her kids via text message, the government reckons it can also send out job vacancies to people's mobile phones. We expect them to read something like this:
LOOKNG FR TRNSLTR 2 HLP UNDRSTND D YOOF OF TDY. PLZ APPLY HR IF U FIL U HV TH SKLLS RQRD.
Knight even advocated using chat rooms for unemployed folk to gather in and have a natter about their efforts together in a warm, fuzzy environment.
"You could log on to a Jobcentre Plus group and chat online to people in your area who are looking for work - these groups would be self-defining but could, for example, be groups of mums and dads returning to work, people looking for a job after being off sick, people looking for part-time work - however customers defined themselves - but crucially allowing them mutual support," he said.
Bless. Sounds wonderful, but I'm only available to chat after watching hours of LOLCATZ on YouTube and my Dr. Phil/Oprah marathon streamed over my new laptop and free broadband.
