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job search providers are useless, and now mine wants to get payed by the government because I am employed now, yet they had nothing to do with me getting training or a job.
See people knock JSA's because they don't understand how they work. When you are newly unemployed all a JSA has to do is see you to connect you so you can start getting benefits. You don't get assigned a case manager at this point, you do at 13 weeks. Then you are put into an intensive activity of 60 hours over 2 weeks. This replaced the compulsory job search training classes in July 2009. There is no work for the dole as you put it for the first 52 weeks of your unemployment. Back in July 2009 the work for the dole requirement at 6 months unemployment was canned. There is also no funding paid to a JSA to assist you with training or any thing else you require when you are new on the dole.
As for them getting paid for you now you are working - rubbish. Again as a newly unemployed person for the first 52 weeks there is no payment to a JSA for a Job Seeker gaining employment, unless they referred you to one of their vacancies. They merely seek the employment details for Centrelink and record keeping purposes so they can close off your file.
The bullshit that is spread about JSA's is unbelievable. So many cry "they did nothing for me" without realising they are simply not contracted to help you unless you are long term unemployed.
So to wrap it up you never got help as the JSA wasn't contracted to give it to you, there was no money to assist you as you were less than 52 weeks unemployed and they sought your employment details purely for record keeping purposes and to inform Centrelink as believe it or not some stupid people get a job and still draw benefits.