Jobseekers will be off dole in year, says study

MOST people claiming the Jobseeker’s Allowance are likely to be off the dole in a year’s time, according to a new profiling exercise being operated by the Department of Social Protection.

Under the pilot scheme being run at the Dun Laoghaire social protection office, claimants are profiled as to their educational qualifications and work history.

The Department has revealed that so far some 1,200 people have been profiled and according to the findings, “a large proportion of the profiles indicate that, all else being equal, the people concerned have a high probability of exiting from the live register within a year”.