Think-tank praises initiatives on ‘daunting’ jobless crisis

THE country’s leading economic think-tank has claimed the scale of Ireland’s unemployment crisis is “daunting”.

Think-tank praises initiatives on ‘daunting’ jobless crisis

However, a new report by the Economic and Social Research Institute has also praised recent Government initiatives designed to create jobs and retraining supports to people on the dole.

ESRI researchers found job search assistance increases the chances that unemployed people can find work and is more effective when combined with monitoring of a person’s efforts to get another job.

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