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Unemployed invited to take part in 'humiliating' Easter egg hunt - to win job application forms

UK Job seekers have been asked to take part in an 'humiliating' Easter egg hunt - to win prizes to help them get back into work.

UK JobCentre bosses have invited more than 150 unemployed people to search for 35 chocolate eggs containing prizes such as job application forms. The eggs contain prizes including an application form to become a security guard, a payment for a licence to work on building sites and vouchers to buy job interview clothes from Burton or Dorothy Perkins.

But furious job seekers have accused JobCentre bosses of insulting them. Unemployed Graham Barnes, 31, of Peckham, south London, said: 'Most people are desperate to find work and are grateful for any help on offer. 'But asking us to take part in an Easter egg hunt is humiliating. 'Some of us are not proud of signing on, and this just rubs our face in it. 'I am struggling to pay the rent this month so how can I justify wasting my time playing games when I am supposed to be earning money.'

Reg O'Donoghue, from Walworth, said: 'Unemployment is neither a game nor much fun. 'To expect people to enjoy hunting for 35 eggs hidden between computers and files is more out of touch with reality than an insult.'It would only make sense if inside each egg was an appointment for a genuine job interview. 'It's hard to imagine an unemployed person - weighed down with responsibilities, with a mortgage or rent to find, council tax to pay and maybe a family to feed - being full of the joys, arriving home clutching an Easter egg.'

The hunt has been organised by JobCentre Plus contractor Skills Training Centre UK (STC) and will be held on Wednesday at the company's offices in Southwark, South London. Mark Wallace, campaign director of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: 'This is ridiculous. People who have lost their jobs want help, not an Easter egg hunt. 'This might have seemed a clever idea to the JobCentre manager, but they should stop the flights of fancy and get on with their job of helping people who have fallen on tough times. 'Now more than ever, every penny of taxpayers' money should only be spent carefully. 'This money should be used for training or even cutting taxes or helping protect jobs in the first place.'

STC manager Catrina Lynch, who organised the event, said: 'It is not meant in a demeaning way. It's going to be fun. 'My idea has always been to show people that there are jobs out there.' A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions said: 'We encourage providers to develop innovative ways of addressing unemployment. 'The most important thing is to find ways to get people back into work.'

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[andyman]

Lets hope one of the 150 jobseekers that attend this nanny bs help bs egg hunt does not have a shotgun!..

Pow! Pow! Pow! "i blow your eggs away!.. Then i will blow you, and you, and i will blow you."


Yeahhh..

[letmein]

Sounds dirty.

[andyman]