[Josy]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

I agree on that, but the website is probably being bombarded with new vacancies on a continual loop, adding to that the fact these services are vastly understaffed, then it's a recruitment agency issue.

The website should be monitoring them, but it's easy enough to get round it by saying that they've filled those vacancies through offline recruitment, then re-issue the vacancy a couple of days later.

I've used that system, so I could fly through the loopholes, but it's the predatory non-skilled agencies that are to blame.

The universal jobsmatch department should have enough staff to constantly monitor new vacancies that are being added, I don't care how bombarded they are, a website that is asking for millions of peoples personal details and cv's should be at the very least safe.

Instead the DWP hit out with responses like this

In response, the Department for Work and Pensions said they would vet employers to ensure that the jobs posted on the site are genuine.

That should be one of the first things that's done IMO rather than waiting on reports about cv details being sold on.

I'm not disagreeing that there's dodgy agencies adding the jobs but the root of it lies with the DWP/government, they are to blame for allowing these fake agencies and vacancies to be allowed on the website in the first place.