UK Government to spy on computers of the jobless [View all]
Source: Daily Telegraph (UK)
Jobseekers will be offered the chance to look for work through the new Universal Jobmatch website, which automatically pairs them up with opportunities that suit their skills after scanning their CVs.
It will also allow employers to search for new workers among the unemployed and send messages inviting them to interviews.
However, their activities may also be tracked using devices known as "cookies", so their Job Centre advisers know how many searches they have been doing and whether they are turning down viable opportunities.
Iain Duncan-Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, said the scheme would "revolutionise" the process of looking for work. He said anyone without a job after signing up to the scheme would be lacking "imagination".
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