FED: Employers reluctant to use Job Network, says Abbott

AAP General News (Australia)
04-30-1999
FED: Employers reluctant to use Job Network, says Abbott

Employment Services Minister TONY ABBOTT says too many employers are still reluctant to use
the federal government's $1 billion Job Network employment system.

He has released figures on the scheme's first anniversary showing it is out-performing its
predecessor, the Commonwealth Employment Service, by almost 50 per cent.

But Mr Abbott says his hope for the next 12 months is that more employers break out of
their old ways and use Job Network.

He says it is a good system and early problems with the scheme have been overcome.

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KEYWORD: JOBS ABBOTT (SYDNEY)

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