6,000 NEW JOBS FOR CITY REGION.Byline: ALEX TURNER MORE than 6,000 jobs will be created across Liverpool Liverpool, city (1991 pop. 448,300), NW England, on the Mersey River near its mouth. It is one of Britain's largest cities. A large center for food processing (especially flour and sugar), Liverpool has a variety of industries, including the manufacture of electrical city region through a pounds 1bn Government fund. The first jobs were advertised this week with more than 2,500 positions becoming available in the next six months and the rest by March 2011. The roles, which will be mostly in social enterprises and third sector organisations, are being funded through the Future Jobs Fund. The jobs are targeted at long-term unemployed people Noun 1. unemployed people - people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group); "the long-term unemployed need assistance" unemployed plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one , with 100,000 jobs being created nationally for young people and 50,000 for those living in areas of high unemployment. The councils in the city region have worked together to identify different types of jobs in a range of sectors, including apprenticeships, the health service and working with children and young people. Cllr Ron Round, leader of Knowsley Council, heads the employment and skills portfolio for the city region's cabinet. He said: "The funding that we have been allocated by the Government will enable us to create real jobs that will make a difference to a lot of people. "These are not places on a training programme but quality jobs with valuable training and development attached." All applications for Future Jobs Fund jobs must come through Jobcentre Plus Jobcentre Plus (Welsh: Canolfan Byd Gwaith) is the government-funded employment agency facility and the social security office for working-age people in the United Kingdom. as there is a clear eligibility requirement. Future Jobs Fund targets 18-24s who have been on Jobseekers Allowance (JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. ) for 39-42 weeks and over 25s who have been on JSA for 39-50 weeks. |
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