Why the UK does of course. Kevin Rudd and Co. (e.g. Gordon Brown) have arranged for two UK job agencies to tender for taking care of the Australian job market. Yes, you may want to read that last sentence again.
Two British firms without any prior interest in Australia, A4e and Reed Employment, are being encouraged to enter the market. A4e has received negative publicity in Britain over allegations it is greedy for profits. This may seem strange to those who listened to Kevin talking about greedy capitalists. To be fair, so far at least, Ingeus UK in which Therese Rein has a stake, has not tendered.
The losers in this process are the non-profit job seeking agencies like those of the Salvation Army and the Catholics who have lost out and will be forced to lay people off.
So in summary. Our local job agencies, who are Christian based non-profit groups, have been dropped in favour of UK based groups with no experience in the Australian market and who will require a lot more money to perform the same task. They will also not be ready in time to handle the growing unemployed.
Who thinks this stuff up?
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