| The employment of a person with support measures usually requires that the jobseeker is unemployed. |
| They must be registered as a jobseeker with the employment service and must not meet the conditions for eligibility for old-age benefits. |
| The reasoning is that the earlier the jobseeker is activated and supported, the greater the chance of preventing long-term unemployment. |
| Local and regional authorities should have the discretion to differentiate national rules such as the time a jobseeker has to spend claiming benefit before they are eligible to receive active labour market support. |
| The change from overworked operations manager for a large catering firm to jobseeker was a shock, she recalled. |
| Each jobseeker is assisted for as long as necessary by two of the organization's volunteers, who attend solidarity group meetings each month. |
