Travelodge is to recruit a quarter of a new batch of employees from the long term unemployed. The budget hotel chain is spending £150 million building 55 new seaside hotels creating about 1,000 jobs. A quarter of those jobs will be open to local long-term unemployed people through the Government’s Local Employer Partnership (LEP) programme. The partnership programme works with Jobcentre Plus to give the long-term jobless special training so that they learn basic skills relevant to an industry. Jobcentre Plus branches then pre-interview potential candidates for would-be employers. The advantage to employers is that local candidates are found without recruitment costs.

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