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Right, After some investigation and asking questions of a reliable source this information is true...to some extent! There is a pot of jobs for the dis-advantaged that are not advertised anywhere else. You will only be told of this pot of jobs after you have been signing on for 39 weeks or more and then only if the adviser thinks you will be interested and/or suitable! The discrepancy comes in the interpretation of dis-advantaged! While I jumped on them meaning a slum town What they actually mean is that we (Bedlington) have to travel out of Bedlington to find work so we are at a dis-advantage. The four streets not included in this are supposedly the ones where there are jobs, but only Tesco are recognised as a major employer in Bedlington, Hope this has made things a little clearer Questions that could not or would not be answered:- Are there any more pots of jobs not advertised and if so who are they for? Why are these jobs held back in the first place? Who is responsible for these pots of jobs? Do employers know these jobs are being held back? If employers do know, what is the incentive and criteria to be added to these pots of jobs? There was probably more questions but my head hurts