An Australian recruiter has been targeted by “dole-bludgers” after he admitted to dobbing in thousands of people who had been handing in “dodgy” resumes in order to keep their welfare.
Superior People Recruitment Director Graham Wynn was abused online by “genuine job seekers” after he admitted to reporting almost 2000 people to Centrelink ovexjmtzywr the past two months in a 2GB Radio interview on Monday.
Mt Wynn said he received angry phonecalls, while one troll called him a “lazy, fat, disgusting slob who wouldn’t work in an iron lung”.
The Australian unemployed workers union called out Mr Wynn for being a “scumbag” and urged members to avoid using his employment agency in a statement made Monday afternoon.
“Such callous disregard for the welfare of the most vulnerable Australians is absolutely unacceptable,” they wrote.
“When the government unveiled the dubbing hotline we predicted this would happen. Scumbags take the opportunity to hunt welfare recipients for sport.”
In the Monday morning radio interview, Mr Wynn said he received resumes that outwardly admit to being fake, with some quoting “I don’t want a job, but I have to apply – sorry for wasting your time”.
He said more than 20 per cent of all resumes “had people on benefits who really shouldn’t be on benefits”.
“You know, that’s more than one in five job applications submitted.” he said.
Applicants were called out for listing fake numbers and emails so employers could not contact them in receipts obtained by Ben Fordham last week.
One applicant even stated he had “no skills whatsoever” and only made it to the tenth grade.
Mr Wynn said welfare recipients often apply for jobs they are not qualified in to reach their quotas.
“I’ve been receiving these [resumes] for many, many years. And it’s dramatically increased since Covid,” he said.
“In my opinion, it’s not an attempt to find work, it’s just to fulfil an obligation and get more money.”
Almost 900,000 Australians are currently on the Jobseeker payment after a dramatic increase since the Covid pandemic kicked in.
In order to be eligible for the scheme, recipients had to be actively looking for a job.
The welfare payment costs the Australian economy a whopping $27 billion per year.
