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Completing a Jobseeker Profile

A Jobseeker Profile is a form provided by MSD where clients provide information about their work skills, qualifications, and preferences. This information helps MSD to match clients to job vacancies or identify skill gaps that MSD may be able to help clients bridge through referrals to courses or training.

Clients applying for specified benefits must complete a Jobseeker Profile to MSD's satisfaction before their benefit can be granted. These benefits are:

  • Jobseeker Support, including Jobseeker Support Student Hardship
  • Sole Parent Support, or
  • Emergency Benefit, including Emergency Maintenance Allowance (with work-related conditions of grant only)

Note this does not apply to reapplications for Jobseeker Support or Sole Parent Support.

Conditions of grant for Emergency Benefit

Clients who are applying for Emergency Benefit only have to complete a Jobseeker Profile if they will have conditions of grant that are  similar to work obligations.

Clients who are applying for Jobseeker Support Student Hardship have to register for Student Job Search as part of their application. This registration includes all the same information as a Jobseeker Profile, which means this is enough to satisfy the Jobseeker Profile requirement for students.

Student Job Search

Clients who are applying for Jobseeker Support Student Hardship have to register for Student Job Search as part of their application. This registration includes all the same information as a Jobseeker Profile, which means this is enough to satisfy the Jobseeker Profile requirement for students.

Completed to MSD’s satisfaction

The Jobseeker Profile must be completed to MSD’s satisfaction in order to meet the Jobseeker Profile requirement. 

This means that a client must provide up to date and relevant information. If a client has had a Jobseeker Profile previously, MSD must make sure that this has been updated to include current information.

For more information see

Legislation

  • Requirement to have completed jobseeker profile section 183A Social Security Act 2018
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