Quote Originally Posted by Khendraja'aro View Post
If those guys in England are anything like our guys in Germany, then the job agency is really a high point of annoyance for anyone with a skill-set above "low". And I'm not too sure about the ones with low skills, either.

Case in point: My own experience. After I had finished my studies, there was a three months gap until the start of my teaching job (university ends at the beginning of October, hiring new teachers-to-be ("Referendare" in Germany) begins at the end of January).
Not to deny your main point, but why exactly did you need unemployment benefits if you were fairly certain you were going to get a well-paying job in three months? The way I see it, unemployment benefits are contingent on you accepting the jobs that you're offered to get you off benefits as quickly as possible. If you know you'll have a job soon, it seems rather dishonest to claim the benefits without doing the second part. Not saying you yourself are dishonest, since German law allows for this nonsense, but I fail to see a reason for allowing it.