Job agency under fire over ‘employability’ course that advises on washing and bathing

Wise Employment questionnaire also asks jobseekers about employment barriers, potentially including being overweight or lazy

A taxpayer-funded course run by one Australia's biggest employment service providers gives jobseekers instructions on how to shower properly and asks them in a questionnaire if one of the reasons they are unemployed is because they are overweight" or lazy".

Wise Employment is among dozens of privatised job agencies contracted by the federal government to run the $500m Employability Skills Training program to help jobseekers become job-ready by providing intensive pre-employment training".